I'm so tempted to say those shiny, metalic colored, skin-tight body suits. You have no idea, haha.

2. I went to Target the other day, and bought the first season of Lost for $25. I almost cried when I saw the price because it's usually, not exaggerating, around $50-60. The reciept is like a little trophy that I'm sorely tempted to frame.

And, upon rewatch, I'm remembering that the Survivor Beach Police Squad (SBPS, for further reference), or Sayid and Kate lol, is hilarious. I love that while Jack is doing whatever weird thing he needs to do this week, they're making sure everybody stays in line. (And faaaiilling.)

When he takes off to wander on his own, on a mission to redeem himself on a psychopathic island with polar bears, Smokey, and a crazy French chick, I keep imagining him handing her his badge and then having about 60+ different adventures with the forementioned people/animals/things. And of course the whole time he's wishing that he could be bossing Sawyer around again, haha.

(Since this obviously needs to be done and drawn as a comic, I may set out to do it. Maybe. When I get a new sketch book and can figure out how to not make it suckish. Any suggestions?)

3. I've actually got chores and cleaning to do today. And the homework I haven't touched in about a week. *facepalm* I hate that I'm so lazy.

4. My dog and I went on a walk yesterday. I know this doesn't seem overly important enough for a mention on LJ, but my dog is fourteen and it's been on and off, hot and cold that past few weeks, so actually getting out was an event. Normally I can't even get her to go with me, I have to wait until my mom gets home and then we all walk together. Admittedly, she was shaking when I put her leash on, but the last time we did that we went to the vet, so it's understandable, and once we got outside, she perked up and trotted next to me willingly enough.

5. I need a new sketch book. I think it's time for a trip to... Michael's! Woot for craft stores with expensive things, haha.

6. Going garage saling tomorrow, if Jenna will go with me. I need to get to paper to see what kind of crazy sales people are having. *impatiently waits til the afternoon*

1. My internet has been acting up on a holiday weekend a;ldksjfal;dksjf *headdesk*, but it looks like everything is back to normal.

2. But I'm ashamed of myself. If any of you know what my icon is from, you'll understand why. I'm hoping we can just say this is one of my extremely guilty pleasures and move on. I'm embarassed, but I still felt the need to tell you, haha. Never say I'm not honest.

3. Independance Day was fine. My aunt came over from St. Louis to help my mom with the taxes for the office, so she ate dinner with us, and I was lectured about everything. This is why I'm glad that my little wing of the family is like the hermit in the mountains. My family is crazy and loves to tell me exactly what I should be doing with my life.

And then we went to the fireworks, and we unwittingly picked the best spot ever. And I held my breath so that I could feel the explosions rattle around, haha. I miss when I was little and everything was so loud and jarring and amazing. But I guess I can't complain, because my little town is stepping it up with the fireworks. I mean, this year we had ones that looked like hearts and smilie faces, and even a star. I'm being sarcastic, but it really was pretty cool.

4. My brother is playing the Gamecube Fire Emblem game we have, and I'm loling. He's so hilarious.

1. I went to the Cardinal baseball game yesterday, and I know that no one here actually cares about baseball, but it was pretty awesome. I have some serious love for my team. And it's pretty amusing to watch them (read: Brendan Ryan) slide into second over and over on the television screen above my head.

I'm going to say it right now and we'll see what happens next year. I love Pujols, Molina, Ludwick, and Ryan. They're my favorites and when something inevitably happens to split them up I will be so depressed. Actually, I'll be the most depressed when Ryan/Ludwick leaves because I can sense that one of them will be traded next year. *cries*

ETA: Edited again to show link to half of my favorites watching the game in a random pic I found. Ryan and Ludwick here.

2. Thanks to the lovely advice afteriwake gave me, I'm headed off to the library today to see what comics they have. I'm guessing not a lot because my town is tiny, but I've been surprised before. I may drag my brother with me, just for fun.

ETA: The library trip is probably not going to happen today. But I'm making sure to go the next time I actually have the car and someone to go with me. Look, the librarians hate me because I wanted to turn my late book in five minutes before they "officially" opened. I can't go by myself, lest I risk the glares and snotty sighs from the young gay guy. He was mean to me.

3. And those are my plans for the day, but I have more to post! Memes, ftw!

Reply to this meme by yelling "words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you.

( Under a cut, just because I'm afraid I'll ramble )

Yes, I did ramble.

1. I actually got up early-ish today because I had to take my brother to tennis lessons, and then go to work with my mom. "Work" is a bit of an overstatement; I was counting the lines of typed dictations for my father, who is beginning to suspect that he's overpaying the woman who does that. So that was fun.

2. Now my brother has one of his friends over, and they're playing some weird game on the PS3. I don't mind, because this kid is actually polite, and hasn't made me want to strangle him/run from the room yet.

3. I've been playing Pokemon and Fire Emblem (!!! FE games are THE BEST EVER. Stratgey games are my favorite. :DD) regularly, and I've started to name my Pokes after physicists and geneticists. Lol. I haven't named anyone Faraday yet, but I'm sure it'll happen soon.

4. I really have nothing else to say. Summer is when I'm the most boring, folks, sorry.

5. Oh, I need to begin my search for a suitable vehicle for myself. I'm thinking a Corolla or a Camry, but I guess if I can find a good Civic, I'll join the legions of teen drivers with them.

1. Wednesday was unbelievable busy in an annoying way. Basically, I woke up to the neighbors banging on something, had a couple hours to begin work on my moodtheme, then was out and about with my mom and brother before going over to Rachael's house and watching Iron Man and The (New) Hulk.

Busy and exhausting, but I loved seeing the movies with Rachael.

2. And the moodtheme is about half way done. I think I'll be done cropping/etc in a couple days. And then you'll all be forced to look at little pictures of one of the few webcomics I actually manage to follow. Yay!

3. I finished another hunk of AP Bio homework today! I just have three more chapters' work to do, and then I can move on to textbook stuff. And sometime I need to drag out my AP English and read the stuff they gave me.

4. Sleepy time now! Yay, I'm gonna sleep until 10ish and it will be fantastic.

1. The complete wank and fail of fandom sometimes astounds me. I've just spent the last twenty minutes in shock at the just awful things misscam linked to in one of her last posts.

It's sickening and terrible, and I'm happy that my corner of fandom isn't filled with people like that.

2. My father recruited me to design the picture that will be going on the sample bags he hands out at the office. I don't have a set time limit, but I'm hoping to get a couple different versions drawn tomorrow (or Friday because tomorrow will be busy), and then start work on the computer on Saturday.

3. Gunnerkrigg Court, my favorite webcomic, updated today, and all I can think about is making a moodtheme of it. Anyone know standard moodtheme sizes or anything?

This is going to be an uprecidented amount of work, but I'm looking forward to it.

4. Going over to Rachael's tomorrow to watch The Hulk (the new one) and Iron Man. I'm so excited! I haven't seen The Hulk yet, and I ♥ Iron Man, so it'll be a good night. I'll miss Burn Notice and Royal Pains, but I can always watch them the next day.

5. I'm about halfway done with the book I have to read/do work for for AP Bio. After I finish it, I have to read some chapters from the textbook and fill out vocab sheets, etc.

1. Now that I've been MIA from your f-lists for about a week, I think I can come back. Two things have kept me from posting, and I'll let you make of them what you will: Boredome and Pokemon.

Okay, I'm just going to add that any combination of the above elements makes an explosive and dangerous obsession in my hands. I got addicted, but I should be okay now.

2. Real life first, and then I'll tackle fandomy stuff.

Relay for Life was amazing. Exhausting, but fantastic. Especially because one of my grandfather's had skin cancer, and two of my aunts have breast cancer. One of them just found out a few weeks ago, so it was kinda personal and nice to see everyone out there.

Lindsay and Cole went with me becuse every one else was in surgery or with family or doing something for their sport, and even though there have been issues in the past with my group of friends and them, it was really fun.

We got fourth in the box car race, which was okay because we got points for "Most Creative Box Design" haha. All the credit for the idea goes to my mom.

Anyway, it was a good night.

3. Annnnd, yesterday I got my license! Woot, I know. I took an okay picture, and my birthday wasn't on a spot check day, so I'm happy. I still don't have a car never will *grumble*, so I can't do much, but everyone keeps saying how great this is.

4. Burn Notice has been fantastic this season. It's the show my mom and I love to watch together. Because it's the best and we love Fi. And explosions, but those kinda go with the territory.

The thing is, we've been watching Royal Pains after Burn Notice ends, and, well... I like it. A lot. I dislike the brother Evan, but Hank is entertaining enough. I mostly watching for Jill, though. She's so pretty and is adorable with Hank, and could show up at any moment so I have to stay glued to the screen. What if she shows up and I miss it? Can't happen.

*hand flappy*

Jill and Hank have matching ugly cars. That's hilarious and cute.

1. I'm leaving to volunteer for the Relay for Life in about an hour and a half. Lindsay and Cole are coming with me, which is kinda a huge relief. But we still have to run in the "box car" I made. It's... an interesting cardboard thing. We'll be at the park pretty much all night, so I'll be exhausted in the morning, but it'll be fun, I hope.

Just a quick, weird update because I've been awful about posting lately.

1. Is it sad that the main reason I'm posting is to say that I'm in love with the SciFi miniseries I'm watching? I mean, nothing much has happened the last few days, and the series is kinda amazing. It's called The Lost Room, and it's one of the few minis that I'd consider buying to show my friends. And laugh about at a future date.

Oh my god, the main character just got a trench coat!!! Can you blame me for loving this?

ETA: Aww, the coat just got taken from him. He does now have a beard from three to four days of not shaving and worrying about his daughter, who's been kidnapped. Ish. Kidnappedish.

2. Relay for Life is on Friday and goes into Saturday, and I have to make a box car and recruit some of my friends to run with me in a race at 1AM. Two of the people I ask have plans (One's getting her tonsils taken out, and the other has a tennis tournament.) and one is on a competing team, but Lindsay said she could go with me, and I'm still waiting to hear from Rachael. Plus, Lindsay may have some people she'd like to bring. Ooh, I should talk to Ashlyn and see if she can come...

So this is what's been stressing me out lately.

3. But I've mostly not been online because I've thrown myself back into video games for the moment. I'm waiting for myself to get bored, but I haven't so far. And my mom got a Sonic game for the Wii the other day. How could I possibly lose interest knowing that at any moment, she could attempt to play it?

3.

1. School's over for the year! Amazing that we lasted this long, right?

I get about a four day break, and then I have to go back for an AP Bio lab. After that I think I'm free for the summer though! You know, besides the manilla folder full of Bio and the AP Comp stuff I got today.

Good news! I got a 91% for my semester grade in Chem, which is an A! *celebrates* I was so worried, haha. But now I'm not so certain about my Art grade, ugh. I turned in the last couple of assignments today and my grade kinda needs them not to suck. I'm sure it'll be okay.

My brother has three days left until he can join me in the glorious experience of sleeping late.

2. I watched the Pushing Daisies finale. It was sad, but good, I think. A solid episode to end the series on, and that's really all I wanted.

(But did anyone else feel like the last couple of episodes had a... I don't know, did they feel different to you? I mean, besides the sadness about it being over, did they seem warmer? I think that's what I'm getting at.)

3. Oh! Back to school work for a moment. I actually got started on my Bio work. I'm so proud of myself. *sniffle* I just want to get as much of the lab done as I can so I don't have to worry about cramming it in on Wednesday.

4. Spam me please! I have nothing to do today, and that's gonna drive me crazy.

1. That easy Fake!Essay for completion? Turned into the Essay from Hell yesterday as I was trying to write my intro/conclusion. It took me at least an hour to come up with them. *facepalm* I'm sure if I knew how to make them seem less awkward I'd be just fine writing them, but I do not have that skill apparently.

2. I've got this take home quiz from Chemistry to work on and about 2/3s of an Art assignment to color. I can already feel my anxiety growing because I know the art is going to be put off. As long as I have most of it done I'll be okay. Like, if a corner is missing I can do that in class and turn it in. Otherwise I'm pretty much screwed.

Tomorrow we're turning in our books in most/all of our classes, and blowing stuff up in Chem. Finally. :D

3. I'm taking AP Bio next year, and yesterday we had a meeting after school for the 21 kids signed up. Most of us showed up, and a couple of the ones who didn't somehow completely managed to forget about it/didn't know, or already know that they're dropping it. Last year there were seven kids in the class, so I think we're doing well.

I seriously hope most people stay; I actually like most of the kids in my class. Do you know how rare that is?

Anyway, the meeting was yesterday and we got our summer assignments. We have a book to read + some chapters of the text book + a smallish lab + assorted question packets. So Alex and I went to Borders today so she could buy the book we need to read. I ordered mine off of Amazon.

I'm just so excited for this overwhelming class! Really, this is how I know that I'm a dork. Most kids complain about Bio, but the AP group gets in there and is handed this thick manilla folder of summer stuff and none of us can stop smiling.

*grins*

4. Aaaaand now I'm off to eat and do my homework.

1. I guess I was feeling nostalgic (or the seemingly constant slew of Pokemon secrets on FS sparked something) because I've been playing Pokemon for about a week now. OMG, how did I forget how addictive these games were. That may have been why I quit in the first place...

2. The Real!Essay in English is due on Wednesday, and though I know exactly what I'm going to write, I have no motivation to finish it. We have to cast a modern day Wuthering Heights movie, and I'd completely bored with the assignment. It's almost funny because I was dying to work on the Fake!Essay about creating characters like Heathcliff.

3. I HAVE A 92.8 IN CHEMISTRY!!!

For those who don't remember, I needed a 92 to average out my 3rd quarter score of an 88 to get an A. 90-100s are As in Honors Classes.

As long as I don't mess up the lab that's due tomorrow or fail the quiz I think she's gonna give us, I'll be set. And I won't have to wake up early next Monday to take the exam.

I ♥ extra credit assignments. It raised my grade almost three percentage points.

4. So I accidently watched House tonight, and I've got such a girl crush on Thirteen/Remy/Dr. Hadley. I just wish it was a show I could stand so I could see her more.

5. I'm watching the final Pushing Daisies episodes AND I'M FEELING SUPER DEPRESSED/SAD. *sniffle* I'm gonna miss my piemaker and Emerson Cod and Itty Bitty and Chuck and Digby and Pigby and the Pie Hole and the funny animation. And the fast talking because that's how I talk in real life and I love that I can understand it while my family goes, "Wat did he say?"

6. I was sitting at my desk today, and I giant spider dropped from the ceiling right in front of me. It was terrifying. *shudders* I flicked it away with the help of a notebook, but I keep imagining that it's crawling on me.

7.I JUST WANT SUMMER TO BE HERE SO I CAN BE BORED AND SLEEP.

1. As the days progress I find that I'm more excited to get the Middleman DVDs, than I am for school to end. I miss this show so much guys!

2. That being said, I am excited for school to end. It'll be a relief I think. Everything's been pressing on me lately, and my procrastination habits have gotten worse. Long school years suck.

But there's only four days left, and I'll probably have to take the Chemistry final a week from Monday, but whatever. I can do that.

For school on Monday I want to have finished all of this:
-Fake!Essay for English (Essay Outline)
-Real!Essay for English
-Chemistry Lab (As much as I can do without extra help.)
-Half of Art Magnification coloring

Jumping back to Chem for a moment, today we turned in our extra credit, which I found out is worth 15 points. We also took the quiz. I feel okay about it, but whenever I say that I get meh grades. I get hundreds and such in science/math when I think I failed. Probably because I had to focus more on what the test was on.

But! If I get a 48 out of 50 and the extra credit, I should be okay for the semester. *crosses fingers* I found an assignment missing on my weekly grade report that I have on what I've been using to keep track of my grades, so maybe that will help.

And next week we get our books and summer assignments for AP Biology, so expect news on that.

Sorry that I rambled about school, but I kinda needed to get it all out.

3. I posted my Mentalist fic here if anyone is interested.

4. I'm looking for book reccomendations. Right now I'm working my way through Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. (I actually made a bet that I'd have it done by Monday, but I do like it.)

What should I read next?

1. Today after school I went with my friend Ryan M. to French Conversations* (I'm sure you can guess what happened there, haha.) and to the Creative Writing Club meeting, where PA Hendrickson, a fairly new author, was talking about writing his book. I was reminded exactly how much I love Ryan, and the author was pretty funny too. It was a nice afternoon.

*Note that I don't actually speak French. I was a tag along so we could go to the writing club meeting right after. I read my book and listened to the lovely people speak.

2. My lunch table has mysteriously disappeared, so I've been sitting with Ryan for lunch. It's been really fun. He's just so cuddly! Like a friendly teddy bear that just happens to be the size of a grizzly.

My normal tablemates have been slinking off to the library, where I'm sure they sit in relative silence and boredom.

3. I'm going to be up cramming for the Chem quiz I have tomorrow. *sigh* It would help if she would actually tell us when we were taking tests/quizzes, you know, more than a day before.

4. Leaving y'all with a meme.

Name your 10 absolutely favorite couples (het/slash/canon/fanon) and ask people to see what trends they notice about your couples. Try to pick different fandoms:

Here they are, in no particular order.

1. Booth/Brennan (Bones)
2. Jack/Renee (24) **But I'm amazing pleased with how the show handles them.**
3. Peter/Olivia (Fringe) **Again, I'm more than happy to watch how this unfolds.**
4. Ned/Chuck (Pushing Daisies)
5. Daniel/Vala (Stargate SG1)
6. Helen/Will (Sanctuary) **In a lingering, maybe never way.**
7. Dani/Charlie (Life)
8. Juliet/Her Own Awesomeness (Lost) **This is my Lost ship.**
9. Ellie/Devon (Chuck)
10. Guy/Girl (Once) **Technically a movie, but they're to die for, so.**

1. Amazing news! Two episodes of The Middleman have been nominated for Emmys. This is against shows like Lost and Grey's and such. *crosses fingers* If we're even in the final nomination it'd be fantastic.

If any show deserves teh win, Javi's show does. *nods*

2. ( Lost news: spoilery so avoid if you don't like that kinda thing )

3. We played this new tennis/volleyball hybrid game in PE today, and my team is FANTASTIC. It was such a surprise because, while we all try, we're certaintly not the most athletic or competitive of all the girls. Nichole kicked it into high gear today. She became this super awesome beast of a server and popped the ball up several times for me to tap over.

At the end of the hour, we had won all four of our games. *fistpump*

4. And I was going to post the Mentalist fic I wrote, but I figured I'd play it safe and not post within a half an hour of the person who writes lovely things, haha. I'll just do it tomorrow.

1. After talking with artic_fox (briefly, lol) about Amy Adams and Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, I decided to find it and watch. And it's definitely on my list of movies to bring to the deserted island. It's so cute and everyone is perfect.

I keep asking myself (and my brother, who happens to be in the room as I rewatch scenes) how a movie can be so satisfying, but I (we) haven't come up with an answer yet.

It may have something to do with an adorable Amy Adams and a mostly scruffy Lee Pace and the fantastic cast and amazing story. Maybe.

2. That new show Mental is premiering tonight (in the US) on FOX and I've decided to give it a try. I'm a little weary because the main character looks to be a bit Patrick Jane-ish in his unorthodox ways (and by extension, like all other quirky characters recently). Even the titles are similar.

3. Man, I went a little crazy with the parenthesis today, didn't I? Oh well, I'm sure you can all muddle through it.

I just wish my life was more interesting, haha.

1. I've seen Night at the Museum 2 twice this weekend, once with friends and once with family, and, if you were wondering, AMY ADAMS IS AMAZING. That's pretty much all that I remember from seeing it. Twice. And I may have mentioned this in my last post, but I can't remember so there.

2. The family is going to see Terminator today! I'm so dorkily excited, haha. I've been in the mood for action!explosions!anddepressingthoughtsaboutthefateofhumanity! for a while now. (Yes, it needed to be one word.)

3. I watched Enchanted again last night. Every time I see it I catch something that I missed before, which is thrilling. It's like the Where's Waldo of the Disney films. (Amy Adams is in that one, too.)

4. The weather around here has been erratic the past couple days. Like, sunshiney one second and raining the next. I feel bad for everyone who had hoped for nice weather this weekend.

5. Happy Memorial Day!

1. School was okay today. I've got extra credit assignments to do (including one from Chem, yay!) this weekend, so I'll be semi-busy-ish.

2. Since I've forgotten most of what I wanted to say, I'll just skip to the part where I went to see Night at the Museum 2 tonight and loved it. Amy Adams is adorable. *mushes* And, also, if Amelia Earheart wasn't my hero before, she definitely is now.

Bad news is, I'm probably the most hated movie viewer ever. I'm the disruptive patron. The only people that can possibly hold a place over my laughter and chatter are the woman with the crying baby, and that idiot who didn't turn off their phone and has a conversation about being in the movies during a pivotal scene.

*facepalm* I'm trying to get better. Really.

1. Ho hum. The new LJ banner thing is... different. Too dark I think, but okay.

2. Good news is, I'm not failing school like everyone else seems to be. Bad news is, my teachers never seem to update the edline thing our school decided to do, so I have no way of knowing if the averages I come up with are correct.

I'm two points away from not having to take the final in Chemistry. I've been two points away for weeks. This is not good for my nerves. And my teacher seems to enjoy toying with our souls and hasn't decided whether or not to offer extra credit. Jennifer and I are practically throwing ourselves at her feet, begging for it.

(Really it's not that huge of a deal. I'm definitely willing to take the final, but I'd like to figure out extra credit so I have more than a day or two to do it.)

3. So now I'm watching So You Think You Can Dance because I promised my dancer friends I would. :)

1. So, I'm a bit miffed that Thursday is going to be my television day this fall. Bones, Fringe, and The Mentalist are all on. What am I supposed to watch the rest of the week? That's about half of my shows already!

Geez.

That leaves me 24 and Lost, which don't start until January.

*whines*

Yeah, sorry that you'll be hearing about this from me.

2. The best part of my day was finding out that Annie Wersching listens to/likes The Weepies. *mushes* I adore her.

3. That's all for now because I'm off to Target with my mom. Yay.