today in history class:
we were discussing the public school system. and we got to talking about all-year-round school and summer.
teacher-"now why are we out for summer?"
peer-"because kids had to work in the field during the summer."
teacher-"yes. but do many of us still work in fields anymore? no."
me-"i don't know. i mean, i spend my summers in fields."

good moment of the day
(oh and also 6th period. laughing for 40 minutes straight=good. mrs. reaves' picture in a mole suit=best thing of my life.)

HHS. what would i do without you? (rhetorical question, obv. i'd do so much more w/o it. but whatevz)

18 consecutive plays of one Coldplay song later...

you don't try. i'm realizing your tricks.
you play the victim. you want me to come back. you don't want to come get me.
difference.
i'm not going to walk up to you this time. i'm stubborn. and i don't care.
i don't. and right now, i can't even believe the words you are saying.
why do i never listen. i ignore.
why do you speak so opinionated about things you could not possibly have a valid opinion about.
don't ever compare us again.
don't ever mention that again.
don't ever call me that again.
don't ever insinuate things.
stop making me feel sorry for you. because i don't. not for that reason at least.

i can call myself whatever i very well please. i can talk about things when i'm ready to. and not until. and i can make this so one-sided it will just be a perpetual motion machine.

please, push me a bit farther of the edge. try me.

you were amazed in the difference in my speech.

"You were a tree with a root that was wrapped in my brain."


i want you on your knees, begging me to not go.
but i cave before you do, and i'm the one with the grass stains on my knees from begging you to not forget me.

and that is my tragedy.
that, that is just pitiful.
that is why. why i can't.
i am sick. je ne suis pas bien.

new love.
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Book List

i just decided i'm going to keep a record of every book i read this year. and this seems like a sensible place to keep track of them. so, this is going to be a list of books i finish reading in 2009, because some i started in 2008, but it wouldn't seem fair not to count them.

1. Twilight by Stephenie Myerer -i'm not going to lie, i enjoyed reading it. but don't get me wrong. it is no where near my favorite books. i thought it would be a pain to read, but i'm glad i was wrong. although, i have no desire to continue on with the series. i did like the movie a lot though.
2. Paper Towns by John Green -apparently, i've fallen back into my teen-book routine. it seems as though he makes his main characters the same. a teenage, uncool, dorky boy who has some unusual connection with a cool, beautiful girl. eventhough, it was hard to put this book down. the character Margo was incredible inspiring, which i'm sure was his point. simple. easy. but it made a fairly lasting impression.
3. Prep. i don't remember who wrote it, and i'm too lazy to look. doesn't matter. it got so bad. although the beginning of the book sucks you into the main character, Lee's, boarding school life, it quickly becomes apparent that she is good for nothing except obsessing and whining. such a self-centered girl in a bad way. in an insecure way. and then the 4 year crush she has turns into some terrible guy taking advantage of her. it just made me angry. because she didn't even stand up for herself. i was only thankful for the one time she said something she actualy meant/wanted to. not worth the read, i would say. i'm sad i spent time reading the entire book.
4. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by mark haddon. very good. i loved it. and it was a really quick read.
   

a few orders of business

i caved. yes, i'm in the middle of reading Twilight. after having a realization during a debate over the book that when people ask me if i have read it myself, i proudly, and a bit sheepishly, reply that no i have not. now, don't get me wrong. i wasn't staying away from this book simply because it was popular and everyone's reading it. that's ridiculous because i am a huge harry potter fan and i don't know a single person who hasn't read those books. but i just tend to run from the Teen section in the bookstore, which is this bundle of papers usually hang out. i've read my fair share of poor, teenage girl novels. trust me. a lot of money, time, and library card swipes wasted. but i guess i wanted to prove to myself that it really wasn't worth all the hype? mainly, i did it just to shut Will up. i started last night, and i'm a little over halfway through. which may seem like i read it avidly, but i read fast generally, especially with a read as easy as this one. and i haven't been sleeping this week, so i have an average 7 hours most people don't.
i find while reading that it's undoubtably a page-turner. but once i close the book, i don't have that much of a desire to pick it back up, depending on where i stopped. i mean, i'm not constantly thinking about it. i think the plot's fine so far. i mean, i already knew about that though. it is not written very well. in all honesty, it seems like a teenager themselves wrote it. but not in a good way. something about it still makes me turn my nose up. i don't know.
i will admit, though, i love Edward. no doubt he sounds so perfect. gosh, i won't even start. except he annoys me when he gets angry. but i fall in love with a lot of characters i read about. and as for Bella...well, i wish the book was not entirely from her perspective. i'd like to read it from Edwards (yes, i know that there are 12 chapters written from edward's POV starting from the day he sees her leaked onto the internet). this book is entertaining, but it's like a "beach read" or a "rainy day book" which could be good considering this rain never lets up here. but i have not so much desire to 1. finish the book and 2. read the other ones. i'm going to finish it though. and i'll probably read those leaked chapters from Edward's POV..but i don't know. i don't see the cause for all the uproar. i mean, it kind of angers me that this woman is making so much money from these books and movie spin offs. but whatever.
this is just my opinion. it matters not at all.

oh, and i'm downloading the movie right now. i watched a bit of it, but it messed up. what i saw, i was really unimpressed. i like how it looks, but i'm not sure if i like anything else. the girl that plays bella doesn't even seem like that good of an actress...but i have a lot more of the film to see.

but, if you've already read all the twilight books, and want one to read: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. i'm reading it, well was before i got Twilight. and man, Dave Eggers is my man. i'm in love with everything he writes. and wow. this is his first book. so, so impressive. he writes like my throught process. just flowing and no true grammitcal correctness. i mean, he'll repeat words like like like that. and he's just honest and funny and truth be told, heartbreaking. genius. love.

"As a kid I had the chicken pox
the german measles and the scarlet fever
and I don't ever want to go through that again

I had to tell my little broken heart
I had to tell it I'm immune to love
'cause I don't ever want to go through that again

You can't have it once you've had it
You can't have it once you've had it
You can't have it once you've had it, no"
mmm delightful song. Chicken Pox by I'm From Barcelona (baha they aren't even from SPAIN!)

ho humm./ not sleeping is a strange thing. to my complete shock, i find i have more energy during the day than usually. so bizarre. and i don't find it all that hard to stay awake. i mean, i'm not forcing myself so to say. i just don't like wasting time. although, i inevitably fall asleep in driver's Ed each day this week. but i think that's the class. it is just tiresome. i'm sure i'll fall ill by the end of the week or something. that usually happens when i can't sleep for a long time. i get sick and then sleep nonstop.

are you lightning?

new year.
i keep seeing so many "2008 year in reviews" and "preparation for 2009" themed things and it's kind of overwhelming.
2008...
i don't want to reminisce in all honesty. for me, it is unhealthy to dwell on my past and i do it far too often. stay in the moment.
2009.
so insignificant. if there are over 6 billion people right NOW, i'm nothing. and then considering the number of folks that were alive thousands of years before. adds up. and i'm nothing. we're everything. i can't decide whether things change or they always stay the same. right now, i think it's stupid to even think about that. some things change. some things don't. keep moving.
but that command, to keep moving, it sounds so harsh. like, "get back in line and keep moving. don't hold anything up. we've gotta keep all this running smoothly here"
so. i will keep moving. not for the sake of the world. but for me. to feel the sense of movement. i think that should be a sixth sense: movement. i mean why not? i think everyon has more than five senses but since no one voices them, no one understands. and they can't quite wrap their minds around it. can't call it anything because it has no name. you can't hear, taste, see, feel, or smell it. and we are taught those 5 things and nothing else. anything else is dillusion. nay. i don't believe. why would be limited to five? we hold such a great capacity. we do. you, you do.
you can feel movement. but it's not really "feeling" because there are no nerves involved. and come to think of it what about emotions. wouldn't that be a sense on it's own? i mean, just like being blind, some people are numb and can't "feel" emotions. right?

sorrysorry.
happy new years.
resolution: move.