Cyaaa

Well tomorrow I'm going on my missions' trip to Toronto and performing our skit who knows where. But i am SO excited, I gotta go pack, there's no way i'm sleeping tonight, and please pray for me while i'm gone for safe trips and nothing bad happens when we're working with the homosexuals and Atheists (I'm a little nervous for that). I'll be back Friday night/Saturday morning. :]

~j

Something I saw...

So a few nights ago (after watching a J.K. Rowling interview :P ) I saw this little thing about how America is addicted to oil. And you know what? We...are. We really are. Like last year where in some places it was nearly 5 dollars per gallon? We paid the price and yet still went everywhere we would have gone. We complained about the outrageous cost, yes, but we still paid it. YET we have all of these other ways of transportation, like bike, foot, UNICYCLE even but they are ALL able to be used. Why don't we use them? We're too lazy to actually move our legs once in a while? Right.

Another point. Did anyone else notice that we're getting oil from the Middle East who is who we're fighting against right now? I REALLLLLLLLLY doubt that America really wants to help support them when we're trying to WIN this war. But we're STILL buying it from there because PSH we already drained the US so why not use our enemy's oil? They could make it $5,000 dolars per barrel if they wanted to but they AREN'T. Not sure why they haven't done that yet. But we would probably still buy that.

Did ANYONE ELSE NOTICE that we're OVER. ONE. TRILLION. DOLLARS. IN. DEBT. And it will take about 4. GENERATIONS. TO GET OUT OF. And that goes under my skin. While we owe all of this money to other countries, we STILL have game shows when the homeless around the world are dying of lack of everything. We STILL have competitions to see who can gorge themselves with hot dogs or butter or cake the fastest when there are kids that are dying of starvation every three seconds in Africa. We still waste SO MUCH every single day! And...ARGHHHHHH! It really REALLY bugs me! What has HAPPENED to our country?! I really doubt our fore fathers would be really proud if they saw what has happened to . It's messed. And we gotta fix it.

Just pray for our country...before it crumples to pieces.

~j

Update on my life :]

OKAY so I'll just go over the past few days.

So YESTERDAY I went to see Harry Potter (again) with Casey Cold and Ally and that was fun and alll. I made a shirt for Ally but I didn't know that Casey was coming so I felt bad. :[ I would have made her a shirt in ALL OF MY FREE TIME. Ugh. ANYWHOO we saw it and I freaked out like 10 minutes prior to the part when Harry is getting water and those monster Inferi jump out at him and poor Ally nearly had a heart attack from my gasping and scared faces. haha but it was even better the second time. OH and we drew lightning bolt scars on our forehead with eyeliner. :D It was great. After that WE WENT TO ALLY'S FOR TACOSSSSSSSSSSSSS I FINALLY EXPERIENCED THE HEMPELMANN SUNDAY TACO NIGHT (lucky ducks, they have tacos every sunday) SO THAT WAS FANTASTICAL. Then after that we went and played Mario Kart downstairs and i lost epically BUT STILL BEAT CASEY HAAA. :P Loser Ally won. Every time. She beat me by 30 something points.

Aaaand last night i didn't sleep very well. Past 12, I know. Woke up at 5:30 and couldn't fall back asleep for a while. Ugh. I had my coffee this morning. anywhoo i had to wake up at 7 this morning BECAUSE I have vacation bible camp (aka Amazon Camp :]). I'm kitchen staff (prefer to be called head culinary chef of culture class) and I lead worship at the end of the day. Today was Jungle Shakes. I have it memorized if anyone wants the recipe. :D

Jungle Shakes
2 scoops ice cream
1/2 banana
2 T milk (add to however thin you want the shake to be)
1 T chocolate syrup
2 T coconut (optional)

Blend ice cream, banana and milk until smooth. Add chocolate and coconut, mix. Enjoy!

Fun. 1st graders with blenders aren't the best combination out there. They kept persisting "CAN I PRESS THE BUTTON NOWWWWWWWWUH?" and I would patiently say "No, not yet. Just wait." Every time. Rargh. So they were mostly a success but some kids didn't like bananas. Wonder how tomorrow's recipe is going to go. Mangoes and sticky rice? Psh I doubt it will be eating. OH WELLLLLL more for me. :]

Toronto. 4. days. Beyond excited.

I miss my friends. :[ No one is around these days. Whether it's Maryland or Mexico or Variety Camp or just plain busy I'M NOT. Man I need a job. Really badly.

~j

A poem...

Just making this up now.

I love music.
What can I say?
I can feel it.
And unfortunately, so does my back.
It twists and burns
Like the butt of a knife
Stabbed into my spine
And instead of ceasing
It grows uncontrollably.
But with some help from my friends
I try
I really do
To push through
And you know what?
I no longer want to state my dreams
And have to say "If my back lets me"
At the end of each sentence.
I want to be able to run as MANY miles as I want
And not have to run home and ice it
And down a few Advils
And lie down
Unable to move
For a few hours.
I want to be able to do any school sport I want to
I want to play any instrument that I want to play
Instead of having to play the ones that my back lets me play.
Lord, did I do something to deserve this?
Because it's just eating my life
and my dreams
away
until there is nothing left.
So.
All I can do now is pray.
And watch the scenery change.
Because this isn't in my control
But it's in His.

~j

HARRY POTTER

So YESTERDAY I SAW HARRY POTTER WITH SQUINTY AND JEFFFUFAH AND JAKE AND KAYLEE (girl that goes to squinty's church) AND IT WAS AMAZING. Though we weren't sure if we would make it. We were driving down 309 and suddenly we STOPPED. DEAD. There was a line of cars in front of us that weren't moving either. It was around...12:04 at this point. We sat there until about 12:40. IT WAS HORRIBLE! The movie was going to play at 12:50 and we wanted to get there about 30 minutes early so we could get good seats and all and NOW WE WERE STUCK IN TRAFFIC! Jeff-fu-fah stuck his head out of the sun roof to see if anything was going on in the front of the long line of cars and I just got out of the car to see and we couldn't see anything. Very odd. We listened to KYW and they didn't say anything either. HMMM. Eventually, they cleared up what we think was an accident and we raced over there, jumped out of the cars and handed in our pre-ordered tickets. Thankfully, we made it in time and just missed a few previews. :] I was very happy. I was also wearing my special Harry Potter shirt I made the previous night/in the morning. It was AMAZING. I sat in between Kaylee and Jeff-fu-fah and it was so fun. Of course, there was a making-outing couple in front of us who probably didn't even see a quarter of the movie. Jeff and I made fun of it. :P *SLIGHT SPOLIER* At one point, Harry and Ginny kiss (duh) and I was very upset that it wasn't a make-out scene as it should have been. Jeff merely said "Don't worry Jenny, it's right in front of us!" and he pointed at the getting-at-it couple. THAT was hilarious. And yes, I did cry when Dumbledore died, in case anyone was wondering.

Fun day. But today is strictly-business days. Do chores, practice, go to lessons. That's IT. I am NOT making plans for today. I HAVE to practice. A LOT.

On that note, goodbye.

~j

What's new...

So I guess I can talk about how I came back from the beach. It was all fun and all. My hair got lighter and I got tanner. Yippee. I went in the ocean everyday for a loooong time so that was fun and all. Didn't get stung by a jellyfish, but did walk into a screen door and the salad I was holding went kablooey. I didn't get pinched by a crab but I did stub my toes multiple times on the stupid wicker furniture that was in the house. I did not have my phone number asked for by a guy but I did drop my camera (first day, might I add) in the sand after being on the beach...I don't know how many minutes, probably around 5. STUPID STUPID STUPID. So now I can't put my pictures (all...what, three of them?) on the computer for you lovely people to see. Sorry.

I went to the library today and I saw Richie there and I didn't even notice. I was checking out Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and I noticed that this guy was standing next to me rather closely. I was a tad puzzled but didn't do anything. Then he commented about the flowers and I looked up and THERE WAS A VERY TAN, ONE EAR-PIERCED ALMOST SHAVED HEAD RICHIE STANDING NEXT TO ME. I freaked out. I ran outside, gave my mom the book and ran back inside to talk to Richie about the summer and HOW INSANELY DIFFERENT HE LOOKS and whatnot. :P I missed him. I haven't seen him since the last day of school. Wowzers.

At church today, there was a meeting for the counselor-training since VBS is next week. I found out that I'm the kitchen staff leader and I'M LEADING THE WORSHIP TEAM? Ahhh. That kinda took me by surprise. The kitchen thing I wasn't too surprised by since this is my third year, but I did volunteer to HELP at the singing, but now I'm LEADING it?! Whoaaa. I'm scared, yes, but I'll get over it.

Family is college searching tomorrow in Maryland. I'm home alone. Once again. WHAT SHOULD I DO TOMORROW? Maybe i'll bake or go to Genesis or read Harry Potter or something. Sounds good.

~j

Some pics...

Mike and I jedi-fighting with sparklers on 4th of July.


My gangsta Kulp silhouetted by the G-Force sign (seeing UP)


Come on, Ally, it's just a door...(movie theater bathroom XD)

Bonfire

So last night Casey Cold had a bonfire at her house last night with My Twin, Kulp and me. What did we burn? Old school papers (mostly final stuff.) Obviously we went through what we need next year, but the rest was history. I was surprised that CC would even let us BURN paper instead of recycling it (though at one point, her mom yelled out the window, "Do you know that you're destroying the air as we speak?!!? :P). So first, we played Quelf for an hour or so, then we started our fire up (Jena is an amazing fire builder) then threw our papers in, did tribal dances around our burning papers, then roasted marshmallows over our burning papers. Haha the popular jocks that happened to be playing soccer in the next door neighbor's backyard happened to notice our fire and yelled 'What are you doing?' we yelled back 'We're burning school papers!!!' and they ran over and were like 'NO WAYYYY!'. So they started going through our papers, finding papers from teachers that they had, and threw them in the fire. After some burning, we played manhunt with them, which is always fun. That was a great night.

Today, I helped my dad clean the house since we're going to the beach tomorrow until Saturday and my mom is kinda phobic about leaving a dirty house and coming home to an even dirtier house. Since she's now working on Tuesdays and Thursdays, she can't do that so my dad and I did. Tonight I have acupuncture. Yippee? Ugh. I'm getting sick of those herbs and the fish oil crap I gotta take.

Gonna go read Harry Pottah and practice more. :]

~j

Sundaysss

Such gorgeous weather out today. It's so nice out. I tanned for a while (got color, YESSS) then Mike came in and we played Transformers. WHAT LOSERS. Haha so i was on his back with my arms under his arms to his shoulders and then when we went underwater i went on his ankles and frog-kicked around. It was so much fun and it entertained us for quite a while. :D

Later i got to work at Sundaes in the Park where i shall be serving ice cream to everyone most likely with Casey Cold and Jeff-fu-fahhhh. :] Can't wait.

~j

Ode to Sleepless Nights

Oh, sleepless nights
How I loathe thee.
You stay with me all night until the daylight is shining once again
And you leave me only achy and tired
As if I never closed my eyes
If I did close my eyes
It was not for long
For most of my night was spent
Reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
(Squinty's copy that I must return to her at some point sorry)
Trying to make my eyes burn enough
To lull my body to sleep
But alas!
I failed.
As I also lost the game.
I was up until July 2nd
Past midnight
Past one
And eventually I was desperate enough
To not move and breathe deeply
Which finally made me sleep.
But alas!
I woke up at eight.
I do not know why.
How it troubles my soul.

Okay, I was making part of that up while I was lying in bed, tossing and turning with a sore back and upset stomach (it must be those herbs the acupuncture lady is giving me). So TODAY, now that no one is around...I'm going to Aerie with my father. I'm sure he'll love that. Well actually I'm imagining that he's going to wait in the parking lot for a while, while i go shopping (a tad, just the free gift at Aerie, maybe something there and then I'll hit Forever 21 because I <3 that place).
Oh, Mike went for his driving license yesterday and....didn't get it. And you're probably thinking "Oh no, it was that parallel parking." Nope. He hit that SPOT. ON. But apparently he wasn't thinking at an intersection and he turned right on a red which distinctly said 'NO TURN ON RED'. He wasn't a happy camper, but i cheered him up. :D
Yesterday I went to see Up again with My Twin, Trumpeteer and Kulp and it ROCKED. Unfortunately I cried harder this time than the second time. And it was actually hilarious. My Twin and I were hysterical in the beginning of the movie and we don't even know why, and then 5 minutes later I had to keep passing tissue packs down the line of us when Mr. Frederickson's wife dies. So we would comment at the movie all the time, laugh REALLY loudly, cry SO loudly (the poor other people in there...though there were about 4 others)...it was hilarious, really.

It was a great night. Though I was outraged that I had to pay $4.50 for a SMALL DIET COKE. I was appalled. Kulp bought Skittles for $5.00. Crazy crazy crazy.

I'm off to eat breakfast.

~j