So, I really shouldn't be writing this right now, because in two hours and ten minutes I need to be at the band room for Jazz band auditions. And before auditions, I need to do my math at the very least, hopefully read some history, and practice a bit, because I haven't looked at the audition music at ALL. You know, I totally blame Nathan and David (mostly David, he was the instigator), for making me do this, because I had decided that since I hadn't practiced and I was kinda busy anyway that I wasn't going to do it, but they bullied me. So now I'm going.
Tomorrow = getting picked up by my dad right after school (ie: I need to pack my bag before eight period, and just bring my 8th period stuff with me), and we are going to go get me a new social security card so that I can get my permit. YAY for permit, because I have been waiting about three months for this since I was supposed to get mine in June. But yeah, this is all the crazyness I have to deal with today and tomorrow.
Hopefully wednesday will be calm, but then I have a math test, and we're starting our book in English. And thursday I have both a history test, and my final summer essay due in english. And it's all just augh!
But yeah, I need to go do my calc work or I will drown.
~Jess the nerdfighting bandgeek
PS: I just wrote that in 5 minutes, oh yeah!
Monday, August 30, 2010
Sunday, August 29, 2010
I want pancakes, so I'm gonna go get some
So.... Hi!
On friday, I rewrote an essay for English. And when I say rewrote, I mean, it has only a vague resemblance, if any at all to the previous essay. I was apparently writing essays very wrong. But I have fixed it! And now it is me in almost a rant mode, droning on about how the internet has changed, but I will still love it all the same <3 The previous essay was about keeping friends as a military brat. And yes, there are a few vague connections! I SWEAR!
I noticed that on friends they keep using this same transition clip, where two women carry their babies past Central Perk, and a police officer goes the other way. And every time I see it I just stare, like this ---> O.O Since school started I haven't been watching friends so much, but I hope I finish it. Because I have a list of tv shows to watch, but my rule is to finish one before the other, and I hate breaking rules. I have a fear of the law... even if I am the law.
Oh, my hair is short now. It no longer is ANYWHERE near my back. It's maybe an inch past my shoulders. And oh my god! I never noticed how much I played with my hair before, but I keep instinctively reaching my hand behind my back and attempt to grip hair that isn't there anymore. But the prettyness of it is very much worth it. I LIKE it.
Now, it's 9:30, and I really want pancakes, so I'm going to go downstairs to see if I can convince anyone they should make some.
Toodles
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
PS: @marissa, that might work. My concern is more about how to relay le informations without something bad happening. My other thought was to just talk through neomail (totally cheesy), since that information will not result in spams. No matter how much I like spam as a food, it just doesn't sit well in my email.
On friday, I rewrote an essay for English. And when I say rewrote, I mean, it has only a vague resemblance, if any at all to the previous essay. I was apparently writing essays very wrong. But I have fixed it! And now it is me in almost a rant mode, droning on about how the internet has changed, but I will still love it all the same <3 The previous essay was about keeping friends as a military brat. And yes, there are a few vague connections! I SWEAR!
I noticed that on friends they keep using this same transition clip, where two women carry their babies past Central Perk, and a police officer goes the other way. And every time I see it I just stare, like this ---> O.O Since school started I haven't been watching friends so much, but I hope I finish it. Because I have a list of tv shows to watch, but my rule is to finish one before the other, and I hate breaking rules. I have a fear of the law... even if I am the law.
Oh, my hair is short now. It no longer is ANYWHERE near my back. It's maybe an inch past my shoulders. And oh my god! I never noticed how much I played with my hair before, but I keep instinctively reaching my hand behind my back and attempt to grip hair that isn't there anymore. But the prettyness of it is very much worth it. I LIKE it.
Now, it's 9:30, and I really want pancakes, so I'm going to go downstairs to see if I can convince anyone they should make some.
Toodles
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
PS: @marissa, that might work. My concern is more about how to relay le informations without something bad happening. My other thought was to just talk through neomail (totally cheesy), since that information will not result in spams. No matter how much I like spam as a food, it just doesn't sit well in my email.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
A List of Awesome
People die all the time. But rarely are they as awesome as Esther. I didn't know her, but she meant a lot to a lot of Nerdfighteria. And so I am going to dedicate this post to her. RIP Esther.
A List of Things for When Your Day is Feeling Notsome
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
PS: @Marisa, I am really interested in having a one on one conversation with you! We appear to have many of the same interests, and I like your blog, it is a totally awesomesauce type of random. However google doesn't make this so easy, so if you're interested comment and maybe we could figure something out?
A List of Things for When Your Day is Feeling Notsome
- Blow bubbles
- Draw with chalk, or crayons, or something else relatively childish.
- Eat junk food. My personal preferences are frozen TGI Fridays appetizers, and Ben and Jerry's ice-cream.
- Jump on a trampoline (perhaps a mini trampoline like maureen johnson has? =] )
- Read a good book/fanfiction or watch a good movie
- Read a cheesy book/fanfiction or watch a cheesy movie, and laugh at the cheesyness
- Hug a teddy bear, or other close personal stuffed animal.
- Jump rope
- Go to a playground, and be a child (which means having fun like one, and begging your mommy for money for the ice cream man)
- Dress in your PJ's all day (comfort is nice)
- Or perhaps dress up in halloween costumes (silly is fun)
- Play neopets, or a similarly addicting site
- Indulge in your guilty pleasure (ex: I would read me some good ol' twilight, or watch secret life).
- Hang out with your friends
- Have intellectual debates on silly things with your friends (the oh so important Zombies Vs Unicorn debate!)
- Watch youtube (the punishments are good to watch from the vlogbrothers)
- Remember that for every notsome day, there are over 5 awesome days
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
PS: @Marisa, I am really interested in having a one on one conversation with you! We appear to have many of the same interests, and I like your blog, it is a totally awesomesauce type of random. However google doesn't make this so easy, so if you're interested comment and maybe we could figure something out?
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Reading, Reading, READING
Reading. So much reading. I am like the reading zombie.
Let's see a tally of all I have read/will read today:
And of course, today, I forgot my wallet at home. This being after yesterday we went to wallmart to pull out cash so that I could eat lunch. Luckily, I had some cookies in my bag, and I ate those to tide me over until I got home. I've set an alarm on my phone: "REMEMBER WALLET" (I did this the last time I had to print something, and it is very effective). I also managed to oversleep by a half hour today, meaning I had to skip a shower, and left about five minutes later than I normally do for the bus. I'm gonna take my shower tonight just to be sure I don't do it again.
I dunno what I will be doing on the bus now that I've finished devilish, but don't have the hunger games yet. Will probably just end up reading "A Briefer History of Time" since my dad dug it out for me. I hate my physics class so far, and I probably will continue, because it seems so obvious at this point that I will be bored out of my mind. I mean, I like physics stuff. But I'm in the regular class, and keep finishing everything so fast that I have enough time to read a fair amount.
Oh, and the best thing about yesterday. My favorite fanfiction EVER, Once There Was A Darkness, was updated yesterday after a near two year hiatus. I squealed, which is a rarity for me. The author was one of the first fanfiction writers I ever read, and I found her again about six months later on a different site, and decided that this series looked interesting. I love it so much. I tend to hate Hogwarts era stories, but then my favorite fanfictions are almost all ones that explore that era well. For example, one of my other favorite stories is In the Words of Ginevra Molly Potter, which is an exploration of the entire series from Ginny's POV, without ever touching cannon, and in some cases elaborating. OTWAD does the same, but with a unique character, adding huge amounts of depth to everything and I love it.
Quite obviously, I recommend that if you read fanfiction and you haven't read this yet, to go to HPFF and read it. Maybe you won't love it like I do, but if you don't even like it, there will be a chance of me hunting you down with a pitchfork. Small chance, but a very real small chance.
Now I am going to go, and take a shower, then read my history stuffs.
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
Let's see a tally of all I have read/will read today:
- Finished Devilish (it was wonderful, and I want to read suite scarlet, but I must read the hunger games series first)
- 35 Pages of my textbook Ancient Rhetoric for English (it was interesting, but all the greek and latin has been confusing)
- Nine pages of A History of Western Society (still to be read)
- Four pages from Sources of the Western Tradition (it's a passage called the Prince, written by Niccolo Machiavelli), also attatched to this is to draw a picture based on a quote, that I will likely do during lunch tomorrow, because due to the freshmen I get an extra 30 mins tomorrow (and I normally just read while I eat anyways)
And of course, today, I forgot my wallet at home. This being after yesterday we went to wallmart to pull out cash so that I could eat lunch. Luckily, I had some cookies in my bag, and I ate those to tide me over until I got home. I've set an alarm on my phone: "REMEMBER WALLET" (I did this the last time I had to print something, and it is very effective). I also managed to oversleep by a half hour today, meaning I had to skip a shower, and left about five minutes later than I normally do for the bus. I'm gonna take my shower tonight just to be sure I don't do it again.
I dunno what I will be doing on the bus now that I've finished devilish, but don't have the hunger games yet. Will probably just end up reading "A Briefer History of Time" since my dad dug it out for me. I hate my physics class so far, and I probably will continue, because it seems so obvious at this point that I will be bored out of my mind. I mean, I like physics stuff. But I'm in the regular class, and keep finishing everything so fast that I have enough time to read a fair amount.
Oh, and the best thing about yesterday. My favorite fanfiction EVER, Once There Was A Darkness, was updated yesterday after a near two year hiatus. I squealed, which is a rarity for me. The author was one of the first fanfiction writers I ever read, and I found her again about six months later on a different site, and decided that this series looked interesting. I love it so much. I tend to hate Hogwarts era stories, but then my favorite fanfictions are almost all ones that explore that era well. For example, one of my other favorite stories is In the Words of Ginevra Molly Potter, which is an exploration of the entire series from Ginny's POV, without ever touching cannon, and in some cases elaborating. OTWAD does the same, but with a unique character, adding huge amounts of depth to everything and I love it.
Quite obviously, I recommend that if you read fanfiction and you haven't read this yet, to go to HPFF and read it. Maybe you won't love it like I do, but if you don't even like it, there will be a chance of me hunting you down with a pitchfork. Small chance, but a very real small chance.
Now I am going to go, and take a shower, then read my history stuffs.
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
Sunday, August 22, 2010
My bed is hot
I totally can't sleep.
Like, I can feel the tired slipping in. It's there, no question. But my god, my bed is HOT. I wish I had a ceiling fan in my room. Or really any fan. I could just aim it at my bed. Maybe I could put ice cubes under my back. Goddam sweat. How am I supposed to compete with a bed that doesn't even want me to sleep in it?
I'm reading a fanfiction right now. It's twilight, which I know is kinda bad. I don't even like twilight anymore since breaking dawn. I mean, I used to be obsessed, but then I grew up, and went back to my first love harry potter. However, I love Claire/Quill fanfiction. I know a lot of people have issues with it, but I completely understand it. And I like following the scheme from protector, to friend, to lover. I can't understand Nessie/Jacob though. I don't care what she looks like, or how smart she is. By the time there will be physical attraction, she will be SEVEN. I don't care how smart you are, before you date someone perpetually in their twenties, I want you to have spent at least twice that amount of time on this earth.
I wonder what other guilty pleasures I have. I mean, there's twilight obviously. And definitely secret life of the american teenager. And iCarly... or really anything Dan Schnieder. He's really good at making parental bonuses. And I suppose myspace as well... Although I'm kinda phasing out of that. I checked mine for the first time today in four days. And I think I'm also almost over facebook. Almost though, because none of my friends will switch to twitter. I'm currently in love with twitter. My day is spent waiting for my cell phone to announce that I have a text, because more likely than not, it's a tweet from Maureen Johnson, and she really brightens up my day.
I'm still not tired, and my bed, and my body, is hotter than ever (heat wise). Perhaps a trip to the loo, and a class of water to cool down. Yes, I think this is highly necessary, because it is almost one, and I have to get up at six.
Stupid school.
Ah, whatever. I'm off into the sunset!
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
PS: What are your guilty pleasures?
Like, I can feel the tired slipping in. It's there, no question. But my god, my bed is HOT. I wish I had a ceiling fan in my room. Or really any fan. I could just aim it at my bed. Maybe I could put ice cubes under my back. Goddam sweat. How am I supposed to compete with a bed that doesn't even want me to sleep in it?
I'm reading a fanfiction right now. It's twilight, which I know is kinda bad. I don't even like twilight anymore since breaking dawn. I mean, I used to be obsessed, but then I grew up, and went back to my first love harry potter. However, I love Claire/Quill fanfiction. I know a lot of people have issues with it, but I completely understand it. And I like following the scheme from protector, to friend, to lover. I can't understand Nessie/Jacob though. I don't care what she looks like, or how smart she is. By the time there will be physical attraction, she will be SEVEN. I don't care how smart you are, before you date someone perpetually in their twenties, I want you to have spent at least twice that amount of time on this earth.
I wonder what other guilty pleasures I have. I mean, there's twilight obviously. And definitely secret life of the american teenager. And iCarly... or really anything Dan Schnieder. He's really good at making parental bonuses. And I suppose myspace as well... Although I'm kinda phasing out of that. I checked mine for the first time today in four days. And I think I'm also almost over facebook. Almost though, because none of my friends will switch to twitter. I'm currently in love with twitter. My day is spent waiting for my cell phone to announce that I have a text, because more likely than not, it's a tweet from Maureen Johnson, and she really brightens up my day.
I'm still not tired, and my bed, and my body, is hotter than ever (heat wise). Perhaps a trip to the loo, and a class of water to cool down. Yes, I think this is highly necessary, because it is almost one, and I have to get up at six.
Stupid school.
Ah, whatever. I'm off into the sunset!
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
PS: What are your guilty pleasures?
Lemon
Helllloooo
So I've basically given up on the whole beda thing. School stress, and beda stress, and previous friendship stress is too much stress. So I will just blog as often as possible instead of beda for the rest of August, because I cannot take the pressure.
I'm kinda bummed out, because I am not getting a hair cut today, because dad went to ikea instead in the morning, and nowhere is open past four, and it's three, and three is a bit late for a walk in appointment. So now I must deal with hair that is far too long for at least another 24 hours. I just want it to be short, because it's just turning into to much to deal with it this long.
I suppose I can forgive my dad for going to ikea though, because he brought me back lemon singoalla cookies, which are AMAZING. I love singoalla cookies, and I had no idea there were lemon ones. I love the smell of lemon. Not sure if I've mentioned it here before, but I used to go into william senoma every time I went to the mall, just to use the tester lemon smelling lotion. Eventually, I had Courtney get me some for christmas, and I use it when I really need a pick me up, or want to smell nice. I also like lemon flavored cake, and lemon skittles, and lemon starbursts. Actual lemons, however, are too sour, and I don't like lemonade.
I think instead of figuring out how to get cash before tomorrow, I will probably just be bringing a bag lunch. I *am* going to have leftover steak after dinner after all. Leftover steak is yummy. Especially when it's daddy's steak, because I love his steak.
Walked away from this for a bit. Time for posting!
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
So I've basically given up on the whole beda thing. School stress, and beda stress, and previous friendship stress is too much stress. So I will just blog as often as possible instead of beda for the rest of August, because I cannot take the pressure.
I'm kinda bummed out, because I am not getting a hair cut today, because dad went to ikea instead in the morning, and nowhere is open past four, and it's three, and three is a bit late for a walk in appointment. So now I must deal with hair that is far too long for at least another 24 hours. I just want it to be short, because it's just turning into to much to deal with it this long.
I suppose I can forgive my dad for going to ikea though, because he brought me back lemon singoalla cookies, which are AMAZING. I love singoalla cookies, and I had no idea there were lemon ones. I love the smell of lemon. Not sure if I've mentioned it here before, but I used to go into william senoma every time I went to the mall, just to use the tester lemon smelling lotion. Eventually, I had Courtney get me some for christmas, and I use it when I really need a pick me up, or want to smell nice. I also like lemon flavored cake, and lemon skittles, and lemon starbursts. Actual lemons, however, are too sour, and I don't like lemonade.
I think instead of figuring out how to get cash before tomorrow, I will probably just be bringing a bag lunch. I *am* going to have leftover steak after dinner after all. Leftover steak is yummy. Especially when it's daddy's steak, because I love his steak.
Walked away from this for a bit. Time for posting!
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
Friday, August 20, 2010
Relaxation
Okay! It's friday, I've got all of tomorrow to do my homework, the time of cheating has passed. Whew.
Yeah, basically, through a lack of doing any summer work properly, if at all, then being slightly behind in some subjects because Hawaii has different standards, has meant I've been a bit overworked this week. Basically, I've been getting home, watching my youtube and catching up on things I subscribe to, falling asleep somewhere inbetween, getting woken up at dinner, and doing my homework. I think my only truly free time I've had all week has been today on the bus to and from school, which I put towards reading Devilish by Maureen Johnson. So I cheated. I'm okay with it.
Tonight is my night to de-stress. Tomorrow is the day to do homework, and march a parade, and Sunday is going to be a complete day of rest. I refuse to do anything other than lie in my bed like a sloth. I think it's only fair. And tonight my dad is making steak. I haven't had a proper steak in ages, by which I mean that I haven't had any steaks from my dad since May, and his steaks are a staple of this family, as well as absolutely delicious. I'm quite excited, and feel no guilt over the cow that made this dinner possible. I also think I need a bath tonight. Just a quiet bath with no electronic distractions, smelly soap and a good book. Maybe with some ice cream as well (what can I say? I bathe in style).
Oh, and the house is going to be empty tomorrow, because my parents are going to ikea, but I'm staying home because otherwise I might not have been back in time for the parade. I like the house empty, and a nice quiet house to do homework will be, well, nice. Maybe I can make some brownies or popcorn or both.
I now realize that I am basically fantasizing about relaxing this weekend. If you were me you would be too.
Gonna either do some TV Tropes reading, take a nap, or finish my math hw, now that I have a calc.
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
Yeah, basically, through a lack of doing any summer work properly, if at all, then being slightly behind in some subjects because Hawaii has different standards, has meant I've been a bit overworked this week. Basically, I've been getting home, watching my youtube and catching up on things I subscribe to, falling asleep somewhere inbetween, getting woken up at dinner, and doing my homework. I think my only truly free time I've had all week has been today on the bus to and from school, which I put towards reading Devilish by Maureen Johnson. So I cheated. I'm okay with it.
Tonight is my night to de-stress. Tomorrow is the day to do homework, and march a parade, and Sunday is going to be a complete day of rest. I refuse to do anything other than lie in my bed like a sloth. I think it's only fair. And tonight my dad is making steak. I haven't had a proper steak in ages, by which I mean that I haven't had any steaks from my dad since May, and his steaks are a staple of this family, as well as absolutely delicious. I'm quite excited, and feel no guilt over the cow that made this dinner possible. I also think I need a bath tonight. Just a quiet bath with no electronic distractions, smelly soap and a good book. Maybe with some ice cream as well (what can I say? I bathe in style).
Oh, and the house is going to be empty tomorrow, because my parents are going to ikea, but I'm staying home because otherwise I might not have been back in time for the parade. I like the house empty, and a nice quiet house to do homework will be, well, nice. Maybe I can make some brownies or popcorn or both.
I now realize that I am basically fantasizing about relaxing this weekend. If you were me you would be too.
Gonna either do some TV Tropes reading, take a nap, or finish my math hw, now that I have a calc.
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Cheater
Can I cheat today? I know I basically cheated the past few days with really short posts, but with school starting, this is taking a backseat to my relaxing. I promise friday night I will have something good. Until then though, I'm cheating.
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
WorkModeFail
Hello!
So I am about to become work mode jessamyn and do all of my AP Euro work, but unfortunately, my laptop is being mean, and has made the space and delete bar stop working, so I have to keep pasting in a space. AUGH!
I will still work though, because I have transformed into work mode jessamyn, but this is going to be very annoying when I have to go back and paste all of the spaces.
Wish me luck!
~Jess the (annoyed) Nerdfighting BandGeek
So I am about to become work mode jessamyn and do all of my AP Euro work, but unfortunately, my laptop is being mean, and has made the space and delete bar stop working, so I have to keep pasting in a space. AUGH!
I will still work though, because I have transformed into work mode jessamyn, but this is going to be very annoying when I have to go back and paste all of the spaces.
Wish me luck!
~Jess the (annoyed) Nerdfighting BandGeek
Monday, August 16, 2010
Schooooool Tomorrow
Wow, so I was paniced about homework. And then the light shined down, and fate told me that I only had one essay due tomorrow for English. Then Wednesday all of my Euro stuff is due, and Thursday the rest of my English is due. I'm picking at my Euro right now, but overall I am completely relieved.
So yes, tomorrow is my first day of school tomorrow. I have no idea if people bring their backpacks to class or keep them in their locker. I don't know where my first class is (although once I find my locker things should be pretty easy to figure out). I also promised Kat that I will wear the gryffindor jacket that I met her because of (see story in post script), so I am wearing that and a yellow dress, because I like my yellow dress. I don't like shorts, and I'm going to die in a jacket and jeans for a day, so I'm wearing my dress. Purple chucks, yellow dress, and Gryffindor jacket. I am a dork.
Well I am going to go. It's time to watch my last episodes of friends this summer break. And then sleep. Six is too early to wake up >_<
Goodnight!
Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
PS: Basically, the jacket was originally Kat's. She gave it to me when I moved. See, I met her because I'd been noticing her jacket all day, because she was in most of my classes. Finally, in the last class (math class), I see her sit down, so I sit down next to her. After a moment, I ask her if she liked Harry Potter. The rest is history. But now it is my time to carry the torch, and I will do so honorably. Even in a yellow dress and purple chucks.
So yes, tomorrow is my first day of school tomorrow. I have no idea if people bring their backpacks to class or keep them in their locker. I don't know where my first class is (although once I find my locker things should be pretty easy to figure out). I also promised Kat that I will wear the gryffindor jacket that I met her because of (see story in post script), so I am wearing that and a yellow dress, because I like my yellow dress. I don't like shorts, and I'm going to die in a jacket and jeans for a day, so I'm wearing my dress. Purple chucks, yellow dress, and Gryffindor jacket. I am a dork.
Well I am going to go. It's time to watch my last episodes of friends this summer break. And then sleep. Six is too early to wake up >_<
Goodnight!
Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
PS: Basically, the jacket was originally Kat's. She gave it to me when I moved. See, I met her because I'd been noticing her jacket all day, because she was in most of my classes. Finally, in the last class (math class), I see her sit down, so I sit down next to her. After a moment, I ask her if she liked Harry Potter. The rest is history. But now it is my time to carry the torch, and I will do so honorably. Even in a yellow dress and purple chucks.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Today, and the Future
Oh my. So yesterday I just felt like crap. And today I didn't end up feeling at all like that, but things were a little crazy today.
First, we found out that my dad will be getting here about a day and a half earlier. And for a bit, we even thought he would be getting here tonight. Now I love my dad, but he can be a little crazy about how my mom and I keep the house, so there was that panic freak out as we attempted to clean. Then we figured out there was no way he could get here so quickly, and the panic faded.
Later on, I was showing my mom the live tweets from this incredibly nerdy wedding that Maureen Johnson was presiding over, which led to my mom learning about nerdfighteria, then asking what paper towns was about (my dad read it before), and so I think she might be reading that. Although, she said she'd read harry potter, liked it, and then stopped. I'm still a bit mad at her for that. Also, my mother completely approves if I when I get married, the wedding cake has mario and princess peach. I also discovered that my dad and mom got married wearing "dressy" Doc Martins and just a dress shirt (ie: no tux), and flowy pants respectively. People wonder how I turned out so strange, but they never seem to put my mom and my dad together when they think of me. Instead they see them as separate individuals in relation to me, and wonder how I got so weird.
Oh, and my mom pointed out the fact that we actually can fit a christmas tree in our house. For the first time in three years, there will not be a christmas air purifier! I know it's a bit far off to be thinking of, but we're mostly thinking of this in relation to the fact that my aunt and her boyfriend are coming for thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is always fun with them, because my aunt knits, reads and she's the one I talk to most. And then her boyfriend is British, which makes it a bit funny. Oh, and then my dad has someone to talk computer nerd with (I may be computer nerd to an extent, but not like these two).
And I know this post is already getting a bit long, but yesterday Kristina (ALL CAPS, and The Parselmouths) talked about where she sees herself in five and ten years respectively, so I thought that would be fun to talk about.
In five years: In five years I will be 20, and starting my senior year of college somewhere. Which is a bit crazy to think about. Due to skipping a grade, I will only have been able to legally drink for 2 to 3 months until graduation. I don't really feel young anymore after two and a half years of being ahead a year, but that certainly makes me feel young.
I really don't have any clue what I will be majoring in. I suppose I need to figure out soon, at the very least between music education and anything else. Because to get into the music program I need to audition. It just seems so hard. I've been telling people since I was in sixth grade that I wanted to be a band director, and for a very long time before that it was that I wanted to be a teacher. Either way, I've highly classified myself, which makes me feel stuck. I don't know if I want to be a band director, or a French teacher, or a writer, or if by being an undecided major for a while, I might find out something that I can be amazing at.
In ten years: In ten years I will be 25, and graduated for four years. Judging by the fact that I don't know what my major will be, I think it's obvious that I don't know what I'll be doing job wise. I might be in a serious relationship, or married, but that's a bit more towards the unlikely side. I mean, not crazy unlikely, but definitely towards that side. I hope that I'll still be in contact with my close friends from Hawaii. I'm making that one of my major efforts right now, and I really would like that to work out, because they all have different things about them that make them amazingly awesome, and I love them so much <3
That's about all,
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
First, we found out that my dad will be getting here about a day and a half earlier. And for a bit, we even thought he would be getting here tonight. Now I love my dad, but he can be a little crazy about how my mom and I keep the house, so there was that panic freak out as we attempted to clean. Then we figured out there was no way he could get here so quickly, and the panic faded.
Later on, I was showing my mom the live tweets from this incredibly nerdy wedding that Maureen Johnson was presiding over, which led to my mom learning about nerdfighteria, then asking what paper towns was about (my dad read it before), and so I think she might be reading that. Although, she said she'd read harry potter, liked it, and then stopped. I'm still a bit mad at her for that. Also, my mother completely approves if I when I get married, the wedding cake has mario and princess peach. I also discovered that my dad and mom got married wearing "dressy" Doc Martins and just a dress shirt (ie: no tux), and flowy pants respectively. People wonder how I turned out so strange, but they never seem to put my mom and my dad together when they think of me. Instead they see them as separate individuals in relation to me, and wonder how I got so weird.
Oh, and my mom pointed out the fact that we actually can fit a christmas tree in our house. For the first time in three years, there will not be a christmas air purifier! I know it's a bit far off to be thinking of, but we're mostly thinking of this in relation to the fact that my aunt and her boyfriend are coming for thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is always fun with them, because my aunt knits, reads and she's the one I talk to most. And then her boyfriend is British, which makes it a bit funny. Oh, and then my dad has someone to talk computer nerd with (I may be computer nerd to an extent, but not like these two).
And I know this post is already getting a bit long, but yesterday Kristina (ALL CAPS, and The Parselmouths) talked about where she sees herself in five and ten years respectively, so I thought that would be fun to talk about.
In five years: In five years I will be 20, and starting my senior year of college somewhere. Which is a bit crazy to think about. Due to skipping a grade, I will only have been able to legally drink for 2 to 3 months until graduation. I don't really feel young anymore after two and a half years of being ahead a year, but that certainly makes me feel young.
I really don't have any clue what I will be majoring in. I suppose I need to figure out soon, at the very least between music education and anything else. Because to get into the music program I need to audition. It just seems so hard. I've been telling people since I was in sixth grade that I wanted to be a band director, and for a very long time before that it was that I wanted to be a teacher. Either way, I've highly classified myself, which makes me feel stuck. I don't know if I want to be a band director, or a French teacher, or a writer, or if by being an undecided major for a while, I might find out something that I can be amazing at.
In ten years: In ten years I will be 25, and graduated for four years. Judging by the fact that I don't know what my major will be, I think it's obvious that I don't know what I'll be doing job wise. I might be in a serious relationship, or married, but that's a bit more towards the unlikely side. I mean, not crazy unlikely, but definitely towards that side. I hope that I'll still be in contact with my close friends from Hawaii. I'm making that one of my major efforts right now, and I really would like that to work out, because they all have different things about them that make them amazingly awesome, and I love them so much <3
That's about all,
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
Friday, August 13, 2010
Meh
I'm having a very Meh day.
I've got a headache, had to have poptarts and chips for lunch. But then I'm watching friends, and after so much freaking Ross Rachel drama, I finally get to see Monica and Chandler. And I also made it to 100,000 neopoints.
And then I keep telling myself to do my homework, but I think the plan now is to do it in my 11 to 12 void that always happens because megavideo cuts things off. At the very least, I will be reading Leave my heart at wounded knee.
That's really it for today, so I guess see you tomorrow, where hopefully the summer/beda doldrums will be less doldrummy
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
I've got a headache, had to have poptarts and chips for lunch. But then I'm watching friends, and after so much freaking Ross Rachel drama, I finally get to see Monica and Chandler. And I also made it to 100,000 neopoints.
And then I keep telling myself to do my homework, but I think the plan now is to do it in my 11 to 12 void that always happens because megavideo cuts things off. At the very least, I will be reading Leave my heart at wounded knee.
That's really it for today, so I guess see you tomorrow, where hopefully the summer/beda doldrums will be less doldrummy
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
A 1 am rant about the lack of usable office supplies
I am posting very early in the morning for this one, but if it comes down to me feeling a little off about it, I'll just post later today after I go to bed and get a night of sleep.
I heavily rely on my student planners. The act of writing things down, then numbering them by importance, even when sometimes I really don't need it, kept me sane last year while I was drowning, because at least I knew what I would have to do to stop. Every year since the fourth grade, all the schools I went to gave me one. But I'm really unsure if my new school will be issuing them, so I've gone on the prowl.
You would not believe how insanely hard it is to find something of quality. For one, I need a *student* planner. Not something that comes in fancy fake leather with undated sheets that go into a binder type thing on the inside. That's too much work for me, and in the end, I would probably stop using it. Now, since I'm the one buying it, I'm looking for something that is much more similar to my elementary and middle school planners. They were full sized spirals, with subjects marked on the side, and then a few extra subject spaces for electives. And on a few occasions I was managing to find things like this, that were meant to be bought in bulk, with you designing the cover with you school logo.
I've found something on amazon that I don't need to buy in bulk, is cheap, and fits my qualifications well. However, I would prefer to be shopping in a store like office max, or target, because that's the type of person I am. So I'm prowling their websites so that I might be able to just go to the store and avoid having to buy it off amazon. If only I were that lucky, because I am finding nothing.
In more office supply news, I am finding it really hard to find the clipboard I'm looking for. It's not a specific brand or anything like that, I just want one that is plastic, and has a compartment. I know a few people that have clipboards like that, and I really want one, because I know I would use it. I get sick of writing on top of text books and folders, and then I can keep my homework in one place, instead of scattered about like everything usually ends up. I mean, I always know where it is, but everyone else thinks I'm crazy to be keeping track of ten papers in ten different places.
I may seem crazy, needing specific office supplies. This is only a small bit of it, I mean, I will only use one mechanical pencil from papermate that is incredibly awesome, and I can never use those really cheap pens. And despite the fact that there is no getting out of buying a graphing calculator next year, I prefer to use my solar powered scientific calculator, that doesn't save anything that you've done or anything like that. I like graphing things by hand instead of sticking them into a calculator, and I'm positive I come out better for it. Whenever I have binders, ones for specific subjects have to be one inch binders in all different colors, and ones for everything (put in homework, or just sometimes things that shouldn't go in a subject binder) have to have zippers. Although the zipper binders are pointless half the time, because I just end up sticking folders inside of them. I hate binder tabs, and bulky normal binders. I always have to bring more than two bags to school, one is a backpack for for folders to be carried around, and occasionally books. The other one is a shoulder bag for personal items, and pens and pencils, and just random things, that can also become a bag full of homework supplies, when I have the opportunity to go somewhere after school to eat and stuff before coming back to school for band practice or something simular.
Spirals can be whatever, just as long as they are easily made to be ripped out without taking the spirally end along (not that I ever manage it).
I dunno, I get frenzied about school supplies, and I make far too many systems that don't need to be there.
I'm going to go, because it's about to be 2 am, and I'm a bit thirsty and definitely tired.
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
I heavily rely on my student planners. The act of writing things down, then numbering them by importance, even when sometimes I really don't need it, kept me sane last year while I was drowning, because at least I knew what I would have to do to stop. Every year since the fourth grade, all the schools I went to gave me one. But I'm really unsure if my new school will be issuing them, so I've gone on the prowl.
You would not believe how insanely hard it is to find something of quality. For one, I need a *student* planner. Not something that comes in fancy fake leather with undated sheets that go into a binder type thing on the inside. That's too much work for me, and in the end, I would probably stop using it. Now, since I'm the one buying it, I'm looking for something that is much more similar to my elementary and middle school planners. They were full sized spirals, with subjects marked on the side, and then a few extra subject spaces for electives. And on a few occasions I was managing to find things like this, that were meant to be bought in bulk, with you designing the cover with you school logo.
I've found something on amazon that I don't need to buy in bulk, is cheap, and fits my qualifications well. However, I would prefer to be shopping in a store like office max, or target, because that's the type of person I am. So I'm prowling their websites so that I might be able to just go to the store and avoid having to buy it off amazon. If only I were that lucky, because I am finding nothing.
In more office supply news, I am finding it really hard to find the clipboard I'm looking for. It's not a specific brand or anything like that, I just want one that is plastic, and has a compartment. I know a few people that have clipboards like that, and I really want one, because I know I would use it. I get sick of writing on top of text books and folders, and then I can keep my homework in one place, instead of scattered about like everything usually ends up. I mean, I always know where it is, but everyone else thinks I'm crazy to be keeping track of ten papers in ten different places.
I may seem crazy, needing specific office supplies. This is only a small bit of it, I mean, I will only use one mechanical pencil from papermate that is incredibly awesome, and I can never use those really cheap pens. And despite the fact that there is no getting out of buying a graphing calculator next year, I prefer to use my solar powered scientific calculator, that doesn't save anything that you've done or anything like that. I like graphing things by hand instead of sticking them into a calculator, and I'm positive I come out better for it. Whenever I have binders, ones for specific subjects have to be one inch binders in all different colors, and ones for everything (put in homework, or just sometimes things that shouldn't go in a subject binder) have to have zippers. Although the zipper binders are pointless half the time, because I just end up sticking folders inside of them. I hate binder tabs, and bulky normal binders. I always have to bring more than two bags to school, one is a backpack for for folders to be carried around, and occasionally books. The other one is a shoulder bag for personal items, and pens and pencils, and just random things, that can also become a bag full of homework supplies, when I have the opportunity to go somewhere after school to eat and stuff before coming back to school for band practice or something simular.
Spirals can be whatever, just as long as they are easily made to be ripped out without taking the spirally end along (not that I ever manage it).
I dunno, I get frenzied about school supplies, and I make far too many systems that don't need to be there.
I'm going to go, because it's about to be 2 am, and I'm a bit thirsty and definitely tired.
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
A Linky Life
Today, I came up with the idea to explain my day with links. I'm browsing through my history right now, and I'm going to put down the websites I went to down below, mostly in order, to sort of give you an understanding of my day, and to perhaps show you how much the internet is ingrained in my life.
Yahoo
Facebook
Fanfiction
HPFF Favorites Page
Google: Watch Friends
XKCD
Google: Ball Pit
Maureen Johnson's Twitter
Kristina's Blog
Google: All Caps
Hayley's Blog
Hawaiian Outcasts Blog
Neopets Daily Clickables
Neopets Games
Pizza Hut
Google: 224-856-5015
Thirteen Reasons Why
Postal Service Location Search
Dan Brown Video
Wheezy Waiter Video
SxePhil video
Borders Store Locator
Blogger Homepage
Now obviously, this isn't everything I've been on up to this point, but there are the major bullets of what I've done so far today, and excluding the fact that I walked my dog today (which I don't normally do), everything I did has been represented in my internet history. So if you really wanna figure someone out, get onto their history.
In other news, last night after I was doing my slave labor I wrote 1,500 words of the original story that I've been working on. And I think I got more backstory to my main characters by just writing instead of planning. I mean, the planning is good, because I have an idea of where things are going, which I've never had before, but I could never get a clear picture of the first girl I was writing about. I sent the story off to my friend kat to read, and she got through the first page out of four last night, so I dunno if she's finished it, but I'm excited to hear what she says.
Also, I would like to defend some of the things Courtney said about me. I mean, most of what she said was quite wonderful, I particularly enjoyed the Gilmore Girls comparison, because I never thought of my talking speed that way. But, I would like clarify, that 1) I was thinking grade when I said school, and 2) The slappy was me being so tired that I didn't realized I'd slurred out that instead of slap happy. However, I'm quite glad for it, as it is now a part of my regular vocabulary.
I'm going to go, because I have more friends to watch and neopoints to earn. (And starting tomorrow, homework to do [I'm quite serious, I've got less than a week!])
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
PS: If you can, please comment on the post from yesterday, or Courtney's Hawaiian Outcasts post from yesterday and tell her that she needs to start her own blog. I want to see what she says when she isn't directly talking to me. Thank you!
Yahoo
Fanfiction
HPFF Favorites Page
Google: Watch Friends
XKCD
Google: Ball Pit
Maureen Johnson's Twitter
Kristina's Blog
Google: All Caps
Hayley's Blog
Hawaiian Outcasts Blog
Neopets Daily Clickables
Neopets Games
Pizza Hut
Google: 224-856-5015
Thirteen Reasons Why
Postal Service Location Search
Dan Brown Video
Wheezy Waiter Video
SxePhil video
Borders Store Locator
Blogger Homepage
Now obviously, this isn't everything I've been on up to this point, but there are the major bullets of what I've done so far today, and excluding the fact that I walked my dog today (which I don't normally do), everything I did has been represented in my internet history. So if you really wanna figure someone out, get onto their history.
In other news, last night after I was doing my slave labor I wrote 1,500 words of the original story that I've been working on. And I think I got more backstory to my main characters by just writing instead of planning. I mean, the planning is good, because I have an idea of where things are going, which I've never had before, but I could never get a clear picture of the first girl I was writing about. I sent the story off to my friend kat to read, and she got through the first page out of four last night, so I dunno if she's finished it, but I'm excited to hear what she says.
Also, I would like to defend some of the things Courtney said about me. I mean, most of what she said was quite wonderful, I particularly enjoyed the Gilmore Girls comparison, because I never thought of my talking speed that way. But, I would like clarify, that 1) I was thinking grade when I said school, and 2) The slappy was me being so tired that I didn't realized I'd slurred out that instead of slap happy. However, I'm quite glad for it, as it is now a part of my regular vocabulary.
I'm going to go, because I have more friends to watch and neopoints to earn. (And starting tomorrow, homework to do [I'm quite serious, I've got less than a week!])
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
PS: If you can, please comment on the post from yesterday, or Courtney's Hawaiian Outcasts post from yesterday and tell her that she needs to start her own blog. I want to see what she says when she isn't directly talking to me. Thank you!
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
About Jess the Nerdfighting Pumpkin
Hello,
I am one of Jess's best friends and today she asked me to write on her blog today, while she doing slave work, aka cleaning and organizing her room. I am going to attempt to explain a little bit about my friend.
I first saw Jess in 8th grade during band class in the middle of the school year when our band teacher introduced a new tuba player who was female and had an odd name. I later realized that she was also put into my algebra class. Apparently Jess had skipped a grade in the middle of the year. She became friends with one of my friends and was often seen in our group. I didnt really know her very well that first year. I had thought that she was a little weird as she hardly ever talked and when she did it was about this strange thing called fanfiction.
We became closer friends in the summer between middle school and high school. We, along with our friend Ashley, took summer PE so that we wouldn't have to do it during the school year and we could take an extra course. So that summer we bonded over perverted jokes, book conversations, card games such as spoons, and marching band practice.
In ninth grade we had our geometry and english classes, we went to the midnight premiere of Breaking Dawn, both found the book to be a severe disappointment, went to go see Twilight, got pissed when the Half Blood Prince release date was moved from November to July, and by Christmas she had me addicted to fanfiction just as much as she was.
In tenth grade we had band, english, algebra 2, and AP US History together and we sat next together in most of them. It was a pretty great year until i moved in the middle of march. So in remedy of me moving we started the Hawaiian Outcast blog.
Any way, Jessamyn, though she has a dark hair color, can be very blonde sometimes. Almost as blonde as me, which is saying something cos that is my natural hair color and people tell me that it suits my personality. My favorite Jess blonde stories are...
~ In ninth grade she was talking to our friend Kat and told her that she was always going to be the youngest person in the school, seeing as she skipped a year ahead, Kat said in reply, " Jessamyn, we are getting new freshmen next year.
~ One day Jess and I went shopping at this mall in Honolulu. We went to look at one of the maps they had and Jessamyn searched the map with a confused look on her face. She asked out loud where the english was. I had to explain that she picked up the Japanese map.
~ This one i dont know if it was just Jess being blonde or the fact that she was sleep deprived but one time while i was spending the night at her house we both hadnt slept well the night before and were hyper and laughing for no apparent reason. Jessamyn informed me that she was "slappy" instead of saying she was slaphappy.
Jessamyn is also pretty quickwitted and she talkes really fast, she could have been on gilmore girls. She's also very random as you can tell by reading her blog, i mean who else but a random person could come up with the crazy cat lady story. We were going to write a fanfiction together, with her writing the first chapter then i the second and so on and so forth, but she never finished the first chapter. I asked her when she was going to finish it and in that gilmore fast talk she told me that she would finish it in ten years and then send it through the mail and that when i would receive it i would look at it and wonder, Dude who get's mail anymore.
Well that's all folks
Courtney other nerdfighting bandgeek minus the nerdfighting.
I am one of Jess's best friends and today she asked me to write on her blog today, while she doing slave work, aka cleaning and organizing her room. I am going to attempt to explain a little bit about my friend.
I first saw Jess in 8th grade during band class in the middle of the school year when our band teacher introduced a new tuba player who was female and had an odd name. I later realized that she was also put into my algebra class. Apparently Jess had skipped a grade in the middle of the year. She became friends with one of my friends and was often seen in our group. I didnt really know her very well that first year. I had thought that she was a little weird as she hardly ever talked and when she did it was about this strange thing called fanfiction.
We became closer friends in the summer between middle school and high school. We, along with our friend Ashley, took summer PE so that we wouldn't have to do it during the school year and we could take an extra course. So that summer we bonded over perverted jokes, book conversations, card games such as spoons, and marching band practice.
In ninth grade we had our geometry and english classes, we went to the midnight premiere of Breaking Dawn, both found the book to be a severe disappointment, went to go see Twilight, got pissed when the Half Blood Prince release date was moved from November to July, and by Christmas she had me addicted to fanfiction just as much as she was.
In tenth grade we had band, english, algebra 2, and AP US History together and we sat next together in most of them. It was a pretty great year until i moved in the middle of march. So in remedy of me moving we started the Hawaiian Outcast blog.
Any way, Jessamyn, though she has a dark hair color, can be very blonde sometimes. Almost as blonde as me, which is saying something cos that is my natural hair color and people tell me that it suits my personality. My favorite Jess blonde stories are...
~ In ninth grade she was talking to our friend Kat and told her that she was always going to be the youngest person in the school, seeing as she skipped a year ahead, Kat said in reply, " Jessamyn, we are getting new freshmen next year.
~ One day Jess and I went shopping at this mall in Honolulu. We went to look at one of the maps they had and Jessamyn searched the map with a confused look on her face. She asked out loud where the english was. I had to explain that she picked up the Japanese map.
~ This one i dont know if it was just Jess being blonde or the fact that she was sleep deprived but one time while i was spending the night at her house we both hadnt slept well the night before and were hyper and laughing for no apparent reason. Jessamyn informed me that she was "slappy" instead of saying she was slaphappy.
Jessamyn is also pretty quickwitted and she talkes really fast, she could have been on gilmore girls. She's also very random as you can tell by reading her blog, i mean who else but a random person could come up with the crazy cat lady story. We were going to write a fanfiction together, with her writing the first chapter then i the second and so on and so forth, but she never finished the first chapter. I asked her when she was going to finish it and in that gilmore fast talk she told me that she would finish it in ten years and then send it through the mail and that when i would receive it i would look at it and wonder, Dude who get's mail anymore.
Well that's all folks
Courtney other nerdfighting bandgeek minus the nerdfighting.
Monday, August 9, 2010
Procrastination Station
I made a video while making mac and cheese for my collab blog with my friend Courtney. I can quite easily say that it is the most neurotic I've ever come off in a video. If only it was the truth for real life *sigh*
I have the following projects that I have to get done in a week, or planned on getting done in a week, that quite obviously show, I have no sense of how much time is in a week.
Now, after that spiel, you'd think I'd be off to do some real work. But I plan on playing some neopets until I can watch more friends. I'll work on things tomorrow...
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
PS: A great quote from a great author: "I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they pass by"... Perhaps finishing Hitchhiker should also have been something on my procrastination list.
I have the following projects that I have to get done in a week, or planned on getting done in a week, that quite obviously show, I have no sense of how much time is in a week.
- Clean up my room (ie take everything out of room, organize and bring back into room after moving furniture).
- Organize my books (for my sanity, because no matter what, they have to end up on the shelves)
- Read two books for English, then write an essay and answer some questions
- Read a chapter of AP Euro, answer questions, do timeline, and maybe essay
- Work on Ella
- Work on original story
- Earn neopoints
- Watch youtube
- Watch Friends
- Have phone convos with friends that last about 2 hours
- Sleep in until 2 (although courtney has thankfully prevented this frequently by calling me at about 11:30 every day)
Now, after that spiel, you'd think I'd be off to do some real work. But I plan on playing some neopets until I can watch more friends. I'll work on things tomorrow...
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
PS: A great quote from a great author: "I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they pass by"... Perhaps finishing Hitchhiker should also have been something on my procrastination list.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Not so good day, but maybe skype convo will cheer it up
So apparently yesterday WAS the day for writing. Just not the day for writing my original story. I ended up writing the prequel to a Fringe story I've had in my head for a while. So now I've ended up roping myself into that (because now that it's started the plot bunnies are multiplying like... bunnies).
I can honestly say that I really don't want to be writing a blog right now. Normally I sit down, and I have something that I really want to say, or I can talk about how I had a good day goofing off. But today I just dealt with some things that have been piling up. Namely: my room. And also some emotional distress I'm currently in. It's always fun to cry and scream at things that you really wish you didn't have to be putting away and could magically put themselves away. Oh, and then my desk can't fit in my room. But it's ok, since I didn't use it much, preferring my bed or the couch. And while my desk can't fit in here, another bookshelf can, so I will hopefully have space for all of my books. Or at the very least be able to put the stuff that was on my desk somewhere instead of having to find room for a hundred different coloring utensils (among other things) in her office.
So I'm going to go, because I've discovered just how vast the shipping war is for iCarly fans, and how Dan Schneider fuels it (thank you tv tropes!). I also need to finish up rewriting my woefully outdated fanfiction profile before a skype call with a friend tonight.
Hope your day was better than mine!
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
PS: I commented back you guys who commented yesterday, and will probably do so again for other comments, so check for that!
PPS: I just remembered something else that's making my day suck, my mom broke the temp knob on our oven, so that means I am basically stuck with leftovers and mac and cheese until we replace it, and also that I didn't get to have my favorite cheesy potatoes for dinner =/
I can honestly say that I really don't want to be writing a blog right now. Normally I sit down, and I have something that I really want to say, or I can talk about how I had a good day goofing off. But today I just dealt with some things that have been piling up. Namely: my room. And also some emotional distress I'm currently in. It's always fun to cry and scream at things that you really wish you didn't have to be putting away and could magically put themselves away. Oh, and then my desk can't fit in my room. But it's ok, since I didn't use it much, preferring my bed or the couch. And while my desk can't fit in here, another bookshelf can, so I will hopefully have space for all of my books. Or at the very least be able to put the stuff that was on my desk somewhere instead of having to find room for a hundred different coloring utensils (among other things) in her office.
So I'm going to go, because I've discovered just how vast the shipping war is for iCarly fans, and how Dan Schneider fuels it (thank you tv tropes!). I also need to finish up rewriting my woefully outdated fanfiction profile before a skype call with a friend tonight.
Hope your day was better than mine!
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
PS: I commented back you guys who commented yesterday, and will probably do so again for other comments, so check for that!
PPS: I just remembered something else that's making my day suck, my mom broke the temp knob on our oven, so that means I am basically stuck with leftovers and mac and cheese until we replace it, and also that I didn't get to have my favorite cheesy potatoes for dinner =/
Saturday, August 7, 2010
My room, writing, and cats.
I think my chances are extremely good to get out of working on my room today. I know that my mom was up earlier, but she's asleep again, and when she naps, it's for about three hours. And usually when she sleeps all day she sleeps all day the next day. So yay for avoiding cleaning my room!
Today might be a writing day. I mean, I want it to be a writing day, but it does not feel like a writing day. Even if my mom sleeps all day and never leaves her room, I'll still have that issue of not having the house to myself. I don't know why that's an issue, but it means that if I were to ever become a writer (highly unlikely, being a band geek way more than a writing person), I would have to get an apartment all to myself and only go outside on special occasions once a week, that will be known as Jewel Osco/Borders/Target day. I will become reclusive, begining to avoid all phone contact with my friends. Soon after will be facebook. And before you know it, I won't be on the internet. Then I will get a cat. Just because it's cute and some lady had them outside Target on my special day, and I thought "hey, why not?" Before we know it though, I will get another one, because if one is cute, then two will be cute, and then they can be friends while I work. Then I get another cat, because sometimes the two cats get annoyed with each other and need someone else to hang out with. Then I get a fourth cat, because if two of the cats are hanging out, then one always gets left out, and that's not fair. Then a cat get's pregnant. I abandon my writing duties for a little to take care of the cat. Then I have four new cats that I can't bare to give to anyone else. Then another cat gets pregnant. Before we know it, I have abandoned my writing duties completely and become a crazy cat lady.
The lesson of this story is that there is a good chance for me becoming a crazy cat lady, so know what you're getting into now my friends.
In the meantime though, I'm going to go play some neopets so that I can save up to 10,000,000 neopoints, get the highest level bank account that gives you 12.5% interest, and live off of my interest on neopets for the rest of my life. (In neopet land obviously!)
Perhaps I'm a bit obsessive?
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
Today might be a writing day. I mean, I want it to be a writing day, but it does not feel like a writing day. Even if my mom sleeps all day and never leaves her room, I'll still have that issue of not having the house to myself. I don't know why that's an issue, but it means that if I were to ever become a writer (highly unlikely, being a band geek way more than a writing person), I would have to get an apartment all to myself and only go outside on special occasions once a week, that will be known as Jewel Osco/Borders/Target day. I will become reclusive, begining to avoid all phone contact with my friends. Soon after will be facebook. And before you know it, I won't be on the internet. Then I will get a cat. Just because it's cute and some lady had them outside Target on my special day, and I thought "hey, why not?" Before we know it though, I will get another one, because if one is cute, then two will be cute, and then they can be friends while I work. Then I get another cat, because sometimes the two cats get annoyed with each other and need someone else to hang out with. Then I get a fourth cat, because if two of the cats are hanging out, then one always gets left out, and that's not fair. Then a cat get's pregnant. I abandon my writing duties for a little to take care of the cat. Then I have four new cats that I can't bare to give to anyone else. Then another cat gets pregnant. Before we know it, I have abandoned my writing duties completely and become a crazy cat lady.
The lesson of this story is that there is a good chance for me becoming a crazy cat lady, so know what you're getting into now my friends.
In the meantime though, I'm going to go play some neopets so that I can save up to 10,000,000 neopoints, get the highest level bank account that gives you 12.5% interest, and live off of my interest on neopets for the rest of my life. (In neopet land obviously!)
Perhaps I'm a bit obsessive?
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
Friday, August 6, 2010
Le Z day
Today has been very light and breezy. Tomorrow will not be, because my mother is making me work on my room. And there seemed to be some finality in her voice when she made that statement, so I guess I'm doing it. But at least today, I got to laze around for a while, play some neopets, watch some friends, catch up on fringe spoilers, and watch an episode of iCarly.
My friend also failed on her end of our blog together, so I am trying to figure out if I'm giving her a second punishment in addition to the one she has, or not do so out of the kindness of my heart, and because if she's late on one punishment I can only imagine how late she'll be on two.
Jumping around a bit, but do any of you watch fringe? I'm slightly obsessive by this point. Of course, this is on a scale of nothing to Harry Potter level obsession, so I'm probably much farther in then one can imagine. I keep trying to get people to watch it, but it never works out.
Jumping around some more, I am thinking now if I can try to get out of putting together my room by working on my homework... Alas, we may never know.
See you tomorrow for more BEDA!
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
PS: Getting the worms in moltara takes so long
My friend also failed on her end of our blog together, so I am trying to figure out if I'm giving her a second punishment in addition to the one she has, or not do so out of the kindness of my heart, and because if she's late on one punishment I can only imagine how late she'll be on two.
Jumping around a bit, but do any of you watch fringe? I'm slightly obsessive by this point. Of course, this is on a scale of nothing to Harry Potter level obsession, so I'm probably much farther in then one can imagine. I keep trying to get people to watch it, but it never works out.
Jumping around some more, I am thinking now if I can try to get out of putting together my room by working on my homework... Alas, we may never know.
See you tomorrow for more BEDA!
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
PS: Getting the worms in moltara takes so long
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Two Big Days for News
So my friend stayed over last night, which was really nice, because I haven't really hung out with people much, and I'd been trying to get to spend time with her or Maddy for a while, but both were always busy. So I had a really great time watching friends, fringe, psych, spongebob, and iCarly. And playing puzzle pirates, and neopets, and her website that's similar to neopets. So it was all really great, and now she's on the train heading home.
Big two days for news though! First, did you hear about the crash with the busses and trucks? It's crazy to think I was on a band trip three days ago riding home, and we didn't crash, but the band kids from St. Louis did. And Kagen (probably now how her name is spelled) made it onto the supreme court. Emma Watson got a pixie hair cut, that I'm entirely unsure how I feel about. And of course, the most important is about California!
As a bisexual I am very much for gay marriage. So I'm really excited about California. I'm usually really excited when places legalize gay marriage (I mean, I was really happy about Argentina, and I'm not even sure I plan to go there ever in my life). And California is currently at appellate, and I am very sure this will make it to the supreme court. This basically means, that there is a good chance that because of California, the whole U.S. could be legalizing gay marriage soon! And I know some people don't agree with this (I even found out today that at least when I was younger, my dad didn't approve of it, and one of my friends posted a frowny face when I posted my excitement on facebook), because of their personal beliefs, and ideals. I completely respect your right to your opinions. But this is very important to me, and I will be so glad when I find someone, no matter what gender, and know I can marry them.
Alrighty, that's most of what I had to say today. Tomorrow will definitely be less big juicy in topics, I just thought that these two days have been insane for news, and 2/4 things that I talked about today will be another thing for future APUSH students to cram into their brains.
Gonna go watch some more Friends.
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
PS: I totally started tearing up when I wrote the third paragraph... Just thought y'all should know about my embarassment!
Big two days for news though! First, did you hear about the crash with the busses and trucks? It's crazy to think I was on a band trip three days ago riding home, and we didn't crash, but the band kids from St. Louis did. And Kagen (probably now how her name is spelled) made it onto the supreme court. Emma Watson got a pixie hair cut, that I'm entirely unsure how I feel about. And of course, the most important is about California!
As a bisexual I am very much for gay marriage. So I'm really excited about California. I'm usually really excited when places legalize gay marriage (I mean, I was really happy about Argentina, and I'm not even sure I plan to go there ever in my life). And California is currently at appellate, and I am very sure this will make it to the supreme court. This basically means, that there is a good chance that because of California, the whole U.S. could be legalizing gay marriage soon! And I know some people don't agree with this (I even found out today that at least when I was younger, my dad didn't approve of it, and one of my friends posted a frowny face when I posted my excitement on facebook), because of their personal beliefs, and ideals. I completely respect your right to your opinions. But this is very important to me, and I will be so glad when I find someone, no matter what gender, and know I can marry them.
Alrighty, that's most of what I had to say today. Tomorrow will definitely be less big juicy in topics, I just thought that these two days have been insane for news, and 2/4 things that I talked about today will be another thing for future APUSH students to cram into their brains.
Gonna go watch some more Friends.
~Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek
PS: I totally started tearing up when I wrote the third paragraph... Just thought y'all should know about my embarassment!
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
First BEDA post
I promise I am totally doing BEDA (I dunno if I've mentioned this before). I just gave myself three days off for band camp. But I am home now, and totally ready to write a blog every day in August!
The fact that I'm doing BEDA kinda reminds me that I very recently went through a phase of stalking Maureen Johnson. Which is to say I read through all her blogs, was refreshing her twitter page about every five minutes, and even sent her an email. I think my stalking phase is over now that I've had band camp to take me from her for three days.
BAND CAMP!!! Oh gosh. It was amazing. I mean, the first day, I introduced my roommate to AVPM. And then we managed to get through basics and our pregame show (though it's only two sets) in the first day. Then the second day we set our entire first song for halftime. And the third day we fixed things for the parent performance. But I'm just amazed we managed so much. At my old band (which I still love very very much), we spent basically all summer on basics I think.
Also, I am completely amazed that by the end of three days I was able to hit a high F on trombone. I haven't played trombone since freshman jazz band, and I have first part on things, so basically I was dieing at the hands of my instrument, but now I can play most of the songs (the second one completely sucks, which is why I can't really play it), and I am just incredibly excited.
And, I signed up for the audition materials for the Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps. It's not at all that I think I have a chance, it's just that I think going to the audition camp would be fun, and if I got in, it would be amazing. Although, my feet will possibly strangle me in my sleep if I actually manage to go, because they are in so much pain now, and I can only imagine a DCI camp would hurt my feet more.
Ok, I am going to go watch some more friends (I've started it from the beginning, because I was reading TV Tropes, was on the friends page, and realized that growing up I only really saw the end of the show).
-Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek.
PS: I wrote a fanfic very recently called Dinner at Harry and Ginny's as a birthday present for my friend (it has all her favorite characters in it), and it's a very light ficlet, but if you're interested here is the link.
The fact that I'm doing BEDA kinda reminds me that I very recently went through a phase of stalking Maureen Johnson. Which is to say I read through all her blogs, was refreshing her twitter page about every five minutes, and even sent her an email. I think my stalking phase is over now that I've had band camp to take me from her for three days.
BAND CAMP!!! Oh gosh. It was amazing. I mean, the first day, I introduced my roommate to AVPM. And then we managed to get through basics and our pregame show (though it's only two sets) in the first day. Then the second day we set our entire first song for halftime. And the third day we fixed things for the parent performance. But I'm just amazed we managed so much. At my old band (which I still love very very much), we spent basically all summer on basics I think.
Also, I am completely amazed that by the end of three days I was able to hit a high F on trombone. I haven't played trombone since freshman jazz band, and I have first part on things, so basically I was dieing at the hands of my instrument, but now I can play most of the songs (the second one completely sucks, which is why I can't really play it), and I am just incredibly excited.
And, I signed up for the audition materials for the Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps. It's not at all that I think I have a chance, it's just that I think going to the audition camp would be fun, and if I got in, it would be amazing. Although, my feet will possibly strangle me in my sleep if I actually manage to go, because they are in so much pain now, and I can only imagine a DCI camp would hurt my feet more.
Ok, I am going to go watch some more friends (I've started it from the beginning, because I was reading TV Tropes, was on the friends page, and realized that growing up I only really saw the end of the show).
-Jess the Nerdfighting BandGeek.
PS: I wrote a fanfic very recently called Dinner at Harry and Ginny's as a birthday present for my friend (it has all her favorite characters in it), and it's a very light ficlet, but if you're interested here is the link.
