georgia on my mind

so, last wednesday i set off (alone may i add) to see meg in athens, geogia. that night we went to go see "Kill Bill Vol. 2" in Georgia Theater (where John Mayer's "No Such Thing" music video was filmed). then i went out downtown with meg. over the next few days meg and i chilled in athens, went shopping in atlanta, slept late, ate ice cream, and tried to go swimming. then on sunday morning my dad flew into atlanta so meg and i went to pick him up and then do some touristy stuff in atlanta. then we drove up to clayton, georgia. we checked into a "Howard Johnson" hotel and then set off for the Setoulah Mountain in The Highlands (north carolina). we climbed that baby, then it started raining on the way down, so that was a party. then the next day we set off for our white water rafting outpost on the Chattooga. meg, my dad and i set off on the section 3 part of the white water rafting trip with our guide Josh (who my dad swore was Keanu Reeves). yeah, so i got some battle wounds from rafting/swimming down some pretty harsh rapids (a.k.a. Bulls Loose). then, there was the WONDERFUL 8-hour-long ride home with my dad... yeah.

my soul mate

if you thought i was cool, i'm nothing compared to napoleon dynamite... he is some kind of rockin'! so, last night i went to go see a (get this) FREE showing of napoleon dynamite at the hollywood 9 theater in kenner. now, as if this wasn't the coolest thing that ever happened already, they have me a free t-shirt with napoleon dynamite on it!! i'm pumped. quick rundown of the movie: a few days in the life of a geek who can dance like nobody's business. when i got home from the movie and coffee after, i decided to practice my moves, but alas, i didn't compare to ANYTHING like napoleon... GOSH! why do i suck??

in other news, i've been cooking up a STORM! here's the 411 of what i've been whippin' up lately: stuffed bell peppers, quesidillas, calzones, chocolate zucchini bread, key lime ice cream, pasta with three pepper tomato sauce, and salad with curried chicken. wow, how much do i rock?? A LOT!

well, i think i'm going to finish reading the fourth harry potter book. oh yeah, and i leave for atlanta to visit meg and then go white-water rafting with my dad when he comes up on the 7th (wednesday). i wonder if i'll need disposable underwear, i see that my dad's purchased quite a few lately... i wonder about him.

new york is a craZy place

while in new york there are a lot of fun things i did (for the complete version, see my memoirs). some of these included going to see "hairspray," going to serendipity for frozen hot chocolate, going to tiffany's, going on the big red bus tour, taking pictures at the wax museum (but much better than this guy's).... all the good stuff. unfortunatly, i was so out of it when we were on our way back to new orleans that i forgot to get my camera back from the police man checking my bag. oops. however, you're in luck because jonathan took some pictures on his digital camera.

oh, and i got to see jane! we spent all of saturday bargaining for "kate spade" purses in chinatown. who would have known that jane was so fiesty?

b-e-a-c-h, beach

the other day, meg and i were bored, as usual, and we stumbled across the national spelling bee, aka the loser depot of america. we watched dumbfounded for about 20 minutes as kids spelled words such as "mouchoir," "isochronous," and "flibbertigibbert." (note about the last word, which i didn't make up- it was a password to get into the gryffindor common room in the 3rd book of harry potter. i just re-read it and it stuck in my mind because it reminded me of a studdering toad.) these children were trained to inquire each word's land or origin, definition, pronunciation, etc at least twice before they attempted to (and usually succeeded at) spelling. i was flabbergasted to say the least.

the beach was greeaaatt. most of my readers probably don't know that i went to the beach, but i did. it was fun. i'm actually pretty tan, which will surprise most of you.



i decided to include a fun little quiz that commenters can take. feel free to answer questions that interest you. or you could pretend like i didn't include this, and i'll make sure to remember that you aren't cool.

1. which spice girl do you most resemble or want to be?

2. if you had an exotic pet what would it be?

3. if you could turn back time, have the equivelant of a marauder's map (see harry potter 3 for clarifications if you do not know what this is), or have the ability to become invisible, which would you choose? (margaret gave me that idea)

4. if you were going to a world conference, which country would you want to represent?

5. who is the coolest person you know? why?

6. if you could set the trends for this year, what would they include?

7. if you lived in ancient times and you could come up with one story to help explain why things are the way they are, what would your story be about? (feel free to include a short (or long) version)

8. which is better- rain or fog?

9. try to explain why fireworks are cool.

10. ponder why humans like to see others in pain or being humiliated. write a reflection (word, phrase, sentence, story...whatever) about why you think that is.

une problemo

while my internet was out, i was unable to update my blog, and i am sorry for that. however, i really do not appreciate the fact that i have been recieving a lot of "unwholesome" comments on my blog. i LOVE getting comments, don't get me wrong, but i really don't like the fact that my comments have (dun dun dun) turned to the dark side. i really hope that i don't have to start censoring my comments... so don't make me go to that extreme. thanks!

in other news, HARRY POTTER COMES OUT TODAY!!!!!!! i know, i know. i'm a traitor and i sold out to the movie. but i just can't help myself! i've already got a reserved ticket for an undisclosed showing of the aforementioned film (i don't want any crazies showing up there...). i'm sooo totally pumped. i've also been slowly but surely re-reading the harry potter books. i am only a little under half way through the second one, though.

so, meg turned 21 yesterday, and there was quite a party at bruno's last night for it. however, due to my mother's refusal to let me have a fake id, i was not allowed to stay at the partay... :( don't cry for me argentina. the truth is i still had a rockin' night. the j mann and i went to reginelli's and then to starbucks.

fun (and kind of weird and stalker-ish) story-
so, jonathan and i are at reginelli's talking it up in a booth. however, i notice this old, fat, bald dude sporting a yellow t-shirt TOTALLY checking me out. ahem, not the GOOD kind of checking out. the BAD kind. the kind where you want to take a shower after because you're afraid that some of their nasty skeevy cheesy germs might have floated onto because of the unusually long prolonged staring. yes, that is why i got. (this may have been due to the fact that i had a preeety low-cut shirt on but i like to think the best of people, so i'll just pretend like he wasn't checking out my chest) then, after that gross encounter, jonathan and i went to the starbucks on maple street. for those of you who do not know new orleans uptown, we went from state and magazine to maple. then, we had a lovely coffee and by the time we were practically escoreted out of the cafe because it was closing, the aforementioned cheeseball of an old man was standing outside of starbucks. you can imagine my surprise. what made this unlikely encounter even worse was the fact that yet AGAIN he was STARING at me. uncomfortableness...

yeah, so that's what i've been up to. oh yeah, and i got meg the best birthday gift ever. and did kind of bad on some exams... and took some 5 mile walks. good stuff. okay, well i've got to run because jonthan has bet me that i can't get ready (including showering) in a half an hour. i've got to show the female race that indeed, it can be done. and i have got to win that bet. for a whole dollar...

la de da... BOOM! EXAMS!!!!!!!!! aaaaahhhHHHHHhh!

soo, i'm going along through my sophomore year, right? then, all of the sudden someone mentions exams. oh, those babies? no biggie, they're forEVER away. or so i thought. silly, me. EXAMS START FRIDAY. this is no joke. there will really be 2 (count them 1, 2) exams this friday that i am required to take. i am royally screwed up a river without a paddle.

other than that, i've been dandy. i've been procrastinating on average about 67% of my time, hanging out with jonathan about 19% of my time and sleeping about 13% of my time. this leaves 1% for doing anything worthwile. oops. my bad. i've made a wonderful algebra project. actually, it looks more like a woodshop project because of the awesome aesthetically-pleasing aspects of my "towers of hanoi" artwork.

i have also been running for secretary, and i am fortunate enough to announce that i indeed obtained the seeked position on monday afternoon after a rousing round of speeches and ballot-casting sessions.

"how did it get so late so soon? it's night before it's afternoon! December is here before it's June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?" -the wise words of dr. seuss (one of the few men that i think always had his marbles)

stalkers are friends? or no?

recently i have been recieving quite a few comments on my beloved blog from unknown persons. and they all seem to be stalkers. now, for most people, stalkers would be a bad thing, but i am not like most people, and i don't think i'd mind a non-psycho stalker or two. so, stalker, please make yourself known if this is a joke OR please stop stalking me if you are a psycho. if none of the above apply, i'm not really opposed to people being obsessed with me, so keep stalking away!

so, in recent news, i am running for class secretary! my running mate is kelsey. (p.s. stalker, if you are psycho, you can go hunt down kelsey and make her forfeit, if you wish...) elections are monday, so wish me luck!!

last night i went to go see the hyped-up movie Troy. it was... a big of a let-down. if we (meaning me) look past orlando bloom and brad pitt's hottness, then the movie was almost boring. and it didn't really go with "history" too well. especially since achilles wasn't that big in the actual story. BUT, i never mind seeing a few guys running around in short leather skirts without shirts on for an hour or two.... so, long story short, if you would like to see old brad and bloom skipping about in skirts, go see troy. if not, don't waste your money. exams start next friday, and i am NOT looking forward to those babies. at the moment i am building some sort of contraption for an algebra project. too bad i'm trying to cut wood with an exacto knife. this might be awhile....