spensive.

this little blog-thing is turning out to be slightly expensive. 
when i was in texas, i didn't have a camera, so i took all my pictures on my phone. 
and when you send your pictures from your phone to your email, it charges you extra.
so i decided not to do that.
my dad bought a program to put photos from phone straight to computer, so i thought i would try that.
well.  it doesn't work unless you have a memory chip.  which i don't.
so i have to buy one.
either i pay for emailing my photos to myself, or i pay to get a memory chip to use the software that also just got bought.

rough times at ridgemont high.  i know it's supposed to be "fast", but that wouldn't make any sense in this situation.  would it.

i'll figure it out sooner or later.  possibly later.  i only have like 3 more weeks of summer, so i have to use them up.


haiku of the day:

summer is so short
i'm learning how to skateboard
it's fun and scary!

a fiiiire! a fiiiire! a.... parking lot?

happy birthday mommy!!!  hope it's filled with lots of sunshine and love and joy (aw) and sushi and presents!!!

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morning elegance.  my daddy told me about this song many many moons ago, and i still love it.

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the big "fire" that i went on is turning out to be a parking lot, or a hotel room, plus maybe one or two hours of "mopping up", which doesn't count as real fire fighting.

boooooorrrrrriiinnnnggggg.

i'm on day five, and i've already done 7 crossword puzzles, read 1 book plus 32 pages of another, drawn 9 pictures, taken 6 naps, and thought about doing sudoku.  i guess i'm saving that one (book, that is) for a serious boredom emergency.

anyways.  i'm remembering every. single. thing. (almost)  that happens, and you will be the first to know. 

t.f.c. coming soon  (texas fire chronicles). 

it might be a few weeks, because my phone has some pictures on it, but i can't put them on here unless i have my very own computer.  can't be saving my photos to random hotel computers...

haiku of the day:

most hotels do stink

and not in a smelly way

i like my own bed

the dentist.

sunny road.  i first heard this girl when i was on a flight from paris to london.

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a few weeks ago, i went to the dentist.  in saratoga.  i like my dental hygienist there, and i wanted to go see "the flood" anyways. 
it was a really gorgeous drive.

for the interstate, that is.  the pass was still closed with 90 feet of snow covering it...


haiku of the day:

there is lots of snow
even in july - it's nuts!
and i still hate bugs

how we loved it.

my very favorite band of the year.  they are so weird and beautiful.

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oh, how we loved getting our pictures taken at school.

it was especially fun because these were once a christmas present to our parents!!! 


haiku of the day:

kids are so lovely.
especially when they smile.
like me and my sis!

hair cut

weird, but catchy.  the parts of this song feel like they shouldn't go together, but they actually really do...

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i really really really really really really want one.  like really.  for reals.

you can tell how bad i want one by the hair cuts i've found:

haiku of the day:

sister, grow your hair!
faster!  faster!  move and shake!
come on!!  you slow poke!

a poll

i love this band.  so mellow, so amazing.

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i couldn't decide which winter jacket to get, since i'm going to texas and everything.  kidding.  i just went coat shopping in the summer so it would be cheaper.  you know.
anyways.  i couldn't decide which to get, so i got two, and am going to send the other back. 
i still can't decide.  so someone else has to.
so i'm doing a poll!!!

here are the choices:

just for the record, that's not me...

they're holden, which i've never heard of, but the reviews say they're super warm and durable...

anyways.  i would appreciate if anyone could let me know what you think! yay!


haiku of the day:

i want to paint clouds
but they don't ever look real.
jump roping is fun!

my kids

this girl is so weird.  weirdest lyrics ever.  i don't even like some of her stuff because it's just so insane.

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not that i have any.  kids, that is.
but when i do, i hope they are like my sister was when she was a baby. 
i didn't even know her then (as i wasn't alive yet) and i laugh hysterically every time i see pictures of her. 
i have a bunch on my fridge.  it makes for happy mornings, which are difficult to come by when you are me.

any kid that wears sweatshirts, underwear, and dress shoes,
snowboots and roller skates,
and beanies and undies is my kind of kid.
not that she would ever admit to it these days.  i know the truth, pj!


haiku of the day:

how i love my sis
mostly she is mean to me (!)
have to get her back!!!

window rain

break up song? who knows.  it's pretty catchy, though.

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it rained the other day while we were working, and it was freeeezing! 
but it did make for some nice window photos.

haiku of the day:

rain rain go away

come again another day

wait! i was joking!

mountain biking. again!

beautiful, beautiful.  love this song.  clever lyrics, as well.

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i went to curt goudy for the first time.
we went mountain biking! 
it was fun, then it wasn't, so we ditched our bikes and walked. 
now i want to go back!

this was on the way there, i believe.

haiku of the day:

it's getting so late

i have lots of pictures left

no time, have to sleep!

the creepy kid and the not so creepy kid

one of my newest favs.  i don't really know why it's about prague, although i hear that it is the paris of eastern europe...

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one time this kid gave me these.  but it wasn't creepy like this other time when this other kid gave me flowers.  it was actually really nice.  and he picked them from his house just because i told him i loved lilacs.

the other creepy time:
i met one of my neighbours and we had coffee.  ONCE.  and the next day he showed up with this giant, horrible, bouquet of yellow roses, in the most horrifying vase i've ever seen.  along with the flowers was a mix cd, which he told me he had spent Hours making.
it was all just really weird.  he wanted to be friends (or whatever), over the next 2 weeks, but any time we hung out, as they say, he only talked about himself.  if i said anything he would start out by not listening, then he would interrupt to tell me something about himself.  and when he came over, he would just walk to my computer and change my music, without even Asking!!  How.  Rude. 
the final straw was when i ran into him at a bar when i was out with my old friend russell (i say old because he got a girlfriend a few months ago, and i haven't seen him since!).  when i got home later, i saw that creepy neighbour had texted me a few times.  here is what he said:
TEXT #1:  i'm not going to make you any more cds
me (in my head, or talking to myself, who really knows?):  excuse me??
TEXT #2:  and i never would have made you any if i had known what kind of company you keep
me (again, hopefully inside my head): what does that have to do with Anything???

i thought he was completely rude, completely out of line, and completely ridiculous.  i couldn't just stand by and let him say whatever-irrelevant-supposed-to-be-mean things about my friends, so i called him.  with a little vodka cran courage, i might add. 

me:  what in the world, creepy neighbour??  (i didn't actually call him that, but i know everyone who ever hears this story is going to want to beat him up, so i'm saving his creepy little skin!)
c.n.:  i was offended when you didn't invite me to have a drink with you and your FRIEND.
me:  i was out with HIM, and we talked before he and i were leaving that bar, creepy neighbour!
c.n.:  i guess that's true.  but i'm serious about what i texted you.
me:  creepy, neighbour, if you honestly base your relationships with people by the cd's you make them, then i think that you have a looootttt to learn about life.  it's petty, and it's completely immature.
c.n.:  .....
me:  and it was really rude of you to insult my friends.  i don't tell you if i hate your friends, because i realize they're You're friends, not My friends, don't i?
c.n.: ye-
me:  and even if i'm jealous because i would rather be hanging out with you, i still don't insult the people you're with.
c.n.: ya but-
me: and even if blah blah blah blah.

it went on for another good 2 minutes. 
and then he asked me if i wanted to come over for breakfast!
me: no, creepy neighbour!  i'm mad at you right now!

it was and will probably be the only time i've ever had anything good to say in the moment in sticking up for myself.  the only junky thing is, is that i wasn't even standing up for myself, i was standing up for russell, who didn't even care!  boys...!

anyways, this time when i got flowers, it was only after knowing him for 5 months, and because i told him i loved the smell of lilacs.  and they were picked and in a tin can.  and i said, "thanks man!  but seriously, you better not be getting any ideas!"

haiku of the day:

flowers are nice, sure

but not from those weirdo boys

i love sundresses

a real fiyah! (aka fire)

watching makes me dizzy.  love these girls' weird voices.

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i am going on one.
a fire.
a real one.
except the luxury kind.
i'm going with the engine to texas.
and we are hotel camping every night.
if i went on the non-luxury fire, i would be going with a 20 man (slash woman) crew, and camping outside everynight and most likely not having a real shower for at least 2 weeks.

how lucky am i?!

i told timmy i would laugh at every single one of his jokes if he keeps booker in line.  so we shall see how long this trip really feels....

wish me luck!


haiku of the day:

i need lots of luck
because i don't have so much
gonna be a month...