life is NOT easy

K so...I'm not in the best mood, not gonna tell the whole world why, but just a warning of my crappy attitude. I found out something that complicates my life conciderably, and is the reason I will be trying very hard to get a job at IKEA. I wish God could give us a break...

Homecoming

So I'm two days late.....who cares. Homecoming was AWESOME! The events of the day follow:

So I got up took a shower...and GOT A HAIRCUT! Yes! That's right ladies and gentlemen...my hair is....well...not as long as it was. After the haircut...I thought to myself...why did I take the risk and choose to cut my hair on Homecoming night?! Not the smartest move I've ever made, but the cut looked good, so I can't complain.

After the hair cut...I ran some errins including: going to Leonda's to see the layout for the night, picking up corsage and seeing the lovely Lindsey F. in the parking lot, trying on a tux someone had laying around, deciding to wear the tux instead of my suit since the tux fit great, and running to K & G's to get a bow-tie and cumberbun. It was an UBER busy day. After all that running around, I came home, had some Mac 'n cheese, and got all pimped out for the dance.

At around 6 P.M. I arrived at Emily's house to do the corsage deal and take family pictures. Nichole looked...BEAUTIFUL. I don't even know how to explain it...she just looked classy and elegant. She was wearing a black velvity dress with black like...nettingish stuff in a "v" at the top and bottom of her dress in the back. There were little silver shiny things all over the top frontal area (the chest) and lining and connecting the v's in the back. She wore diamond earrings and necklace and bracelet, and she quite simply looked gorgeous. She had her hair up/down....I dunno how to explain it. It was all curly (not tight curls) and flowy...beautiful. Nichole...you were stunning.

So after feeling like a simpleton compared to Nichole, we headed off in Emily's boyfriend's (Neil) 90's white Mercedes with red leather seats. We went and got early pictures which were extremely painless.

Then....it was dinner time. Now just a little background here, the day I asked Nichole to homecoming I told a really nice woman from my church that I was asking her, and she replied with "OH YOU GUYS SHOULD COME EAT AT MY HOUSE!!!!" So I presented this idea to my groupmates, and Nichole seemed fine with it, but I think Emily was a little hesitant about eating at some lady's house whom she doesn't know. Leonda and I planned our butts off, and I was sooo excited, but a little worried about Emily's opinion of the situation. (there's the background.)

Back to homecoming night...We got to the house, and went in....IT WAS AMAZING! Leonda outdid herself. She decided to make the theme silver and icy blue, and she had TONS of candles. It was so nice. We went in and had hour devours which were waiting in the living room. It was comfortable, and we talked a bit. Then, we decided to have dinner. I called Roger and he was AWESOME! He acted like a waiter and he did an amazing job. Thanks Roger! We had options for everyone, the ladies didn't want sparkling cider, and we were prepared. We gave them....OJ! That's what they said they liked....haha. So the main dish was lasagna, but Emily didn't like beef...no worries. Planned on that. She got her choice...Chicken Caesar Salad. The conversation was good at dinner. Not too many awkward silences, and I didn't want to talk too much so I just let the ladies talk it up while I ate my heart out (politely mind you). Then we had desert...SO GOOD! There were two options...apple pie with ice cream or a kinda creamy chocolate mint pie. Nichole and I had the chocolate mint while Emily and Neil had apple. It was great...as I said...Leonda outdid herself. Then we all brushed our teeth...Leonda's idea for the toothbrushes.

We went to the dance next. That was fun..lots of pretty people.

As you can tell the highlight of my night wasn't the dance....it was nice, but everything else was better.

After the dance we were a little short on time (Nichole's curfew was 1 A.M.) so we went bowling for 2 games. That was pretty awesome. There were other groups at the bowling ally which was fun to see, but our ladies were the coolest since they stayed in their dresses. Neil was pretty good, he had a mean curve in his throws, I was thoroughly amazed. The first game I won, but that was just our warm-up. The second game...Nichole won, she beat me by 2 points. Oh and the first game I got 105 or something of that sort. One thing I noticed was that Nichole still looked elegant even while she was bowling. It was kinda awesome. Here she is, throwing a ball down an ally with neon bowling shoes on...and she looked beautiful. That girl holds herself well.

After bowling...it was go home time. I had an AWESOME night....thanks everyone!

THE MOOSE!!!

So I saw this moose in the Seattle PI today and was quite amused...Jessica King and I thought that the moose could climb and we were laughing our BUTTS off. It was quite the good time. The REAL story follows.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

FAIRBANKS - A bull moose was suspended 50 feet in the air after its antlers became tangled in a power line under construction southeast of Fairbanks.

The incident happened on October 5 on the Pogo Mine Road. The moose apparently became tangled in electrical wires while the line, under construction to the Teck Pogo gold mine about 80 miles southeast of Fairbanks, was close to the ground.

Workers noticed something wrong after tightening the line, and backtracked to find the moose hanging by its antlers.

The moose was alive when it was lowered to the ground, but Department of Fish and Game officials decided to kill it rather than tranquilize it before removing the wires.

Officials say they were worried the stressed moose would die and the drugged meat would not be salvageable.

The moose may have weighed as much as 1,200 pounds. The workers believe the moose may have come across the sagging and swaying wires and decided to challenge the power line to a fight, as bull moose are known to do during the rut, or mating season.

"My guess is he was in full rut and probably seen that line moving out there," and decided to fight, said Marvin Pickens, line construction manager for City Electric in Anchorage.

The moose was likely suspended in the air for only a matter of minutes before workers investigated and found it, Marian said.

why?

Why does stuff like this happen? It's not like any kid deserves to go through hard times...unless they're super freaks and killed someone or something.

One of my friends from cross country got some TERRIBLE news yesterday...about 20 hours before she would be leaving for Colorado to live with her dad since she was kicked out of her house by her mom. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! Her mom was so unreasonable, I mean....no matter what anyone's kid does...they should never have to resort to kicking them out to leave a life they had made themselves. It's not like she wasn't loved by MANY people...and it's not like she didn't have anyone offering to take her in where she lived. I hate that parents get this mindset right away and follow through with anything that they decided onwith out even concidering any other option. I can't stand the fact that something like this has happened. I've been praying like crazy all day. That God would give me the power to be the strong supportive friend that Katie, Emily, Nichole, Amanda...anyone....needs. That's about all I can do...I can't fight her mom....and I can't change the legal system so that parents can't do that.

The other thing that bugs me is that apperently neither of her parents really want her. I don't know for sure if that's true, but if it is....THAT'S THE LAMEST THING I'VE EVER HEARD! How could a parent not show that they care about their kid. And another apparently thing is that her dad (who she hasn't seen in five years) abuses her. I'm sorry Katie that you were born into this piece of crap life you were born into.

I would like to say that you should never believe any rumors unless you KNOW they're true. As believable as they may seem...they very well might be COMPLETLY wrong. Please pray to give my friend, Katie, strength as she tackles this HUGE obsticle. WE LOVE YOU KATIE!

There was tons of crying and sad people today. I squeezed a little tear in when I hugged Katie before she left...which is a HUGE thing for me...I usually can't cry. It's amazing what hugs can do for people. If you know anyone going through a rough time...give them a hug...they're always welcome and wanted.

Stuck in Neutral

Nothing too exciting has happened recently. The straightening of the hair was way fun and I got many mixed reactions to my hair. The overall message I got today was..."I'm happy your back to curls." I am too...straight hair is such a hassle...and it poked me in the eyes constantly yesterday...my eyes hurt at the end of it all.

Today was just a day...nothing all that special. I really don't think that anything happened that is even worth noting. The only thing I can really think of is at lunch I found out that I lost my math notebook...so I was pretty much screwed since math was the next period. I still can't find it! I'm thinking that I either left it in a class other than math, or it got stolen by some super freak that either likes to ruin grades, hates me, or loves math. You choose.

Last night was fun...I went to C-Group which was very awesome. I don't know why I didn't go the years before, but I guess it's good that I'm at least coming now.

I'm so tired I think I'm about to die. I hope I can make it through friday! Homecoming is NEXT SATURDAY!!!!!

People change, friends change, times change. It's not the easiest thing to deal with, but it's not the end of the world. Don't always expect to get things your way and in your time. Change is a hard and slow process.
I should work on that kinda thing.

Re-Curled

I know I promised you guys pictures...but I was too busy pimping out my blog....sorry!

Hairs Un-curled

So an update on the going ons in my life. Everythings getting better...I'm feeling less and less sorry for myself everyday. HAHA. I feel so tacky you guys...sorry I showed all my bad feelings and none of the positive ones I've had lately. I really do feel fortunate that I'm with smart nice girls rather than stupid ditzy and mean girls. I'm trying to have a more positive outlook on school and life. I feel like people are getting fed up with my gloominess, and rightfully so. Just because I had a couple crappy days doesn't mean that my world is gonna all fall down. So enough with the borings...on to the good stuff.

So over the weekend I discussed with my group where we're going to eat for homecoming...and the decision was a really neat restaurant called Cox's. It's a real fancy restaurant in Renton and it's really cheap...both in one...too good to be true? Quite so. I'm really going to the Cox's house and if you don't know the Cox's...you've missed out. Anyway, I talked to Leonda and she said we could do dinner at her place, actually she offered to let us have dinner at her place. Should be fun! Don't everyone ask Leonda now...she's not officially up for grabs for dances...so just warnin ya.

Anywhoo...I watched the game with Michael J., Hannah, Kirsten, and Jared V. It was good times...but I left right before it all went TERRIBLY WRONG! seahawks lost.

Overall, good weekend.

After my weekend I discovered that teachers like to give LOTS of homework. YUK! On Monday (yesterday) I did tap from 6:30-8:00. It was way fun...but my shoes were WAY too big and my toes hurt at the end. I stayed up till 1:00 A.M. NO FUN!!!!!

So today was generic...except for about 2:15 ago! The whole reason for the neato title deals with the fact that Nicole Taylor straightened my hair! It looks so cool...no joke. Some people probably wont like it...but I've been wanting to do it for quite a while...so I did it. (pictures tomorrow...after the debut)

Gosh DANGIT!

Ok God....let's get going with the easy...I've had enough of this hard business. I'm uber stressed out you guys! I want to go and play a MASSIVE game that's going on right now at KR...but it's a business night and my mom couldn't stay up and wait for me to get home. I WANT TO DO GUY THINGS! I'm beginning to hate girls...I have waaaay too many girl friends....I want to hang with guys and stuff like that. I just want to have classes with guys where it isn't a 1:5 guy/girl ratio...as weird as it sounds I'm just about done with girls for now....THEY'RE EVERYWHERE! I don't even know if I could deal with having a girlfriend...and this is a BIG deal...I mean come on....ME? not wanting a GIRLFRIEND? Somethings majorly wrong. Sometimes you need to have the dudes who aren't all PMSy and who aren't always the victims...I know I'm making girls sound pretty shallow and unpleasing right now...but sometimes....they are. I guess all I'm trying to say is...I want to hang out with other dudes...just be a dude...and relax for once.

Re: BAD DAY!!!!

So I was thinking about what I wrote earlier today...and I think it was way unfair to all my friends and it totally underminded the relationships I do have. I've decided that it's much better to have friends that enjoy you than not to have any at all. I'm sorry for my gloomyness and skeptical outlook on life that I unmasked earlier...but I think it's just a natural response to a crappy day...that's all. I'm still happy me and I think it was a bump in the road day. Have a good one!

BAD DAY!!!!

So today I just had a terrible day. I don't know where it went wrong, but it just crashed at the end. I'm starting to feel like a nice "side dish" to everyone's meal....the one that everyone takes a nibble of...but are much more interested in their main meal. Usually I'm content with being the side dish for everyone...but today...it just turned UN-ok. I'm so tired of feeling like the person that brings people back to happy...or the one that people just smile at. I want to be someone's person that keeps them happy. The one that someone is dying to tell me what happened in their day....I just want to feel like I absolutly, no-doubt-about-it, belongs to someone. It'd be ok if it was a girl...but I'm so tired of being friends with just girls. I want either a girlfriend or just a dude who I can just hang out with whenever I like. I don't mean to like undermine the friends that I have, cuz I love 'em all, but I don't know....I just feel like if it came to having me in any group of friends it wouldn't feel like something were missing if I wasn't there. I know that if anyone reads and posts concerning this blog...it'll say something to the extent of "I need to have you with me" or something to that extent...but I don't know if I can really belive that...cuz I don't think that if anyone thinks of their closest friends, they think of me close to first or whatever. I don't know...I feel like a total idiot saying all this, but whatever...I guess I just wanna get it off my chest...and it'll explain any "sadness" you might see in me over the next few days. I feel so selfish right now, but I'm tired of thinking of everyone BUT me....so I guess I can be selfish every once and a while...right? AHHHHHH! I feel like I'm rambling so I'm off to listen to music...write a song...or just releave stress. I'll write a happier...more informative blog later. You know...just to let ya'll know my life happenings.