"Oh, my life is good, and the past is in the past"

My brain is all over the place tonight. I'm apologizing in advance.

• I've been waking up (when I don't have ish to do) somewhere between 10 and 2 everyday.
• Although I was worried at first (paranoid is gross!) I really love the new Jonas album. My favorite songs are: fly with me, don't speak, turn right and before the storm.
  
  
  
• I'm ridiculously excited for the concert on Sunday with Lizzie. :] Hopefully I see Camille and/or Paul there too.
• Megan and I have been hanging out so much lately. It's weird, we are both so bitchy/get on people's nerves but for some reason we don't bother each other. Yeah, probably because we're so similar. (Bob! Pinned bangs! Heels! Pinkberrys!) Normally with friends if we're together for like 3 days, they start to annoy me, too much togetherness. With Meggy, we're totally fine and it magically gets better. I still can't believe we used to hate each other. :]
• I'm getting my license shortly. I'm obviously excited. It's just so inconvenient not having it. Now that I have a job, my mom is letting me. HeR pRiOrItIeS aRe In OrDeR.
• I'm really looking forward to Megan's 4th of July party and my Luau. :D

As a result (ya wasl!) of all of these things plus more that i'm forgetting, I'm loving life. I'm going to leave you with some insightful Ashlee Simpson lyrics.
"And I'm always always always running late, and my hair's a mess, even when it's straight, but so what, I'm better off everyday"
Thanks, Ash.

You're going to Hogwarts!!!!!!!!!!!!

Megan and I were driving to Puyallup from Lacey (after watching Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, getting into a huge conversation about Hogwarts houses) and to pass the time we became the Sorting Hat.

I'm providing house information for you as well. :] If you are curious why you're in a certain house, contact me on Facebook.

By Gryffindor, the bravest were,
Prized far beyond the rest;
For Ravenclaw, the cleverest
Would always be the best;
For Hufflepuff, hard wokers were
Most worthy of admission;
And power-hungry Slytherin,
Loved those of great ambition.

Head: Minerva McGonagall

Founder: Godric Gryffindor

Colors: Scarlet and gold

Ghost: Nearly Headless Nick

Characteristics: "Daring, nerve and chivalry", and thus its members are generally regarded as brave, though sometimes to the point of recklessness. "You might belong in Gryffindor, Where dwell the brave at heart, Their daring, nerve and chivalry, Set Gryffindors apart" - The Sorting Hat

Famous Gryffindors: Harry Potter, All of the Weasleys, Albus Dumbledore

More Gryffindors: Hayley Edmonston, Colin Gorenstein, Heather Perry, Robin Hornslien, Mary Yoest, Ty Hill, Becca Bisson, Nolan Burger, Hannah Fikar, Justin Piger, Ryan McIntosh, RJ Lopez, Bethany Gebhart, Caleb Allison

Head: Pomona Sprout

Founder: Helga Hufflepuff

Colors: Yellow and black

Ghost: The Fat Friar

Characteristics: They value hard work, patience, friendship and fair play. Very hard-working, friendly, loyal, accepting and for equality. "You might belong to Hufflepuff, Where they are just and loyal, Those patient Hufflepuffs are true and unafraid to toil" - The Sorting Hat

Famous Hufflepuffs: Nympadora Tonks, Cedric Diggory, Susan Bones, Ernie MacMillan

More Hufflepuffs: Taylor Russell, Chelsea Nemec, Laurel Barrett, Ingrid Bergland, Chelsea Brooks, Jenna Pedersen, Jarred Velliquette, Emily Harm, Emily Nelson, Drew Britton, Ashley Schleigh, Bella Lohrman-Hake, Hannah Caprara, Haley Hamilton, Kay Locey, Rachel Sherman

Head: Filius Flitwick
Founder: Rowena Ravenclaw

Colors: Blue and silver

Ghost: The Grey Lady

Characteristics: Clever, intelligent, witty, academically motivated and talented students. "Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, If you've a ready mind, Where those of wit and learning, Will always find their kind" - The Sorting Hat

Famous Ravenclaws: Luna Lovegood, Cho Chang, Moaning Myrtle

More Ravenclaws: Megan Thompson, Kortney Scroger, Josh Velliquette, Josh Aten, Zach Grah, Emily Gogerty-Northrip, Camille Wylie, Garrison Burger, Eric Gintz, Hannah Wise-Maas, Jin Stedge, Kristen Steenbeeke, Molly Pat

Head: Severus Snape, later Horace Slughorn

Founder: Salazar Slytherin

Colors: Green and Grey

Ghost: The Bloody Baron

Characteristics: Cleverness, resourcefulness, determination and a certain disregard for the rules. The house has a negative reputation, with many claiming that it is the source of most dark wizards in Britain. "Or perhaps in Slytherin, You'll make your real friends, Those cunning folk use any means, To achieve their ends." - The Sorting Hat

Famous Slytherins: All of the Malfoys, Tom Riddle (Voldemort), Bellatrix Lestrange

More Slytherins: Danny Serna, Brian Shoaf, Zach May

you know what...?

I'm loving summer already.

I made a to do list on Sunday and I'm in the process of doing all of those things.

Also, I feel like I need to figure out what I should buy with the $1,500 I've received as of today. New laptop? Save up for fall when I know I will want things? Wait until Christmas when I will most likely be in Europe?

Oh and I've got a lot of secrets up my sleeve for the future too. Heh. :D

Focused Writing

So, I've been downloading a lot of (nerdy) applications for my laptop. Kind of giving it a new life. The app that I'm currently using is called focused. All I can see right now is a black screen with white text. It blocks out all distractions. No music, no pop ups, no frozen computer screens, no flashing Facebook windows with "New message from _____!" glaring at you. It's purpose is for writers and students - which I consider myself both. I love technology more and more every day.

*I just added a character count and it makes the sound of a typewriter now. I'm about to remove the sound of the typewriter because I will go insane in 3...2...1.

I feel much better now that the sound is gone. I also changed my font color (light yellow), font (mighty to save, it keeps me typing) and my window size (narrower, like a word document with margins). I'm such a nerd. Can I marry someone who works for Adobe so I can get freebies/info? :] Hey look I'm at 956 characters. lolz

graduation!

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." -Eleanor Roosevelt

Erm

I tried, it fizzled out, it's dead and I'm done.



Also, high school is done. We aren't going to school tomorrow and that is very very bizarre.

I wish I could sleep in. But, no, I will have to wait until Sunday for that.

Typing from da pinkberry is obnox - night.

Lyndsie and graduation junk.

Lyndsie was over an hour ago. She wanted to read the last Commoner. It's crazy how much Commoner has an impact on people. Lyndsie was only on staff for one year, but she has intense Commie Pride. Here are all the things she said/did.

She always reads the entire Jagwire and then tells her classes/friends that "it is definitely not as good as Commoner and she knows it". Lyndsie always complains to me about how she wishes they had something like ours at ER. Her boyfriend often hears her talk about how amazing newspaper is and he suggests joining Jagwire. Lyndsie laughs and explains how it is just not the same and it would feel degrading/gross. I love Lyndsie. She's so ridiculous.

She read through this issue and started crying when she got to the Commoner goodbye part. She read all of them and especially liked Hayley's, Colin's and mine. She was cute and kept being like, "awww i remember this from sophomore year" and she was thrilled when she saw the photo with her in it on one page.

Lyndsie was telling me how ridiculous she felt for crying because she's not even on staff anymore. She said Commoner was one of her favorite HS things and even though she's at ER, she's a commie at heart. It was really cute and we both cried a lot. <3 We also reminisced a bit about school over the years and how it was our last day of school ever tomorrow. She's coming to the RHS graduation (depending on whether or not they will give me another ticket lolz) and I would have gone to the ER one if it wasn't during my grad party. But she's going to stop by, take photos and we will generally freak out over how old we are now. Gosh. :]


Okay, so I literally have no clue who I'm sitting with at graduation. I don't really care either about the specific seats, I just want to be near friends. haha It sucks because the logical friends I would sit next to are: Hayley - but she's academic top 10 and i think they sit somewhere else, Megan - she's not graduating, Laurel - she's avoiding me/I don't really want to bring it up/feel stupid talking about it anyway but don't want to end on a bad note if it's even possible because I have no clue what she thinks about me anyway (which by the way, if you're reading/care, can all be better if you just talk to me). So, I'm a bit screwed, possibly? I don't know. Locey is stressing me out about the seating/telling me like horror stories. Doesn't help.

Gov: I got an "award" from my 5th grade teacher (aka Adriana Cranston's dad?), it was cute. I also realized that there are less than 15 people I went to elementary school, junior high and high school with. I'm going to try and count.

Julie Smith, Lyndsie Horn (she counts!), Julia Nix, Janelle Kapsh, Alexis
Pederson, Chelsea Olivas, Breana Yardis, Breanna Moore, James Johnson, Nick
Krebs.

Omg, 10 people. That's crazy, considering I went to all the schools that my boundaries told me to.

I need to make cards/etc for people for all the grad parties I'm going to. I've limited myself to what's reasonable/people I actually really want to go their party/that aren't during my own party. They are: Natalie's, Josh and Jarred's, Colin's, Heather (Perry)'s, Josh's, Hannah's, and maybe Colin 2's. I had (or wanted) to say no to a lot haha: BL, Anna, Emmy, Nichole, Hayley and as of right now Laurel. I would die if I tried to go to all of those. 13!

Okay, i'm so tired.