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25 November 2009 @ 01:24 pm
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Hello people!

I'm very annoyed right now.

Title of this post is a very small part of it; I use rich text almost all the time, so fact that the HTML tab is the one that's open when I go to post is irritating me. But that's not the reason that I'm posting right now. I'm posting because lately, I've been holding back on family details. Not for any particular reason, I just rush to get my blog done and don't give it the attention it deserves anymore, so my blogs aren't as full as they should be.

Anywho, since I came back home for Thanksgiving break, I've been doing chores. I understand that I'm still a member of this family and a part of this household, even if I don't *live* here all the time, so I know I have to do chores. That's fine. But I want everything to be equally divided amongst the bro and myself. For the past two or three days, Nick has slept for a good chunk of the day, while I do chores without protest.

Now, I'm not saying I don't ever complain about chores or that I do them all the time, cuz I do complain and I don't do them all the time. But as of late, I've been doing everything and Nick has been doing hardly anything. Today, dad asked me to do the dishes. I did the dishes multiple times yesterday, as well as the laundry, while Nick was napping after school, so I was a little annoyed with that.

I told dad that I'm a bit ticked that I've been doing everything lately and Nick's been doing nothing, and he freaked out. He yelled at me and told me to get out, even though I was doing the fucking dishes, like he asked me to. I told him no, I was doing the dishes, chill out. But he kicked over a stool, got in my face and screamed for me to get out and that he had had enough of my and my brother's complaining.

Excuse me, but if he balanced out the chores instead of making me do everything, maybe I wouldn't complain. So I went upstairs and now I'm stuck in my room. I'm hungry, I'm depressed and I need someone to talk to. And, ya know, this isn't the only area where dad's better to Nick. For the past three years, whenever I wanted something to eat for lunch, I better make it myself or I'm not gonna eat.

But mom and dad are constantly making food for Nick instead of making him do it himself. I don't understand it! I know that they think Nick isn't responsible enough to take care of himself, or that if they don't make him food, he will literally starve himself cuz he's too lazy to make stuff for himself, but if they keep babying him, he is not going to survive when he has to move out and live on his own.

And, ya know, every single day, it's like I've gotta walk on pins and needles to avoid setting off the ticking time-bombs that are my parents and my brother. Absolutely any little thing can set them off, and it usually does. I expect mom to come home pissed off and to cause a riff in whatever good mood we may be in, though I think that's already ruined for the day. I know, I know, I should've just shut the fuck up and done the dishes.

I regret that I said anything but I'm so sick of being made to do everything. But what am I thinking? No one in my family will ever change. They take anything you say painfully personally and as a personal attack. I feel like we all need to talk to a therapist, just so that someone NOT connected to us would tell each of us (including myself) what we need to hear so we can fucking CHANGE for the better and function better.

I'm just sick of everything. I have half a mind to go back to sleep and just pretend today didn't happen.

Love y'all - Mira/Doc/Kat *meow*
 
 
Feel: irate
Hear: *absolutely nothing*
 
 
Living in the Age of Colbertius
13 August 2009 @ 06:18 pm
I'm Afraid of Mr. Bald Guy  
Hello people!

I should explain real quick that teh rents get up on their own, every day, no later than 8:00, and that's late. They're usually up at 6:00 or 7:00, sometimes even 5:00. I wake up on my own typically by 10:00, and Nick sleeps way into the afternoon. Anywho, I was woken up by dad screaming, "GET UP!" at 10:30. He left and screamed into Nick's room for him to get up, then stormed downstairs.

I did as I was told and rushed downstairs, where I was yelled at by both mom and dad (though mostly dad) for being lazy. Admittedly, I've been lazy the past few days, but generally, I help out around the house and do my chores and whatnot. Dad was seriously pissed. I'll spare you the details, but dad was a real asshole. He's been that way all day, no matter how nice I've been to him. *shrugs*

So, of course, Nick and I got right to work cuz who wants to be yelled at all day? Nick and I moved my furniture upstairs and into my room. I've FINALLY unpacked my clothes and books and my room is coming along. Slowly, but progress is progress! :D I spent a few hours organizing my room and unpacking shit. Then dad screeched for me to do the dishes and reprimanded me again for being lazy.

*shakes head* I did the dishes and then Nick said he had to go to the high school to register for this coming school year and asked if I wanted to come with. I said sure so we headed out. The school's only, like, five minutes away, if that, so it was a fun walk. And the school is very impressive! The lockers are insanely tall and the hallways are huge and the cafeteria has BOOTHS, like a restaurant! :D

We went to the office and found out the lady who does the registration stuff leaves at 1:00 (and it was, like, 3:00), so we went home. On the way, Nick told me that his new hoodie (which came in the mail two days ago) was $50 - on sale. And yesterday, dad spent $50 on a car wash. And yet, I ask for small things (seriously, I don't believe in buying clothes that cost more than, like, $15) and get yelled at.

The problem is, I have a conscience. I care that my parents are struggling and we shouldn't be blowing cash on stupid expensive shit that we don't need. But Nick doesn't give a fuck. He thinks he's entitled to whatever he asks for, being a kid. I'm kind of annoyed that he gets whatever he wants, but I can't stoop to his level cuz I think it's really terrible to act that way. I guess I'll just settle for what I have.

Um, moving on, when we got back, I fixed dinner. Mom wanted me to make it, so I did. I made this casserole that I LOVE for mom to make - it's got bite-size pieces of chicken, mini!penne pasta, alfredo sauce, and mozzarella cheese. It is SO delicious. And I made it and it came out really well! :D I'm so happy that I didn't screw it up, lol! <3 Uh, and that's where we are. :]

Title of this post is something Nick said when we went to the school. This guy was in the office when we went to register, and he was bald. He seemed kinda anxious for us to get out, so when I asked Nick why he was hesitant to look around the school, he said that *points to title*. Okay, the end.

Love y'all - Mira/Doc/Kat *meow*
 
 
Feel: blah
Hear: *absolutely nothing*
 
 
Living in the Age of Colbertius
25 June 2009 @ 05:02 pm
Asps...Very Dangerous...You Go First  
Hello people!

Oh gosh, you guys. Today was terrible. Such an awful day.

Um, let's start from the beginning. I slept through it, but around 4:00 this morning, Nick discovered that a few bitches trashed our yard and driveway. They covered it in yoghurt and maxi pads (yes, fucking pads), TP'd our trees, covered mom and dad's cars in yoghurt and lipstick, and wrote swears and slandering statements against Nick in chalk all over the driveway.

Nick called the police, which is brilliant. I honestly don't think I would have been coherent enough to even think of that if that happened to me at 4:00 in the morning. He woke up mom and dad and they all went outside to talk to the police. Our neighbors across the street, who are wonderful people, said that they saw three girls with ski masks on, leaving our property.

Two of Nick's friends came over (he called them) to help clean up (how sweet is that? <3). Teh rents and bro cleaned up everything and went back to sleep. There was a note on the driveway in chalk that said, "Derf (his nickname), you should've said no." I don't know what that means, and Nick doesn't seem to, either, but these girls must've known Nick well if they called him "Derf."

I would just like to say that this stuff makes me hate the entire human race. How can anyone do something like that? No matter how much you hate someone, if you pull a stunt like that, you're not just hurting that one person, you're hurting their whole family. I can't even express to you how much acts like that make me so disgusted with people. I mean, teens think that's fucking funny.

Not all teens, of course, but at least half the ones I know in RL would find that hilarious. It's NOT amusing, it's NOT cool, it's hurtful and stupid and if it ever happens to me and I see who did it, I will hunt that person down and torture them. *breathes* So, I woke up at 9:30, when the power went off completely (causing my fan to stop running). I got up to find out what was going on.

Apparently, our electricity provider was doing a test and shut off EVERYTHING. Usually, if the power goes out, my iPod dock stays on (though I don't know how...) but it didn't this time. It was insane, guys, mom was trying to get ready to go (make-up, hair, etc.) and she had to light candles to do so! After about half an hour, the power came back on, so we finished getting ready and left.

Mom and I went to the vet place where she had to drop off some brochures, then we went to Sonic. Well, not only was the Sonic we were going to not open, but it was torn apart and the space was for sale. So, we decided to go to Burger King instead, which was less than fantastic, of course. Oh, so, we were going to go to Grove City next. It was about forty minutes away.

Mom had to take a left to get where she was going, but when she got up to her turn, the entire road was blocked off for a fair. Guys, this day has just been one stupid, shit thing after another. Crap like that happened all morning! So much bad stuff happened, I can't even remember everything, but it was ridiculous, like we were in a movie. Mom took me to get a coffee to cheer me up.

We dropped off some papers at the doctor's office so she could fill them out for my college (I forgot to bring them yesterday), then we went to mom's first appointment. I listened to music and slept for 40 minutes and then we came home. I watched some TV and played a little Splinter Cell (cuz seriously, I needed it, it's like therapy for me) and mom left for her next two appointments.

And that has been today. I am so done with this day, it's insane, people. I dunno how much longer I'm gonna stay awake, I'd like to just pretend today never happened. Um, something good is that I finished packing last night. Everything in my room is DONE. I feel so good about it, lol. I found out, though, that one of the supporting beams of my bed is broken in half.

My bed dips, and I never really understood why, I kinda just figured it was cuz I haven't flipped the mattress in a while or something. I really have no idea how the damn thing broke, but I'm not happy about it, lol. The good thing is, it should be pretty easy to replace, so I don't have to get a new frame or anything, lol. That's about it. Oh, yeah, and RIP Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson. :(

Love y'all - Mira/Doc/Kat *meow*
 
 
Feel: depressed
Hear: "This kiss, this kiss!"
 
 
Living in the Age of Colbertius
14 June 2009 @ 08:54 pm
Still Trying to Maintain Sanity on the Scary-Go-Round  
Hello people!

Today has been rough. Not bad, just...tiring.

Mom woke me up around noon. I quickly took a shower then went and helped mom in the basement. We spent about two hours down there til dad came home from the store and Nick came down to help. We were down there til about 4:00. We found this book of Mad Libs that we'd filled in and we sat there for half an hour, reading them aloud and laughing hysterically.

That was really fun! :] After that, we basically chilled out. Fed and played with the kitty, printed off some college papers, chilled out and such. Following dinner, I talked to mom about her childhood. I don't really remember exactly how we got on that topic, but it was really sad and upsetting and I spent about an hour crying. Then we watched Wipeout and I was happy again.

Oh, last night, the Strangers With Candy movie was on. It was funnier than I remember, but I still think the show is better. X] Then, after that, Team America: World Police was on, uncut, unedited and uncensored. I'd never seen it before, but I remember reading that Daran Norris was in it, so I watched it. It was actually pretty hilarious. Stupid, but funny. And Daran Norris said, "suck my cock" a bunch of times, so, WIN. ;]

That's kinda it. Today's been uneventful. I'm so tired and so out of it today. My feet are killing me after standing on our dumbass concrete floor in the basement. I desperately don't want to work down there anymore, but we still have so much to do. :( I really don't have much else to say, and this is incredibly late as it is, so I'm just gonna stick you guys with a video, lol. <3



^^^ Inspired by a recent fandom!secret. X] Title of this post is from Wipeout. OH OH! Thanks for the wonderful, awesome comments you guys left for my profile! :D I'm gonna collect 'em and put 'em in there tonight! <3

Love y'all - Mira/Doc/Kat *meow*
 
 
Feel: sick
Hear: *absolutely nothing*
 
 
Living in the Age of Colbertius
08 June 2009 @ 05:02 pm
I, Uh...I Couldn't Sleep, I Was, Uh... Too Sexy?  
Hello people!

God, what a shitty day today has been. I hate it when a bunch of small things happen that make the whole day crap, ya know?

I had a dream that I was in a cooking class and we had just finished taking an exam (I've never taken a cooking class...). Phil Hartman was a classmate of mine (WTF?) but he was an adult. I know, so weird, but kinda awesome. XD He was himself, so I was all excited about meeting him. And he sat next to me! <3 The teacher was this really quiet, petite, timid woman.

Apparently, I had lent her some tupperware and serving dishes and such, and mom wanted me to get them back. The room had these shelves up on and against every wall, with dishes and tupperware piled to the ceiling. I went around the room gathering the ones I thought were mine. I noticed a few bowls that I thought might be mine but I wasn't positive.

Phil and this girl who was my friend, I guess, came up behind me and Phil whispered to me that I should be sure which ones are mine and which aren't, cuz the teacher would get really upset if I took her stuff. I panicked a little since I was so unsure and put the bowls back. Then I was suddenly home, searching through my bag for a project I'd started for a class final. Then I woke up. *shrugs*

I set my alarm for 7:00 so I could feed the kitten, let the dog out, and free the cats from their laundry room prison. But for some reason, my alarm didn't go off til 9:00 this morning. I have no idea what happened, but it threw my whole day outta whack. I was still exhausted after I took care of all the animals, so I went back to bed til 11:30, when I officially got up.

I fed the baby again and let her run around for a while. Around 1:00, I finally got online. I've been watching The Nanny most of the day, of course. I intended to take my little motorized scooter to Kroger to pick up some groceries and I was hoping Nick would go with me cuz I need someone to watch over the scooter while I'm in the store since I don't have a lock for it.

BUT, [a] it started raining, and rain+motor=bad idea, and [b] Nick figured it'd be more fun to hang out with his dumbass girlfriend instead of help me. So that's what he did. I got the mail and found a package from Green Mountain (college) waiting for me. I thought it was the "tech agreement" that I never fucking got that allows me to register for classes online.

Boy, was I wrong. I got an environmentally-themed book called, The World Without Us, which sounds totally crappy to me, AND I have a worksheet to do on the book. Seriously? I mean, SERIOUSLY?! I thought I wouldn't have to do summer work anymore. I can't believe it, and it really pissed me off. And yes, I'm a lazy ass, but all of you should know that by now, lol.

So, then, I went to feed Celtic again and something happened with the bottle we feed her with and it spewed out formula all over my favorite shirt. Not only that, but the exact same thing happened to me yesterda. I hand-washed the shirt yesterday cuz I still wanted to wear it, but I gave up today and just put on a big comfy shirt and sweatpants.

Following that, I was so upset with the day that I got two Klondike bars, put 'em in a bowl, and covered them in whipped cream. I know it was sooooo unhealthy and bad for my diet but frankly, I don't give a flying fladoodle. Mom called me and said that she and dad went to Friendly's, which used to be my fave restaurant in Connecticut. She said she wishes I'd gone with them.

I wish so, too. But Nick would've burned the house down or something, I just know it. And I know this is stupid and totally out of character for me, but I'm kinda jealous that my brother, one of the meanest, lamest, most unattractive people I've ever known, somehow has a girlfriend and yet, I don't have a boyfriend. I mean, I don't think I'm a big catch or anything, but I think I'm at least better than Nick.

That sounds terrible, but whatever. *headdesk* I'll give you three guesses where the title of this post came from, and two of them don't count. I'm feeling nauseated and tired and I'm thinking of going to bed early.

Love y'all - Mira/Doc/Kat *meow*
 
 
Feel: frustrated
Hear: "Hush hush, keep it down now, voices carry!"
 
 
Living in the Age of Colbertius
29 May 2009 @ 06:06 pm
We Are Awesome, Aren't We? Oh, Yes, We Are  
Hello people!

Today wasn't all that great, but I'm not in a bad mood, surprisingly, lol.

I slept til 11:30, which was splendid for me since I was so tired yesterday. Nick came in and woke me up very sweetly and calmly (<3). I got up and got ready for a shower. I went and said hi to dad, but he was all pissed at me because I slept so late and hadn't fed Celtic yet. He asked why I hadn't set my alarm to get up and why my phone was off.

I just went to my shower and when I was done and got dressed, dad said he was sorry for yelling at me. I felt bad, though, for not getting up. I usually don't sleep that late without waking up at least once. *shrugs* I know I had dreams last night, but I don't remember what they consisted of. Meh. I pretty much lazed around and did nothing today.

I went and watched TV and got online for a while, until I decided to start my Sphinx fic (titled Sphinx 2: Saving Tut). Speaking of, I feel I should warn any of you that have studied Ancient Egypt and their religious beliefs and intend to read my fic that the game, Sphinx, is hugely religiously and historically inaccurate. Hugely. But at least they have the names right, lol. I guess. X]

Anywho, I got about a page done before I wanted to check something in the game and had to start a new game. I played that for about an hour and worked out some kinks (pun unintended, lol) in the fic, until the news started. So, then, I watched the news, lol! Incase you couldn't connect those dots. ;D Playing and writing Sphinx, though, got me really wanting Egyptian stuff.

I have an Ankh necklace, so I put that on, and I spent about an hour and a half browsing the internets for Ancient Egyptian-esque jewelry and clothing. Unfortunately, most of the jewelry is ridiculously expensive if it's authentic (real gold or real silver), and if it's not authentic it's pretty obvious. And any clothes are either Halloween costumes or from India (which don't really look Egyptian enough).

I did find a kick-ass ankle-length skirt, though, that has eye of Horus prints on it. It's so gorgeous! I showed mom and she bought it for me on the spot! :D It should be here in about a week. I really want more Egyptian-type clothing, but I guess I'm not gonna find any. Oh, well. I chatted with Kurt Ludlow (fave anchor <3) a bit on Twitter and that's about all that happened today.

Actually, now that I really think about it, today was a pretty good day. Oh, did you guys see this? I kinda wanna strangle her til she dies. Not that I didn't wanna do that before, lol. OH, speaking of wanting to strangle people. 'member a while ago, when I talked about that horrid family across the street who constantly honks their stupid car horns at each other?

Well, today, I found out who does it. A teenage girl lives there, you see, and a car full of teenage boys pulled up and sat in the driveway, I would assume waiting for her. They honked a couple of times, which I'm fine with, ya know, whatever. But then they kept repeatedly honking the horn for, like, twenty minutes! I went outside and stared at them for a bit, deciding if I should call the cops or not.

I decided against it, since they left ten minutes later, but god, I just wanna...*balls hands into fists* *sigh* Anywho. Title of this post is something a friend on Twitter said of people on teh internets. So true. I find this endlessly awesome and I freaking love the song he's playing (Jimmy Buffet, "Pencil-Thin Mustache"). Uh, the end?

Love y'all - Mira/Doc/Kat *meow*
 
 
Feel: relaxed
Hear: "Oh, I wish I had a pencil-thin mustache..."
 
 
Living in the Age of Colbertius
25 May 2009 @ 05:47 pm
We're Americans; We Don't Plan, We Do!  
Hello people!

I know I had dreams last night, but I can't remember what they were about...grawr. I was woken up by mom at 11:00 today. Not bad, considering that I've been getting up at 8 and 9 almost every day for the past week. I was told (via yelling) to do the dishes, so I had to do those. Then I took a shower. Not long after that, Nick came home from his friend's house.

We had a late lunch around 1:00; I had two egg sandwiches with sausage and Nick had two burgers. Nick joined me in my room to watch me play Sphinx for a while and that was actually really fun. He's cool to hang out with sometimes. X] Then we decided to go see Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, which was playing at 2:40.

It was awesome. Hilarious and cute and awesome. I think I've developed a little crush on Ben Stiller, lol. He's kinda cute and he's fairly athletic/built and he's so funny...yeah, I like him a little, lol. X3 And Hank Azaria. OH GOSH, is there anything the man can't do? How adorable is he? Soooooooo adorable. And all the Egyptian stuff was so cool! :D Title of this post is from the movie.

After that, we came home and got into a fight and now Nick and I are hiding in our rooms and mom and dad are out in the living room. When something goes wrong, and by that I mean, when Nick or I get pissy over doing something or somesuch stupidity, Nick inevitably leaves the room. I stay to finish doing whatever I was sposed to do, and since Nick's gone, dad decides to yell at me.

He constantly does that; I'm always getting yelled at after Nick pisses dad off, even if I've done nothing. Even if I've just done something great and unexpected (like doing the dishes without being asked or something similar), I get yelled at because of something Nick did. It's hugely unfair and I really hate that dad does that, but I spose I won't have to deal with that for much longer.

That's really about it. Noms post number two for the TDS_RPS FanFic Awards is UP, so please go nom! I'm gonna go back to playing Sphinx and drown my sorrows in ice cream, lol. Ya know, and I hate to say this cuz it sounds like I'm asking for attention or something, but I feel like the more I write on here, the more futile and pointless it gets.

I feel like I'm not only boring you guys, but that this is a waste of my time, and I desperately don't wanna feel like that. Do you guys ever feel that way? How do you get over that feeling? I wrote about two pages of a new story last night and it felt so good. I'm gonna write some more tonight. P.S. The Nanny marathon was AWESOME last night. ;]

Love y'all - Mira/Doc/Kat *meow*
 
 
Feel: sad
Hear: *background music in Sphinx*
 
 
Living in the Age of Colbertius
02 May 2009 @ 05:46 pm
Micromanage (Like a Boss), Promote Synergy (Like a Boss)  
Hello people!

I slept til 10:30 today. It was loverly. When I got up, I got my left-over chicken fingers and breadsticks from last night's meal at OG, a can of iced tea, and got online. When I turned on my TV, I was greeted with "Bring It On Again!" :D Best way to start the day. <3

Little known fact: Jerry Trainor (who plays Spencer on iCarly and Crazy Steve on Drake&Josh) has a very short cameo in that movie.

I watched that, and then the fourth "Bring It On" movie followed ("Bring It On: In It to Win It"), so I watched a bit of that. Then I did the dishes, just before dad came home. Unfortunately, he had called Nick to ask for help with groceries and Nick had given him sass, so dad came in the house pissed off and yelled at me and Nick for being lazy (even though I'd JUST DONE THE DISHES). >:[

I went to my room and watched some TV til dad called me out to apologize and asked if I wanted to watch Prison Break. We did, and it was amazing, and I desperately don't want it to be over (only one ep left). :( After that, I went back to my room and played more of The Sims. I've made a lot of progress, which just makes me SO HAPPY, lol. <3 I wasted, like, four hours on that.

Then I did a load of laundry and intended to clean up my room/put my clothes away this evening cuz my room is such a mess and my clothes are all over the place, but mom and dad said they were gonna watch the shows we recorded this week on DVR (Supernatural, Ugly Betty, Reaper, Cash Cab, etc.) whether I joined them or not. That really pissed me off (prolly a little more than it should've).

They know I'm not gonna stay in my room while they watch all of our shows without me, so I had to give up my night of actual working to watch TV. And it doesn't make me happy, lol. Grr. Oh, at one point today, I made a video, lol, and you guys know everything I talk about in the first two or so minutes, but I included a minute and a half(-ish) of MindCandy at the end, so watch it anyway. ;]


Title of this post is from "Like a Boss" cuz I don't have anything better, lol. Oh, so, there's this trashy family across the street. The mom is constantly yelling at her kids. Almost every day, someone (I think the mother) pulls up outside the house and honks the horn in one-minute intervals until someone finally comes out from the house.

Tonight, the mother got out and yelled at her kids without going inside to tell them to come out. Anywho, my question is: what should I do about this? I mean, I can't be the only person that finds it frustrating, right? Should I go over there and complain? Should I call the police or something? So, yeah, I'm asking you guys: what should I do?

Love y'all - Mira/Doc/Kat *meow*
 
 
Feel: aggravated
Hear: "Send some faxes..."
 
 
Living in the Age of Colbertius
28 April 2009 @ 05:34 pm
I Know How Much You Like Everything Twice  
Hello people!

It's hard to make myself write this because I just started a new "Get a Life" on The Sims and I really wanna play, lol.

I woke up at 6:25 this morning and wondered why my alarm didn't go off. Then I realized that it was 6:25, which meant mom and dad were letting me stay home (I get up at 6:00 every day). I was so relieved that it took me, like, ten minutes to fall back asleep, lol. I was afraid if they heard that I was awake they would change their minds and send me to school anyway. *shakes head*

Eventually, I did fall asleep. I officially woke up at 10:30 and got up. I turned on Divorce Court and hopped online til dad came by and asked if I'd taken any medicine yet. He had been sleeping, but the cats woke him up. I said no and he made me take some and then he made me a hot dog for lunch and we watched Prison Break from Friday night. It was so good, but I'm bummed that there's only 2 eps left. :(

After that, I went back to my room and played The Sims2:Castaway (PS2) for a while. I didn't actually do anything, I just listened to this song on the soundtrack that I really love and cooked meals for Jon and Stephen (XD). I basically chilled online and listened to that song all day, lol. I searched for some Sims2:Castaway screencaps cuz I LOVE the island, but I only found a few.

Oh, hey, speaking of that song, if anyone knows where I could find it online for free (aside from Galdbadia Hotel, of course), couldja link me? I don't know the name of it, but if you know just where I could find the soundtrack for the game or something, that'd be awesome. So, anywho, then I started playing the very first The Sims game (PS2). Mom came home shortly after with dinner (PIZZA!).

We watched Rules of Engagement, which is where the title of this post is from. Jeff and Audrey had sex twice and Audrey ended up lying about being pregnant at her work to get attention, but Jeff thought she'd told everyone that they had sex twice, so he went around telling everyone else, including people at the diner they go to all the time, and the waitress said that, *points to title*, after giving Jeff a burger with two patties, lol.

We also watched Paranormal State. Um, and I have officially eaten all of my Gobstoppers. *sadface* Damn them for being so delicious! I will, of course, be going back to school tomorrow, seeing as how if I miss anymore days, I will fail, lol. I don't mind, I'm feeling mostly better. Though I really don't wanna go back and do work and shit. BLAH. But at least I've only got five classes, right?

YAY for Arlen Specter turning to the Democratic party! BOO for that doucheface over at ONTD, bluetooth, who keeps acting all douchefaceish and bringing the wank like a wankicane (get it? wank hurricane?). Just sayin. OH! CHUCK LAST NIGHT! HOLY MOO IT WAS GREAT. And they totes left it open for another season! :D Best part? Casey saying, "Oh, Chuck me" (instead of "fuck me," GET IT?!). <333

Um...yeah. NEW FRINGE TONIGHT WHOOOOOOT!

Love y'all - Mira/Doc/Kat *meow*

P.S. OMFG THESE TRASHY PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET WON'T STOP YELLING AT THEIR STUPID MOTHERFUCKING CHILDREN AND HONKING THEIR MOTHERFUCKING CAR HORN I HATE THEM SO MUCH OMFG SOMEONE KILL THEM!!!
 
 
Feel: annoyed
Hear: *absolutely nothing*
 
 
Living in the Age of Colbertius
24 April 2009 @ 04:46 pm
That's Not What Your Mother Said Last Night  
Hello people!

I know I had a crazy dream last night, but I can't remember it. :( Sadface. We read this short story in myth today about these aliens who came to Earth and built churches and lived there. And they worshipped human beings because humans can die, but the aliens had to live forever, which they obviously saw as a burden, rather than a "blessing," if you will. It was pretty interesting and sorta weirdish, lol.

In math, we only had about eight kids in class cuz there was an in-school showing of the play being put on this weekend, but Mr. Pagnanelli taught us anyway. Thankfully, the stuff we're doing is actually pretty easy. We've done it before (last year and such) and it's just plugging numbers into a formula. YAY. We had the same sitch in AP Gov., student-wise (had about five kids in class today).

Therefore, we skipped learning and watched SNL clips on Hulu all period instead, LOL. XD WIN. We watched some SNL Celebrity Jeopardy clips, obviously, hence the title of this post, as well as Like a Boss and Natalie's Rap and a few other things. SO HILARIOUS. I love the Celeb Jeopardy skits, I think they're some of the funniest shit ever written. XD And the bleeped out Like a Boss is pretty amusing.

In AmLit, we still were missing at least half the class until 3/4 of the way through the period, so we chatted most of the time. We talked about siblings and how we hurt them/they hurt us (physically, of course). I gotta admit, it kinda freaked me out how insane people are to their siblings. The worst thing Nick has ever done to me was throw an empty box at me. I dunno bout myself. Shoving, maybe?

I expressed my shock/outrage to Mrs. Jasper and she felt the same way. <3 We took a quiz on the Huck Finn chaps we were sposed to read this week. I only read about half of them and skimmed the rest. I swear, you guys, I'm really hating this book. I don't understand what's going on cuz the language is so fucking awful and it makes me wanna shoot myself in the head. Yeah, I hate it, lol.

AHEM. Anywho. It was Robbins' birthday in MindCandy today! :D He brought us chocolate chip cookie cake! It was DELICIOUS. I sang him the Happy Birthday song from Disney's "The Emperor's New Groove" and it was super fun, haha. He danced around. XD <333 We basically just chilled today and laughed and whatnot. Olivia and I discussed depression and therapy, which was actually fun.

Teh rents picked me up in the convertible (IT WAS 80 DEGREES TODAY) and we went right home. I never ate lunch, but I wasn't really hungry anywho, so meh. I hopped online for a while and felt like writing, so I thought I'd do that drabble meme that we all did a while ago (remember? that music drabble meme?) but I tried and found it incredibly difficult - a lot harder than I remember. :(

Mom and dad told me to come out so we could watch Supernatural. It was decent. I like that there was FINALLY something huntworthy. If only it hadn't introduced the wanky long-lost brother, first. Blech. But whatevski. Not completely awful. I decided I was hungry after-all, lol, so I made myself a cheese sandwich. I haven't had one in a while and I truly forgot how amazing they are. XD

I hate my brother. I hate him. Holy motherfucking shit I hate him so much. He just said that he wishes he could tell dad to STFU cuz dad asked if Nick was gonna change his clothes for his "not-date" tonight (btw, Nick's wearing torn-up jeans and an inside-out shirt. i.e.: he looks like a fucking dickhead). Dad has every right to ask if Nick's gonna make himself presentable for a girl. FUCKING FUCKHEAD.

Sorry. But yeah. RAGE. I desperately want to write tonight, so I think I'm gonna try, even though I've felt this way for a good week or so and haven't written anything since Monday night. *grumble* I'm going to the school play tonight (FAME! [I'm gonna live forever!]), hence my writing this sorta early-ish. Dudes. Nathan Fillion is on Twitter. And he is PAINFULLY cute. <3

Love y'all - Mira/Doc/Kat *meow*
 
 
Feel: eh, moldova
Hear: "Oh, and Hank..."
 
 
Living in the Age of Colbertius
22 April 2009 @ 05:13 pm
Yeah, They're a Good Buncha Douches  
Hello people!

Let's just jump right into this. In myth, we had a graded class discussion. It was fun! :D We had a sorta!pop-quiz in math. See, it's a "sorta" pop-quiz cuz we were sposed to take it on Thursday, according to the calendar we have. But, according to Mr. Pagnanelli, we had to take it today, even though he really kinda gave us NO WARNING WHATSOEVER. It really blew, just so ya know, lol.

He didn't even teach us how to do one of the problems, ONCE AGAIN. *facepalm* We have two assignments, both of which are due on Friday. Blech. Um, in AP Gov., we actually had to do a fire drill and tornado drill, which took pretty much all period. However, Messick made it more fun than it's ever been, lol. We raced to a certain light pole outside and beat everyone there! :D

Then, we all raced back inside to sit down in front of another teacher's classroom, cuz Messick likes to do that to mess with the other teacher, lol. We beat every other class by, like, five minutes! XD TEEHEE. It was super fun. And then Messick went around the hallway yelling at people who were sitting wrong, which was so lulzworthy, guys, you have no idea. We should always have drills in that class.

We finished the poetry shit in AmLit today and it was dull. Feh. In MindCandy, we had to go around and deliver the remainder of the papers that didn't get delivered yesterday. Brian, Olivia and I went around together and it was pretty fun. I got to see some friends of mine, so that was cool. Then we went back to class and Shampel started quizzing us on music he had on his computer.

Guess what? I got practically every song and artist and no one else even knew any of them. LAWLZ I WIN. XD It was fun, I really love being quizzed on my music knowledge, lol. Mom picked me up twenty minutes early and told me we were going to lunch. We went to this place right down the street from the school, which has fantastically amazing food, and waited for dad to meet up with us.

Our waiter was SUPER nice and funny and sorta cute and yeah, it was a great lunch, lol. And mom informed us that she has been approved to buy a house! It's her dream to buy and own a house (since we move all the time, we've only ever rented a house), so she's really super excited about this. Now she and dad are looking at houses in NEW YORK so they can live near me in college! <333

Dad got me a coffee from the cafe that happens to be next to the restaurant and then we all went home. I went to my room and hopped online for a while. Nick came home and I found out something I never thought he'd do: he's been skipping class. He hates his math class, and it's last period, so he just skips it every Wednesday. I can't believe him. He's getting more and more out of hand.

I wouldn't be surprised if he's been drinking and smoking, too. And, ya know, a bunch of people on Twitter said to try to be nice to him and be there for support. Well, I have. It's not new for Nick to be an asshole. He's been like this for the past five years. It's just gotten progressively worse. Even though I'm constantly nice to him (even when he's a douche to me), he hates me and hates talking to me.

I've tried multiple times to get him to tell me shit, and he doesn't. I've kept our grades/report cards/interims secret on numerous occasions, didn't tell on him when he had friends over while mom and dad were out (even though that's blatantly against the rules), etc., etc. I mean, I've never done anything (that he knows of) to make him distrust me, and yet, he won't talk to me. He doesn't believe in talking.

I hate who he is. I don't hate him; he's my brother, I'll always love him. But I hate who he has become. It's the fault of his friends; he's fallen in with "the wrong crowd," if you will. They all smoke and drink and ditch class and sass their parents and all this bad shit (I know, since I've met a few of them personally and talked to them casually) and it's rubbing off on Nick.

Nick desperately wants to fit in, and I get that, and I know it's hard for him, but being a douche and failing everything so he has to stay back a year (which is highly likely) doesn't help. I've talked to him about that before (in a nicer manner, of course) and he says that he enjoys breaking the rules. I'm a total goody-goody and I don't understand that attitude of rebellion at all. I hate breaking the rules.

But ya know what? Whatever. It's not my business. If Nick flunks out of school and has to flip burgers at McDonald's, that's his problem and his fault. If I can help him in the future, I will, but until then, it's not my concern. *sigh* Well, that kind of ruined dad's attitude for the evening and now he's being an utter asshole. Mom and I wish we could get away from him, but there's no where to go.

We gathered in the living room, though, to watch Chuck and Rules of Engagement, both of which were hilarious and winful. Chuck's got me a little nervous; I heard a rumor that it might get canceled before it can have a third season, and it's totally set up to be canceled (all the ends seem to be tied up, for the most part). Title of this post is something Jeff said (on RoE) about his friends jokingly calling him "old."

LAWLZ. <3 So, we have a two-hour delay tomorrow and I would only be attending school for, like, two hours total til mom and dad would have to come pick me up, so I convinced teh rents to let me stay home. WHOOT! XD AND, I uploaded some new icons last night and I LOVE THEM. God, I love uploading icons. I need more space, though, lol. 105 just isn't enough! Um, yeah, that's it.

Love y'all - Mira/Doc/Kat *meow*
 
 
Feel: nauseated
Hear: *absolutely nothing*
 
 
Living in the Age of Colbertius
13 April 2009 @ 01:16 pm
Got Me Through My Darkest Hour  
Hello people!

Dad annoyed me and left for work without saying goodbye and now I feel guilty as fuck. And it's raining, which makes me feel sort of melancholy (kind of a "listen to Fleetwood Mac/REO Speedwagon" type of mood).

And so, I present you with lyrics that I feel fit me so well right now, in regards to geographical location and where I am in life, rather than a relationship.

As soon as you are able
Woman I am willing
To make the break that we
Are on the brink of
My cup is on the table
Our love is spilling
Waiting here for you to
Take and drink of

So if you're tired of the
Same old story
Turn some pages
I will be here when you are ready
To roll with the changes

I knew it had to happen
Felt the tables turnin'
Got me through my darkest hour

I heard the thunder clappin'
Felt the desert burnin'
Until you poured on me
Like a sweet sun-shower

So if you're tired of the
Same old story
Turn some pages
I will be here when you are ready
To roll with the changes

Roll with the changes (repeat)


- REO Speedwagon, "Roll With the Changes"

Love y'all - Mira/Doc/Kat *meow*
 
 
Feel: melancholy
Hear: "You can go your own way..."
 
 
Living in the Age of Colbertius
09 April 2009 @ 05:32 pm
Caskets Have Unearthed...How Creepy Is That?  
Hello people!

Sorry for the late entry, I have been reading Twatlight fangirl horror stories all afternoon. OMG, guys, I must be really late to this but I am seriously afraid of these people. Why has Stephanie Meyer not addressed her crazed fans yet? They're trying to KILL people! Also, I've never read Twatlight and don't intend to, but I really don't know much about it, so can someone give me a brief summary?

That way I can defend my hatred of it other than, "It's too popular and the vampires fucking sparkle." PLZ&THX. So, anywho. I think I'm gonna stop reporting on myth until we actually do something different, lol, cuz all we do every day is read The Iliad. Not much else to say. In math, we had a quiz and I honestly think I did okay. And we got our unit circle quizzes back and I got 100%! :D SO SQUEEFUL. <3 AND, we don't have homework this weekend!

We had a sub in AP Gov. cuz apparently there was a gov./history/civics teachers meeting today to come up with a curriculum for next year (aside: Jen, if you're reading this, it was that creepy lady that talked about sex when she subbed for you, remember? she subbed for Nickel once...). It was boring, we had to do a worksheet and then a mini!presentation, but other than that, not much happened.

In AmLit, we checked out Huckleberry Finn from the library. Not really interested in reading that as I fucking hate Southern accents and really anything to do with the South (except Stephen, of course), but I don't have a choice. Meh. We had a lot of hilarious conversations in MindCandy today, but unlike yesterday, I can't remember them. We talked about Seinfeld and movies and such, but...yeah, I don't recall details...

Dad picked me up, got me coffee, took me home, then had to leave. Mom came home about twenty minutes later (only temporarily, though, she had a 4:00 appointment). I don't know why, but I got mad at her for...something. It was stupid but she started acting really mean to me so I got more upset/angry/annoyed. I tried to be nice to her before she had to go, but she continued being mean, so...

OH! Get this. Nick somehow got dad to order him $30 headphones. THIRTY FUCKING DOLLARS for headphones! SERIOUSLY?! I'm barely willing to pay $10 for headphones, and dad paid $30?! The most annoying thing is that dad tried to keep it a secret from me, as if he knew I'd get pissed, which actually pissed me off more. And Nick just flat-out told me how much dad spent and what he got.

*annoyed* I've asked for much cheaper things before and been yelled at or told no a million times. Yet Nick always gets the things he wants, in secret. It's so fucking frustrating. I've discovered a ton of shit Nick got that I never heard about (but he hears about everything I get), all bought for him by dad. I'm beginning to think it's some sort of ridiculous guy thing or something. It's driving me crazy.

Moving on. Um. Yeah, as I said, I've been reading Twatlight horror stories for the past couple of hours. Ya know, fangirls never scared me. I mean, I thought the stalkerish types were freaky, but I don't know anyone like that, ya know? But I know Twatlight fans. And Twatlight fans are willing to kill for a shitty work of fiction. It's really frightening. If you haven't read some stories and want to, go here.

Title of this post is actually a story on the news; this place is flooding, and because of all the water, caskets are literally unearthing and floating around. It's one part hilarious, one part sad, and one part creepy. XD But still. Teh lulz. Speaking of teh lulz. I bring you lesbian jokes from the 5AwesomeGays (particularly, JOE)! :D


YAY! LOL.

Love y'all - Mira/Doc/Kat *meow*
 
 
Feel: shocked
Hear: "I can't take much more girl I'm losing control..."
 
 
Living in the Age of Colbertius
06 April 2009 @ 04:33 pm
If You Lose Your Thumb, They Replace It With Your Big Toe  
Hello people!

I woke up late to my alarm this morning. I still felt like shit today.

Myth is still incredibly boring. Blahblahblah. In math, we went over the homework, which no one understood. He even said, "Maybe my giving you that assignment without instruction was a bad idea." I wanted to say, "Gee, YA THINK?!?!" Obviously, I didn't, but still. He's such an idiot, sometimes. That homework isn't due til tomorrow now. *facepalm* But all the answers are in the back of the book, so, I'm done, lol.

We didn't have our test today in AP Gov. cuz we hadn't finished going over the chapter, so we did that today. Kinda. We only got a little bit done, but I don't think Messick's willing to push the test back any further than she already has. BUT, that means the homework I didn't do yesterday isn't due til tomorrow and a friend lent me hers to copy (we all copied off each other cuz it's a huge assignment). <3

In AmLit, we read a bunch of short stories which I finished in class, even though it was homework. I also read about forty pages in AAOK today, and I've only got, like, ten pages left! I really love it, I wanna get Paper Towns or Looking for Alaska ASAP. Robbins was back in MindCandy with a hair-do like none before; it looked like a Jerri Curl, to be quite honest, and it was kinda repulsive, LOL.

But at least he's back. It was nice to hear his voice. And Dewey has jury duty for the next two weeks! :DDD I wish Cecil was subbing for her, how AMAZERING would THAT be?! Beyond description, that's how. But, we have some lady I've never seen before subbing. She's nice, though, so it's okay, lol. I read more AAOK in class cuz we had no assignment. It is AWESOME.

Oh, the title of this post is something Kat (classmate) told us because Shampel (*glare*) started talking about some guy he knew who cut up his hand with some kind of wood-working machine. I'm leaving out details cuz it was gross, but he didn't spare us cuz he's just nice like that (*haaaaaaaaaate*). I swear to god, I want nothing more than to strangle that stupid, disgusting man. I hate him so much.

Ahem. Anywho, dad picked me up and took me to get coffee from Speedway. It was delicious and hot. An aside: it was FREEZING today. To the point that it fucking snowed. I know at least half of you got snow, too. This is fucking ridiculous, guys. UGH. So, after the coffee, dad and I were gonna drop Tyrone off at that computer guy's shop. Once we got there, I started crying again. *shakes head*

I almost started crying on the bus this morning, then again in math class. *sigh* Well, as it turns out, the guy wasn't even THERE today. He also didn't answer his phone yesterday, so now I'm concerned that maybe his business went under, since it was small and dinky and I honestly doubt he could've kept it going on his own...I hope I'm wrong, though, cuz I don't trust Geek Squad AT ALL.

I mean, I believe they're capable, but I've heard stories about them (from the local news) WAY overcharging or not entirely fixing the problem or keeping one's electronics for much longer than necessary. But if this guy's business is gone, then we don't really have a choice. We're also gonna buy an external hard drive. Dad has wanted one for a while, apparently, and my fuck-up has inspired him.

We went to Giant Eagle next. I convinced dad to get me this incredibly adorable little puppy keychain and OMG it's so cute. But I have to wait for Easter to actually "have" it, lol. After that, dad and I went home. I spent the afternoon listening to some music on this old computer (after downloading the CD I freaking uploaded a couple days ago) and being harassed by dad and Nick about the lameness of my music.

I really miss Tyrone already. Like, all my music is on him, and I don't have a stereo cuz I had him, ya know? So he's my only means of listening to music. And it really, really fucking sucks. And I hate this fucking computer. Hate it, hate it, hate it. It moves at the speed of a glacier and it barely loads photobucket and it keeps telling me I have mail EVEN THOUGH I DON'T. Burning. Fiery. HATRED.

Okay, I'm sorry, I'm done. The longer I'm conscious, the more I hate everything. Lots of good TV (Chuck, 24, Castle) with delicious men (Zachary Levi, Kiefer Sutherland, Carlos Bernard, Nathan Fillion) on tonight. Hopefully, that'll put me in a better mood.

Love y'all - Mira/Doc/Kat *meow*

EDIT: OH GUESS WHAT?!?! Kurt Ludlow (news anchor...remember?) posed a question on Twitter asking us who we were gonna root for tonight during the basketball game, and I replied with, "I'll be rooting against both teams as the game bumped one of my favorite shows. I hate basketball." AND IT GOT ON THE NEWS! :D

I think I explained this the first time this happened (yes, this is the second time! <333), but it was a while ago. Kurt poses a question on Twitter to everyone following him and he picks three responses he likes best and reads them/shows them on the news every night. That pretty much fixed my bad mood, lol. Let's hope it lasts!
 
 
Feel: annoyed
Hear: "All that matters, taking matters into your own hands..."
 
 
Living in the Age of Colbertius
05 April 2009 @ 05:56 pm
Your Religious Commitment is an Inspiration to Us All  
Hello people!

I'm writing this in the living room. *sigh* Hate this fucking computer.

Um. Okay, so, I had a dream about Sam and Dean and food but that's all I remember. I set my alarm for 8:30 cuz I wanted to get up today (I was gonna do last-minute homework). I ended up turning it off and going back to sleep, but I got up an hour later, which is still not bad, imo. So, I got up at 9:30 and got on my computer, of course. I came out to get some Sunny D (this will haunt me for the rest of my life).

I went back to my computer for another two hours. Around 11:00, John Green (on Twitter) announced that he was broadcasting live from an airport on BlogTV.com, so I clicked the link he posted and actually got to chat a little with him! :D I asked him if he knew of Bo Burnham or Toby Turner and if he liked them, and he said yes to Bo, but no to Toby, and that he thought Bo was pretty clever.

Then I asked if he ever read Jurassic Park, and he said yes, he read a ton of Crichton when he was in college (SQUEE!). The last question I asked was how long it took for his first book to get published. He said it took him five years to write it originally, then six months to edit it for his publisher, then another two years to edit it over and over again until it was completely ready to be published.

At about 11:30, I went to take a drink of Sunny D and accidentally knocked my glass over and SPILLED ORANGE JUICE ALL OVER TYRONE. It went under the keys and through this little port hole thingy in the front of Tyrone and he froze. I immediately started to clean him up, obviously, frenzied and out of my mind, and then I tried to turn him off. For the first time ever, he would not turn off.

I took his battery out and unplugged him and finished cleaning him off. Then I tried turning him back on again (plugged him back in) and it was a no-go. Big surprise. I took him out to the living room and informed teh rents of what happened, fighting back tears. We called the guy who fixed Tyrone the first time (I kept his card), but he didn't answer the phone (I would assume he's not open on Sundays).

An argument broke out between teh rents (dad was slightly insensitive about my problem just cuz he wasn't in a good mood at all this entire weekend) and dad left to the grocery store. Mom and I had an hour-long conversation about dad and my grades (which mom didn't freak about AT ALL! :D <333) and life and success and failure and saving my hard drive and all that stuffs.

Mom hugged me while I cried for a good ten minutes about Tyrone. I've cried multiple times since then and I'm still shaking. I feel nauseous and all I wanna do is sleep and sleep and sleep til everything's back to normal and Tyrone works again (which isn't likely, btw). Look, I realize I have probably an unhealthy attachment to my computer (for fuck's sake, I refer to it as a "he"), but my life is on Tyrone.

My stories (every fucking story I've worked on since I GOT Tyrone), my school work, my pictures of myself and my family and vacation AND Kiefer and Stephen and Jon and the like (endless folders full of pictures), my music and downloads and CD's that were ripped (Lonely Island and everything I uploaded yesterday), all my fucking videos (every. single. one.). I need a new computer, unfortunately.

Let's face it, though: Tyrone is three or four years old, which is pretty old for a laptop. He's my baby and I love him and I can't believe I killed him. I kinda hate myself for being so stupid. *sigh* Anyway, um, so, I spent the next hour or two reading An Abundance of Katherines (AAOK). It was nice to escape into someone else's hopeless moments and confusing life for a while. And I miss reading. <3

I talked mom into taking me out for food cuz it hurts to just be in the house. We went to Max and Erma's. I got tortilla soup (so delicious) and chicken fingers and a glass of Cherry Coke. It was really good and I felt okay for an hour or so. Then mom and I went home and I broke down in the car to the point of shaking again. I'm really not handling this well at all. And it's only gonna get worse.

I haven't gotten any homework done cuz I told mom and dad I didn't have any and it requires a computer to do it. But I don't care. If anyone asks tomorrow, I'm telling them what happened and how traumatizing it is/was and I doubt I'll be getting much sleep tonight. Mom wants me to take a pill. Title of this post is something Colin said to Hassan in AAOK. It was hilarious in context, as Colin was being sarcastic.

There's iced tea in the fridge and ice cream in the freezer. Time to drown myself in sugar.

Love y'all - Mira/Doc/Kat *meow*

EDIT: I meant to say that I called Best Buy's Geek Squad and they said it's highly likely that they'll be able to save my hard drive, which means everything I listed above, lol. I sure as fuck hope so.
 
 
Feel: stressed
Hear: "I wanna fly high..."
 
 
Living in the Age of Colbertius
05 April 2009 @ 02:03 pm
I Can't Complain, But Sometimes I Still Do  
Hello people!

I just wanted to post real quick to say that *knock on wood* I think Tyrone is officially dead.

I'll go into more detail later this evening, but basically, I spilled some orange juice on him and he won't turn on.

I called the Geek Squad and they said that it's highly likely we can recover everything saved on my hard drive. <3

I'll prolly have to buy a new Tyrone, though. I won't call TOD yet, as we're gonna get Ty checked out, but still.

So, yeah, just wanted to say that. I'll post my blog tonight on the living room computer.

Love y'all - Mira/Doc/Kat *meow*
 
 
Feel: crushed
Hear: *absolutely nothing*
 
 
Living in the Age of Colbertius
18 March 2009 @ 09:36 pm
I Know It's In My Best Interests, But Still  
Hello people!

Mom and dad got an email from Nick's English teacher telling them that he failed this quarter. That means that if he doesn't pass next quarter, he has to repeat a year of high school. Somehow, we went from that to the AP Exam that mom and I agreed I didn't have to take.

I tried to explain to dad why I wasn't taking it, and he AND MOM went off on a tirade against me, saying that I would fail in college and fail in life and that I had to pay mom back every cent she had to pay for my college tuition (which isn't much if I go to Green Mountain).

I am so. SO. so fucking sick of being told I'm gonna fail all the time. How is that good motivation? That's what my abusive step-dad (who, thankfully, I never met) said to mom when she was little. That's why she has such low self-esteem. Now she's doing it to me?

This probably sounds ridiculous, but I truly believe it: I have this issue with taking tests/quizzes where, no matter how much I studied, I kind of space when I see that blank page before me and keep glancing at the clock thinking about how much time I have left.

I can't be alone in that, right? Anyway, my grades have suffered because of it and I know it and I've tried to stop it but I can't help it, I just get immediately nervous and there's nothing I can do. I studied like crazy for my AP Gov. exam in December and I think I got a D!

And mom and dad are just adamant that I'm lazy and they don't wanna hear any "excuses." You know what? Fine. Whatever. They keep saying, "The only person you're hurting by being so lazy is yourself." So I said, "Fine. Leave me alone, then."

I'm changing my grade on my report card when I get it. I know it's wrong, I know you guys don't approve, and I'm sorry, but I don't care. I'm sick of being yelled at all the time and my grade's not staying where it is, so I don't need that shit right now.

You know, I was in a near-euphoric mood today, up until mom got home. Then everything went to Hell. *headdesk*

Sorry. I had to vent.

Love y'all - Mira/Doc/Kat *meow*
 
 
Feel: morose
Hear: "This is a brand, new day..."
 
 
Living in the Age of Colbertius
13 March 2009 @ 05:18 pm
"Q" Needs to Grow More Independent  
Hello people!

Sorry my entries have been coming so late. I just realized why; it's always brighter outside than I feel it should be. I haven't adjusted to the time change yet. *shrugs*

Kay, so, let's see...I got up this morning at 7:30-ish. Dad was yelling at Nick about his grades cuz he got an email from Nick's teacher. I watched some 24 and got online for a bit. Mom took my tweezers by accident (she does that sometimes and it's incredibly annoying), so that started the day terribly, as I pluck my eyebrows every day (I assume most/all girls do...right?).

Then, dad dropped us off at school and I had forgotten my iPod, a chewy bar (for breakfast), and I was out of clean socks and had to wear my shoes sans socks. *HEADDESK* I was fairly pissed off, lol. In myth, we took notes. Dull. We took notes in math, today, too. GAH. BORING. In AP Gov., we did current events. Then Messick showed us our revised grades, with extra credit and homeworks added in.

I WENT FROM A D+ TO A B-! :DDD I'm so thrilled, OMG, that made me so (momentarily) happy! Now, I'll only have one D on my report card, lol! WHOOT WHOOT! We didn't do much in AmLit, just talked about Poe. Um, then in MindCandy, we...well, we did nothing, actually, lol. What else is new? Oh, Cecil said the title of today's post. See, we somehow got on the topic of letters. Ya know, from the alphabet? XD

I said, "Ya know which letter I don't like? 'Q.' It's just weird." and Cecil said, "Well, you know what 'Q's' problem is? 'Q' needs to grow more independent. Does it ALWAYS need to be with 'U'? I mean, come on!" XD I surrsly could not stop laughing, lol...*ahem* Dad picked me up at 12:30 (which is forty minutes early, lol), but not before I got some cookies from school for mom.

She loves those cookies, lol, and dad had one, and he loves 'em, too. :] They're pretty damn good. XD So, then, dad took me home and told me that mom was having a shitty day, so I should be super nice to her. About ten minutes after we got home, mom and dad went out cuz dad was trying to cheer mom up by spending time alone with her. I think they went to an early dinner/late lunch or something.

Nick stayed after school at the coffee shop, so I was alone for about four or five hours. I watched the rest of season 2 of 24, and now it's over. *sadface* I need season 3. Um. Yeah. I had this huge problem with my iPod and I'm so not going into it right now. I'm pissed and sick of fucking iPods and sometimes I really hate technology. I'm *this close* to smashing my iPod with a hammer.

*SIGH* Okay, so, I'm kinda done. Here, have some Maroon5, back when they were a little more rock and a lot sexier, imo.



I think I might go to bed early tonight. I really can't handle this shitty month.

Love y'all - Mira/Doc/Kat *meow*
 
 
Feel: upset
Hear: *blahblahblah*
 
 
Living in the Age of Colbertius
09 March 2009 @ 07:18 am
You Threaded the Eye of the Needle  
Hello people!

*headdesk* *headdesk* *headdesk*

I first woke up at 3:13. Then again at 4:00. Then again at 5:11, 5:36, 5:52. I finally got up at 6:00.

Worst night of sleep EVER. Got a big AP Gov. test today. FML.

The only positive? I get to watch three episodes of 24 before school (two-hour delays all this week).

Love y'all - Mira/Doc/Kat *meow*

P.S. My stomach is displeased with lack of food. Better go find some.

P.P.S. JEN! JEN! JEN! I was watching 24 last night (KEEP READING, lol) and President Palmer said to Jack (on the phone), "You understand that when you hang up this phone, for all intents and purposes, 'Jack Bauer' is dead..." and all I could think was, "LEAVE ME MY NAME!!!" XD
 
 
Feel: crazy
Hear: *theme song to 24*
 
 
Living in the Age of Colbertius
07 March 2009 @ 05:11 pm
Your Pentagram is Actually a Star of David - MAZEL TOV!  
Hello people!

Gah. Another blah-y day.

I know I had a dream last night and I remembered it when I woke up but it's gone now. *sigh* Oh, let's go back a little. Last night, we watched Chuck and Reaper from this past week. They were both pretty good. The title of this post is from Reaper; the Devil says it to Sam when he tries to conjure the Devil by drawing a pentagram on the floor and saying an incantation. HILARIOUSNESS.

Okay, so, I woke up still feeling sick. It was 9:00 and I couldn't get back to sleep. I got up and took a shower then put on SHORTS and a t-shirt cuz it's 70 degrees again today! :D YAY GOOD WEATHER! It's super windy, but still. The temp is nice and that's all that matters. X] Dad and Nick decided to go trade in our XBOX 360 and all of our XBOX games so they can get Resident Evil, Fear 2, and Killzone 2.

The only thing that bothers me is that Nick just assumed he could just trade in everything as if it was all his. *shakes head* Anywho. We went to GameStop and traded everything in, but as it turns out, Resident Evil's not out til Friday, so we only got Fear 2 and Killzone 2. Then we did some grocery shopping at Giant Eagle, then dad got us lunch - I got Chick-Fil-A! YAY! XD I LOVE CHICK-FIL-A! <3

By the time we were done, it was nearing one (RHYME! :O) and dad had to meet mom at Kroger. We didn't have time to get home, have dad drop us off, then have him go back out, so we all went to meet up with mom. I was feeling a little worse in the store, so I was moping all over the place. We got a ton of soda and iced tea AND popsicles! :D I haven't had popsicles in forever and they're SO good for a sore throat.

Um, then we came home. Nick was an ass to me, so I went to my room. I had to vacuum, then I tried (again) to find Spyro 2 in the living room, to no avail. I got annoyed and went back to my room, where I brooded for a moment before taking a nap. Nap=one of the best things ever, btw. I had a dream that dad, Nick and I were loading groceries into the car in the parking lot (of course, lol).

I was crying about something and dad was yelling for me to put everything in the trunk while he and Nick sat in the car. And it was hugely windy, so I was struggling to keep the groceries from flying away. Then I woke up, then went right back to sleep and had a dream that mom called me and told me to stop being mad at Nick and dad while I was looking for Spyro 2 in the living room.

We went back and forth about my being angry for a few minutes. There was a huge display case (like one that would be in a video game store) in the living room, by the window, and it had at least 100 PS1 games in it. I noticed a Spyro/Pacman game in the case and I was like, "Huh, I don't remember getting that..." Then, I looked a row below it, and there were, like, ten Spyro games there.

I told mom I didn't remember getting any of those games, and she asked if Ripto's Rage (Spyro 2) was in there. It was. I checked the case and it was empty. Mom said, "Check the Christmas DVDs dad just got me, it's in there." There was this white DVD case that had, like, twenty Christmas movies in it (it folded out like the Supernatural seasons cases do).

I started going through the movies when mom walked in the door, we hung up our phones, and then I woke up. *shakes head* I was actually so convinced that that was some kind of sign that I went into the living room after I woke up and checked by the Christmas movies (cuz we keep them together) to see if Spyro 2 really was there. It wasn't. And mom hadn't called.

The dream seemed incredibly real...anyway, um, after that, I called a couple of places that sell PS1 games around town, cuz I know I'm not gonna find Spyro 2 in the house, I have no idea where it is. So I was just gonna buy a new one. Well, that's problematic when no one has a copy. I went on eBay and there was an "in very good condition" copy WITH the manual for $7.50, ending in six minutes.

I told dad and he bid $8.00 on it, and guess what?! HE WON! :D I got my game! I'm so happy about that, lol. I've been desperate to play it for, like, three weeks now. <3 It'll be about a week or so before I get it, but that's okay, I can't play til next weekend anyway. And, I think mom ordered my phone. Dad came in my room this morning, wanting to talk to me about the game-exchanging thing.

I told him the other day that it really ticked me off that Nick was getting to trade in whatever he wanted and get the game he wanted, but I was being told I might have to wait to get my phone. So, this morning, dad said, "I don't want you to be upset about Nick trading this stuff in, cuz you're getting something really good...really soon. Mom's gonna talk to you about it later." 

Mom has yet to talk to me, but I'm pretty sure it's about my phone. :} <3 Oh, hey, so, this past week's Important Things was on CC last night, so dad put it on and Nick randomly came out to the living room and we watched the last fifteen-ish minutes of it, and OMG, it was hilarious. And I think Nick likes it! :D I might have to loan him my Demetri Martin CD, hehe!

And Jimmy Carr's stand-up was on after that, and it was HYSTERICAL. Holy scheiss, it was so funny. I love Jimmy Carr. One of his jokes was, "I'm thinking of getting a tattoo just above the banana hammock, saying, 'Caution: Choking Hazard. Ages 18+. May Contain Nuts.'" After I heard that, I could not stop laughing. I kinda want whatever future boyfriend I have to get that tattoo, LOL.

GAH, we watched Ugly Betty, and MO ROCCA guest-starred in an admittedly short role! He's adorable. And the show that Ignacio was competing on against...uh...I forget his name, whatever, was a total shout-out to Bobby Flay's Throwdown, which we LOVE in this house. I pretty much SQUEE'd about it, lol. ;D

Okay, I'm done now. LATENESS FTF (for the fail)!

Love y'all - Mira/Doc/Kat *meow*
 
 
Feel: sore
Hear: *absolutely nothing*