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…seriously. I know I haven’t blogged for a while. I’ll shoot the last few things that have happened to me:
1. I updated my iPod. I added some Disturbed, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Runaways, Bangles and Aerosmith to it.
2. I text messages. A ton. Really interesting.
3. Facebook
4. I got into the world’s longest argument with my mum on whether or not I should get a double piercing on my ears.
5. I ate pizza, soda, falafel and crepes. All in under two hours.
6. I got a *bit* further in Twilight before my brain packed up and moved on.
7. I subscribed to a fashion magazine. I’ve never done this before, ever. I’ve always subscribed mainly to educational magazines and newspapers. My computer homepage is Nytimes.com. I don’t usually read *anything* fashion related. But Nylon Magazine (http://nylonmag.com) is pretty damn cool.
8. I wished it would be summer.

I’ve complained quite a bit about not finding any good books lately, if you haven’t noticed. For months I’ve been fighting myself on whether or not to do the obvious. Finally, I was at my school library and gave into temptation.

I borrowed Twilight.

I know, I know.

But it’s not because I thought I’d like it, I just wanted a laugh. And I’m not getting one. But, I have found out how to word all my phrases in the Twilight way:
About three things I am absolutely positive.
First, Twilight is a book.
Second, there is a part of it, and I don’t know just how dominant that part might be, that appeals to teenage girls.
And third, I am unconditionally and irrevocably confused by it.

To my chagrin, I can’t stop reading this book. Minus the crappy writing, anti feminist relationship and Edward’s stalker-ness, I think I would love it. Because I’m a sucker for silly teenage books. But holy crow it is so BAD.

Yeah, the end. Twilight still sucks, no offense to any fans

I hate series finales.
It started a year or two ago when Gilmore Girls ended. While not the best show, it was fun to watch.
Mainly, series finales can never do a good job of ending a series. They ruin it, slaughter it and bruise up the patches you understood. It sucks.
The other night was the series finale of Kyle Xy. I don’t think anyone else watches this, but that ending WAS TERRIBLE. It wasn’t even a proper ending.

I hate series finales.

My teachers need…professional help. Seriously. You know those teachers that make it painfully obvious how much they hate you and love othersin your class? Well…my English teacher just happens to be like this. And she’s really freaky. Today our assignment was to write an essay on life in a hundred years. Either I’ve been watching too much Doctor Who, I’m a pessimist or just clinically depressed because mine was…morbid (people tended to die in their teenage years). So she asked us to pass them in after reading them aloud.

Me: *passes it in* In case anyone ever needs any cheering up!
Teacher: Now you can go home and slit your wrists.
Me:*really confused*
Teacher: Oh, just kidding.

But she’s so not. She’s told me she hated my voice and let me roam the halls with my friends just because she didn’t want to hear my talk. My friends will be talking and she’ll say, “I need this class to be quiet…CRISTINA!”

Gah…life in unfair.

I hate list entries, but it seems I have nothing else to say. So, here’s why I’d rather it’d be summer right now:

1. NEW SCHOOL NEXT YEAR
2. NO MORE OF THIS SCHOOL!
3. Outdoor swimming pools, need I say more?
4. Bike rides with friends. FUN!
5. Barbecue lunches with friends in the state park. Nothing can beat it.
6. I wouldn’t be sitting here…blogging and waiting for someone, anyone, to say hello on facebook.
7. I could bring my guitar and bike around town (one of my many dreams, lol)
8. Reading books outside is so much more fun!
9. No homework (minus the three chapters of self teaching I have to do for the start of next year)
10. Everything’s so much prettier in the summer!
11. Beach. Beach.
12. I could actually use my new sunglasses, as they’re amazing.
13. Warm…I wouldn’t freeze to death. I’d be able to buy fun clothes that *don’t* look like bags to keep warm (winter clothing is not on my list of loves), and sneakers! I realize most people wear flip flops…but cmon…sneakers!

The other day, I was listening to ‘You Wouldn’t Like Me’ by Tegan and Sara (good song, by the way…). When I got to the line, “I feel like I wouldn’t like me, if I met me…” it got me thinking. WOULD I like myself if I met me?

So I have a question for everyone, are you the kind of person you’d like to be friends with?

And don’t ask me why I actually posted an entry on this… I had nothing better to do…

…that is, I do.

So, our school year is divided partially by quintas. So fifths of the year. And first quinta, I had health as an ‘elective’. Then I had wood shop, but since I was still sick (sinus infections plagued me last year, and continued a bit this year) so I switched out and got moved in a group with my friend, who was previously the only girl in her class.

So this quinta, I have health again. Which isn’t smart, as Health isn’t fun. So the Principal called me down and said, “don’t worry, we’ll move you out of health.”

Now, I felt really bad for my friend.

“What if I want to stay in health?”

“EXCUSE ME?!” He and the teachers around him started going bezerk and demanded an explanation as to why a student would want to stay in health. Hah.

But point is, I get to stay in health

(I don’t know, I just love that song)

As I’m sure many of you have noticed, I’ve been in a crappy mood lately. I feel like life’s moving too fast and that I’m changing too much…and I’ve been doing way too much thinking. It’s not good for me, I can tell.

So I decided to do something about it. I completely rearranged my room today. I took over two consecutive hours to think about everything was messed up in my life (everything’s still messed up, but I have more percpective on it). And I talked to my friends. I think I feel better now. Much better. I don’t know what’s wrong with me lately, I hate being a teenager.

Also, I’ve been listening to hour upon hour of Kings Of Leon music. Forget the fact that their most popular song is ’sex on fire’. I love their stuff!

So I feel a bit better now. Though I’ll most likely still blog about how life sucks every five minutes, can’t be helped.

So, I shall pass on my wisdomousity as to how to make yourself feel better:

>Music. Start with bad happy pop stuff. Listen to it until you almost think you can relate to it.
>Buy Febreze. It smells good and fixes any room.
>Buy a dog. I love my new puppy!
>Rearrange your surrondings. Very fun.
>Text message. Very easy way to vent feelings to friends.
>Read the Georgia Nicolson books. <3

Whoa, I sound like I was clinically depressed. I wasn’t.

Last year, I could read books and do nothing else. And be happy like that. I can’t do that this year. I read Macbeth this week, and it took all my energy to concentrate on what I was reading instead of text messaging, facebooking, or flipping through silly magazines (which I don’t do often). Point is, being a geek/nerd/loser is just not enough this year

This was going to be another one of those ‘holy crap I’m slipping further into the toxic pit of teenager-dom’ entries…but that was all I wanted to say. Bullet time!

>I tried a new shampoo and conditioner. Exciting, I know. My hair smells delicious.
>I wasted my entire vacation online and [attempting] to read while my friends were in Florida. Gosh, how exciting.
>I got yelled at by a drugstore lady the other day. Sad, sad experiance.
>I almost miss school! Not the learning bit, because that requires work, but the friends bit.
>I think I’m going to the theatres this weekend…got any movie recommendations?
>Disney Channel shows suck. Utterly.

This might be a problem that only applies to me (though I know Clem complained about it at one point too), but library fines are really getting to me. All right, I’ll admit it. I’m not very organized (especially not this year). I usually read the books I borrow (at least, those I find interesting) really quickly. As in three or more a week, depending on length. If the book is 200 pages I usually read one a day. That is, I used to. The fines on my card are currently $22.00. Sure, it’s about the price of a regular hard cover book. But come on! The point in borrowing is that I don’t want to pay money.

And today, I went to pay the fine…and their system was down. So I couldn’t.

THE WORLD IS AGAINST ME!