Random Bits

♫ Listening to: Nothing

I just saw the trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. =) I can't wait to see them both. I wish it was just one 5 hour long film instead of two. I could sit in the theater for 10 hours if it was to watch Harry Potter.

Lately, I've been going to SAT prep classes which are no fun let me tell you. I have homework which I have been procrastinating on. Let's see: math, test corrections, and a 40 question vocab test tomorrow on 250 words. Yayyyy!!!! :(

Summer Tunes

♫ Listening to: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Audiobook

(Yes, I listen to audiobooks, and yes, I LOVE THEM)

I thought I would enlighten everyone on the music that I am currently listening to and also on songs/artists that I have always loved:

Artist: Stars

Favorite Songs: Wasted Daylight, Dead Hearts

I only recently heard of Stars and I have never ceased to stop listening to their smooth flow of dream-like melodies.

Artist: Camera Obscura

Favorite Songs: French Navy, Honey in the Sun

These retro songs evoke feelings of happy summertimes free of worries. I would check out other Camera Obscura songs - they all have a similiar funky vibe.

Artist: Sara Bareilles

Favorite Songs: King of Anything

This new hit from her upcoming albumn is one of my favorite songs! This song is a classic fu** you song and what girl couldn't use more of those? I love the chorus - it's very fun and upbeat.

Artist: Apollo Sunshine

Songs: Singing to the Earth, Breeze

I like lounging outside, curling up with a good book, and listening to Apollo Sunshine. I would describe their songs as mostly intrumental, experimental, and cheerful. You can catch moments of pure bliss in the melodic guitar strums and upbeat rhythms.

Artist: Rosie Thomas

Songs: Farewell

I recently discovered this song and although it's a very sad, nostalgic sort of song, it's completly beautiful in every way. I love songs based on piano and this is one of them. This is overall just a great song not to mention Rosie's voice is awsome!

So that's about all the new music I've been digging these couple of weeks ! Enjoy!

Alaskalaska

♫ Listening to: Camera Obscura - French Navy

School is out! :)

I got out of school a couple of weeks ago and I went on vacation for about 10 days. Let me tell you about. Ok, so I went on a princess cruise which was really relaxing, I mean, c'mon, ice cream all day? I'm in! It all seems great until you gain weight, which isn't as bad as you would expect. We saw glaciers and went hiking which brought out the environmentally conscious side of my mind.

Did you know that Juneau, the capital of Alaska, is only accessible by airplane and boat? (according to this tourguide) There's no highway or road that leads there... strange. I wanted to go to Denali national park, but we didn't have enough time. Oh and also the weather was really cold. And there's close to 24 hr daylight there, so at 10 pm it looked like it was 9 am which was really confusing.

So now that I'm back, I'm doing an SAT prep course and I'm taking the SAT in october. I'm planning this to be a one time thing, so by the end of the summer I should be able to blow College Board's mind away - their cold, calculating, elitist minds... just kidding. On a lighter note, I'm going to the Del Mar Fair next weekend with my friends! Until then, I will toil away endlessly and enjoy the cookies that I just baked. Yes, I said "baked", that is, made from scratch! - something people don't do very often now. Even though it's summer, I am not as lazy as I predicted. This is madness!!!

Popsicle

♫ Listening to: Katy Perry - California Gurls

Ahh... summer is almost here! :D

Right now, I feel like eating a popsicle. Trader Joe's Fruit Floes are my favorite. I like the strawberry ones because you can actually see and taste the real strawberries. It's not just sugar and water. Yumyum. The only flavor of popsicle that I don't like is cherry. I just don't like cherry flavored things. I feel like it doesn't really taste like a cherry much.

AP testing is over and you would think that teachers would give less homework, but I actually have a ton of stuff due next week. I also have choir auditions next week and I'm going to miss school one day because of a field trip. Life is crazy.

lalalalife

♫ Listening to: Katharine McPhee - Brand New Key

Now I'm sad. Is no one reading my blog?

"Hello world, are you listening?"

I have so much uncertainty about the future and my life it's not even funny. Whatwhatwhat am I going to do with my life? :(

Anyways, the choir trip was super duper fun, but now I'm in the routine boredom of school again. Alone. Blehblehbleh. I should be doing homework right now, but you know...

I'm going to see Alice in Wonderland this Sunday and I'm going to ask someone to go, but I don't know who. I have a couple of ideas and I hope one of those people says yes. Because I would hate to go alone. And in April I hope to go see Owl City and Lights in concert. :) What an exciting life I have. Full of happiness, excitement, etc. That was partial sarcasm. ! Don't forget to watch the Big Bang Theory episode that aired a couple of days ago. You would never miss that... right? :) Got to go now!

Hair, There, Everywhere

♫ Listening to: Train - Save Me, San Francisco (This song would make such a good movie opening song, catch my drift?)

So... last Sunday I went to Target, which is one of my favorite stores. (I'll do another post on favorite stores) I just wanted to share two things that I bought because I think they are really really good. (so far) These are both Herbal Essences hair products, so tune out if you aren't interested:

First up is Herbal Essences Long Term Relationship Leave-In Split End Protector: I really like this product so far. I'm saying so far because I've only used it twice, but I'm surprised by the results. I don't think it does anything for split ends, so I just treat it as a leave in conditioner. I use it after I shower and apply it to wet hair. It makes my hair less frizzy and more straight. I guess the result depends on your hair texture. Even though I have naturally straight hair, it makes my hair more smooth and shiny.

Next is Herbal Essences Drama Clean Shampoo: Let me start of by saying that I used this shampoo with Herbal Essences Pin Straight Conditioner. I like this combination because I don't see the point of having a "drama clean" conditioner.

I enjoy using both these products and I would recommend them, but I probably won't repurchase them because I like to keep my options open and I don't stick to certain products. These are my personal opinions and they may change over time. Hope this helps! =)

Hello World, Are You Listening?

♫ Listening to: One Republic - Come Home

Hey! Last month and this month are going to be really hard. I'm going to Arizona next week and this week I don't have school, so basically I have to make up a ton of work and tests. I'm kind of nervous to go to Arizona because it's a choir trip, and I don't know a lot of people in my choir class. My good friend from choir isn't going on the trip. Yeah... guess I'll just make the best of it.

Yesterday, I went to hang out with some of my friends and we played wii ... for like five hours. Since all of my friends have wii's and I don't, well, let's just say my video game skills are lacking. It was fun though. We played Big Brain Academy and Wii Play. I think that I wouldn't buy a wii because I'm an only child and I don't want to be addicted to video games. I mean, c'mon I already am obsessed with music, my laptop, and television. What more could I need? Haha. Yeah, so overall, I think the wii is best if you have a lot of people over at your house often. So anyways...

Oh, did you know that using "anyways" to start a sentence is not grammatically correct. My 7th grade grammar freak teacher told me this. Also, the word pronunciation is pronounced wrong a lot. It's supposed to be proNUNciation, but people say proNOUNciation. And those are your two interesting facts for the day! Just kidding ...

TGIF! =)

Back!

♫ Listening to: Kate Winslet - What If

It's a new decade! My new year's resolution is to keep my room and bathroom clean. Exciting, huh?

I went to Las Vegas over break and that was super fun! We stayed at Encore and that hotel is soooo beautiful. The hotel rooms are sooo big and stylish. I would definetly go there again!

School starts in two days. :(

Self Portrait:

♫ Listening to: nothing actually

Oh my, I have a C in my math class. I think I am going to die. Expire. Pass Out. NOW. :(

whattodo? whattodo? I'm going to try to get a B. If I get a 100% on the final, I could get an A. But I don't want to go into all the what ifs. I was going to tell funny story, but now I forget. Anyway, I ate lots of peppermint bark toda.y and beef jerky. I was looking forward to a bowl of hot chicken soup at lunch, but apparently my school only has that on random days and they don't tell us these things.

How I feel right now/how I am going to feel the rest of this week: sjdkafjeijaiorjeoiarjaiowejwjfiojaeiofjaidsjfhidohrourpejionvjkcnxkmc.,zxm,cm,.zmkdask!!!!!

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That pretty much sums it up! :)

Update Ramble

♫ Listening to: Lesley Roy - I'm Going, I'm Gone

This isn't really an update since I blogged yesterday. But yesterday's post was about music and that does not count. Sooooo... Today I woke up at 12 p.m. because I was really tired this entire week. On Friday, we had a school assembly and I had to perform as part of the choir. It was a good experience over all except for the fact that it was raining. Oh and I had a math test with four problems and I missed one of them, which is a C. Oh well I can retake it. :/

On a brighter note, I went to Costco today, which is a warehouse type store that sells well, everything. Last week there was like no food at my house. No yummy snacks, so today my mom and I went to Costco. We got chicken noodle soup and chicken broth and blackberries and pinapple, which I have been craving. You know how sometimes you crave foods? I never crave chocolate or cake, instead, I crave fruit or french fries usually. Weird. We got a lot of other stuff, but I forget what. Oh yeah! We got peppermint bark, which I have NEVER had before. It's yummy! Tomorrow I'm going to a potluck so I'm going to bring some of that for dessert. Right now, I'm pretty tired, but I had a good lunch.

It's almost 2010! We are either going to Las Vegas or LA this holiday season. Last year we went to San Francisco. Really, I would be happy wherever we went because I like every single vacation. Even if we aren't going somewhere I really like, I can always find something fun to do. Go with the flow is like my life motto. Sometimes. Haha.