Who is ringing in the New Year with you? Who do you wish could be with you, but isn't there?
I'm bringin down the house all by myself this year. My parents at a friends party I did not want to attend, my friends are somewhere else and unaccounted for.
Me?
I'm trying on my sister's old prom dresses. :) I'll bring in the new year in style.
I refuse to spend my new year blogging.
It's really hard to think of myself as a good writer when Kat is so much better.
I like to say I am above average. Campbell praises my use of imagery - says it's solid and vivid. But I know I can do better. I feel like I have potential, but not the talent just yet.
Like America's Next Top Model.
There is potential, so I'm not to be dispatched yet - but - there is someone with natural talent and beauty.
In fact, Kat has always been better than me at most everything she's tried. She's has a natural talent for living, making friends, writing, drawing, fashion, dancing. Our only difference is motivation. While I force myself to work at something in order to develop any talent in it, to her, it comes as easily as breathing.
While this seems to sound like jealousy, I assure you...it is. But not of a malicious sort. I envy Kat - I envy her talents. I wish that things just worked out when I give them my all.
But I'll accept my photo, and I'll keep striving to better my writing.
What's your favorite thing to drink when it's cold outside?
Tea.
:)
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In other news:
Stop trying to guilt us into talking to you. Talking about how unfortunate you are just so that you can get back into our good graces/attention isn't going to work. You could have gotten that by just saying, "hey, guys, I want to talk to you again," not victimizing us by saying you feel "excommunicated from our circle."
:/
That whole situation was for attention and you know it.
School: keeps me just busy enough to tire me out so I can't do anything else
Family: been getting along really well with Ann lately. Ignoring dad because he turns every conversation into an argument and is in general condescending
Friends: Stine - not talking to her just because I haven't felt the need to. Ariel - felt excluded from her life because she picks TJ over me. Kim - feel like she's really distant from me. Kat - been hanging out a lot more. we're a lot closer now than we've been before, I think. David - same as usual. :)
Angie: Just in general I get more pissed off with every post I see her make. She's getting into Firefly now - why? - because all of a sudden she's developed a love for anything steampunk. Sigh.
Roleplaying: I'm so glad I stopped. Deleted all of my old journals except for two because I hold Integra and Yumiko so dear to me.
Zumba: Getting a lot better, but I still feel awkward. I want to talk to Robin about getting a CD of the music we dance to and tell her about MIA, but I never get the chance. I think i'm going to continue taking the class in January and just take that instead of Yoga.
Music: listening to a lot of hip-hop lately. Also finding a lot of new awesome music. :)
College: I've been accepted to Ohio State and Bowling Green! Now I'm just waiting on my top two: miami and Binghamton. I'm not sure to which one I want to go. Miami seems to have a better setup for what I want to do, but it has a reputation for being preppy. Binghamton has a translation program and a really high government job guarantee and is more diverse, but academically they don't have as focused a program as I want. Also, they cost less.
<3
Day by day, he grew weaker.
Just like any other monster, Claus fed on belief, fear, and stories. But today, the youth of the world doubted his existence a younger and younger age. The media made fun of him. Parents no longer respected his work. There were thousands of him all across the world, sitting drunkenly in malls with eager children on their laps.
It made him sick.
Claus started out as just another monster – just another bedtime story told to keep the kids quiet at night. After all, the demon saw them when they were sleeping – he knew when they were awake. He was judge, jury, and executioner, so be good for your life’s sake.
As belief in him grew, so did he, flesh swelling to enormous proportions. He was fat, but far from jolly. Now, his popularity dwindling, he became thin and sickly, eyes sunken and flesh sagging. He needed to be believed in, and would do anything necessary to make that happen.
With a clap of Claus’s bony hands, several of his tiny green minions scurried towards him, presenting his red robes. He shrugged them over his stocky frame and made his way towards the stables, hunger glowing behind those beady eyes.
Santa Claus was coming to town.
Ho. Ho. Ho.
Show us your favorite literary character.
Sabriel was my hero forever. <3 I loved that book when I was younger.
Audio: What's your favorite carol or holiday song?
...yeaaaah. It's pretty much the most amazing song ever.
But I also like the Metallica/Trans-siberian orchestra version of Carol of the Bells.
I made this!!
List five reasons (at least) why you are awesome.
Submitted by goobers18.
- I listen to the most awesome music ever
- I'm a very honest friend
- For my age, I'm not a whore
- I think I'm pretty most of the time
- I am very open-minded
:)
I find it really disturbing that Trent Reznor has such a similar voice to Saul Williams. It's not identical, but there are a lot of similarities in tone and pronunciation - such that I find it really hard to differentiate the two.
This is made a lot stranger by the fact that Reznor is a white, industrial rocker while Saul Williams is a black hip-hop artist.
If you don't know, Trent Reznor has worked closely with Williams in order to produce the free album "The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!" He produced the album, arranged the music, and did backup vocals for several songs.
It's a really interesting and intelligent album, so download it here: www.niggytardust.com
