Okay, chillens. I'm going to be Effie Trinket for Halloween, and as we all know, she's always impeccably color coordinated. However, I'm just not sure which color I should coordinate. Pleeeeeease vote on the poll sandwiched between the picture of the lovely lady herself and the equally lovely Miss Taylor Swift in my sidebar so I can know which one would be the best. Pretty pleeeeeeease with a cherry on top? Thank you.

Ghoulies and Ghosties and Long-legged Beasties

 

 

 

 

  

 

The most frightening holiday of the year is here, and I still have only a rough idea of what my costume is going to be. I think I'll be a Capitol citizen, but except for the makeup and hair, I'm still not entirely sure what to wear. Clueless? Sure. Unprepared? Maybe. In need of help? Yes. So, I am relying on you, my few faithful readers to tell me what the best clothes to wear would be while imitating a Capitol citizen. Please?

Pretty please?

Thank you.

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
--
Elbert Hubbard





My new personal motto. Of course, it doesn't mean that I'll entirely screw up my life, but what I think it means is to learn to laugh at your failures, and not let them drag you down. Yay for inspirational quotes found on Google! They can change lives.

The Shades of Autumn

 

 

 

 

 

 

The most wonderful season of the year is here...

And I'm so excited.

The air's getting chilly...

The leaves are turning pretty colors...

The wind is ruffling the leaves in the trees...

Everything's clean, crisp, and gorgeous...

And one of the most wonderful holidays ever is nearly here.

BOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

Did I scare you?

Good.

It's Tonight...

Dun dun dun. Actually, I'm rather (understatement) excited. Because...

San Francisco is TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Haha. I made you scroll. If the suspense killed you, please accept my condolences, and you will find a lovely bouquet of flowers at your funeral.

Oops.

I realized that I didn't do anything inspiring in my last post. For those of you for whom the guy with the pencil picture was insufficiently inspiring, let Color Me Katie be an inspiration to you all by way of creativity and service. Do me a favor and click on the link. The world could use more happiness.

 

Late Friday Favorites

1. I had my birthday on Tuesday. I posted about my amazingly fabulous day earlier. Happy reading!

2. It was fun wearing my new shoes and clothes all week. I got a lot of compliments, and it was fun being able to mix and match.

3. I ate a lot of sugary things this week. It was true bliss.

4.  I have fabulous friends who love to have fun as much as I do.

5. I love finding random pictures on Google. It's fabulous.

6. I love guys that will lend you their pencil the second you make a comment that you can't find yours.

 

      7. I love Enes Kanter's biceps.

    

8. I went to an International Cinema movie with my friends on Friday. It was really fun.

 

9. My family went out yesterday after watching General Conference. We ate lunch and dinner at Whole Foods, my mom's favorite nutty, hippie organic store that has surprisingly good food and a wide buffet selection. Then, we went to the Utah Jazz scrimmage in between. It was super fun, and the Jazz Bear was absolutely hilarious. Sadly, we had to leave a little early to get home and eat dinner on time, so I had to be torn away from Enes Kanter's biceps. He's really beefed up, by the way. He's really buff. Unlike in the picture two above... Sorry, where was I? Oh, yes.

 

10. I love Color Me Katie. My friend's been following it, and I just recently discovered it. I'm hooked. She's so creative, it's crazy. 

 

11. I love crazy socks.

 

12. I love colored bubbles.

 

The End.

3 days to San Francisco!!!

 

Oh, yeah.

5 days until San Francisco!

Birthday!

Yes, I know it was several days ago. I'm an awful blogger. You can read my mom's account here. Now, time for mine.
I woke up and had no idea what to wear. Nada. You could hear the wind blowing between my ears. I found something eventually, though. I went upstairs to discover that the kitchen had been decorated in my honor. I got to school, on time, luckily. However, I was carrying a jacket, textbooks and things, and a project. I had my arms completely full. I went to Math. It wasn't so bad, except my lovely, considerate friend notified the entire class that it was my birthday. Luckily, they didn't sing, but only because they were so busy being horrified that I was only turning 14. The boys, mostly. I successfully escaped out of tune singing for one period. Then, I went to Biology, where I had a giant bug project due that day. I had a mild freakout. Then, my other friend alerted the whole class of my birthday. Lovely. Luckily, no one in there knew me enough to care, so no singing. Two down, two to go. I went to the next period, where I managed to convince my friends not to tell anyone. I needn't have worried, though. I happened to have a giant test that required complete silence. Three down, one to go. Oh, and lunch. When I got to lunch, I was pounced on by a bunch of well-meaning, excited friends in a celebratory mood. Everyone was there except one person, who emerged from the parking lot twenty minutes later singing 'Happy Birthday' very loudly. I didn't mind, though, because she brought me a giant chocolate Jamba Juice. It was delicious. Thankfully, I didn't have any friends in my last period, English. I did have a quiz, though. Ugh. But I survived with high honors. Then, I got home and had cake and ice-cream with family and opened presents. Read my mom's account to see what I got. I'm too lazy to type anymore. What can I say? It's Friday.

7 days until San Francisco!!!!

Three Weeks Worth of Favorites

 

1. My family was in town. ALL of it. Yes, this was because my grandpa died unexpectedly, which is NOT a favorite at all, but it was still nice to be together.
2. I am well on my way with my bug project, in which I have to catch and pin 50 bugs. Ugh.
3. I performed at a football game and an assembly. Our performances were great.
4. Timpview's football team slaughtered Maple Mountain's, about 38-7. There's a pretty clear difference there. Also, as a warning to all of you, Maple Mountain boys are WEIRD. Seriously.
5. I have yet to die from every other day 6:00 (in the morning. Eek!) practices. This is an accomplishment.
6. I got a new pair of pants and a dress. They are super cute!
7. San Fran (I'm going to begin doing a countdown with each post) is in

18 days!

Well, So Much For That

Forgot to dish. I've had such an eventful couple weeks... But, I promise, on Friday, I will dish! Also, I'm going to add a weekly quote on to the quota. Huh. That sounds weird. But anyway, enough of me. Let's let Dr. Seuss speak.

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind" --Dr. Seuss

I love this quote, because it reminds me of what I often forget. I, in case you hadn't noticed, am painfully shy. Painfully. Thus, I have a lot of time, in the absence of a social life, to reminisce, and gaze in retrospect at my horde of faux pas. It's startling, humbling, and self-deprecating all in one. But what I need to focus on isn't "improving" myself into something I'm not, but concentrating myself into something even more intensely me. The people who truly are worth it won't care, and those who do care, well, screw them!

Sorry for my rambling and musing. And, shamefully, ranting. I apologize.

Just a Clarification

Due to all that is happening this week, (which I will explain tomorrow) I will have to postpone my Friday Favorites until tomorrow. Then, I will dish. Stick around. We'll be right back.

Friday Favorites

1. I have survived two weeks of high school with no noticeable injuries or qualms about going for another week.
2. I have also survived waking up at 5:00 in the morning for Drill practice three days this week. We'll see how I do next week. It might not be quite so fun.
3. I really love all my classes. Especially Drill and Drama. Even Math isn't so bad this year. I love my new teacher. It's her first year, and she's really young, and a great teacher.
4. I have proved my resourcefulness in creating outfits with nearly a moment's notice. Certainly a valuable skill to have.
5. I have survived walking home this week. That alone is accomplishment enough for the entire week.
6. I currently have straight A's, including a 109% in Math. I'm not exactly sure why, but I'll take it.
That's all.

School

School is starting tomorrow, and I'm starting to feel a little nervous. Just a little. Mostly because high school is so much BIGGER than little ol' middle school. I'm just hopeful that my classes aren't too far apart. Anyway, here are my classes.
1st period: Algebra II
2nd period: Drill Team
3rd period: Biology
4th period: Drama I
5th period: Geography Honors
6th period: Seminary
7th period: English Honors
8th period: Computer Tech

Sadly, they don't offer history classes to ninth graders, which is a big disappointment. I love history class! But oh, well. It'll be fun, anyway. Wish me luck!

Makeover AGAIN

Yes, once again, my blog has undergone a major makeover. It may continue to do so for the next few days until I am happy enough with it to leave it how it is. It's been a lot easier this time, thanks to Shabby Blogs, which I've heard about for years but never bothered to try out until a few days ago. No, this is not an ad, commercial, or endorsement, but they do have some really cute stuff. :)

Friday Favorites

1. My mother finally has "teeth." It's great, because now they're the right color. I can almost take her seriously. Almost.
2. I went to a party on Saturday. It was fabulous. We ate pizza, played something called Coup that I didn't entirely understand, but involved throwing sticks at wooden posts, played Apples to Apples, ate a bunch of candy, ate ice-cream sundaes, and watched 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' outside. It's actually quite funny, and if I ever post "What the cuss?" in something, don't ask.
3. Dance switched to 3:30 in the afternoon instead of waaay early in the morning. It was glorious. Except for the fact that yesterday, the fire alarm rang (the school was testing it) and we thought it was real and had to go out to the football field and practice there briefly. I almost got a piece of fake turf in my eye when I did a double turn.
4. It was the last free week before school starts again. I'm just glad that it was free. It was wonderful.
5. I am getting reeeeally excited for San Francisco. And I mean, really.
6. We don't have to have dance practice at 6:00 in the morning next week. Yessss!
7. I don't have to hear my mom nagging my little brother to wiggle his tooth anymore. And I do believe that we won the familial competition, which was Bud vs. my cousin. Double yessss!
8. This is a longer list than usual. I may be able to rack up some more items from my poor overworked brain, but we'll see. I should probably add the fine print, now.

*This list is subject to change at any time, in any way, shape, or form. Bear with me. There was really no point in this fine print. It's mainly here to look cool and official. Sorry for anyone with strained eyes.

Friday Favorites

I've been neglecting my Friday Favorites. Again. I'm not going to have much to write about this week, but oh, well.
1. Dance started up again.
2. We had two fundraisers for the dance team's San Fran trip this week. One was simple: host a martial arts competition. We didn't have to do a thing. The other one was quite a bit harder. We had a dance clinic for younger children. We had to teach them two dances, one jazz, and one hip hop. My group had to teach the six and seven year olds. They were reeeally energetic.
3. I am going to an awesome party tonight.
4. I won a book review competition. I'll be getting $25 and some jelly beans. You can read my reviews here.
5. I have saved up a lot of money for San Francisco. Yesss!
That's all.