Yeah, I haven't posted anything in almost freaking month. My fault. I'm not making excuses. This week has been a really good week. I'm just going to make a list of all the great things that have happened in the past week or so.
My Kylie 2013 calendar came
My Kylie magazine article from Emms came in the mail
The Abbey Road Sessions came out in the US
I've been exercising/training for my 2-mile
I got an under 9 minute mile time (8:50)
I get to watch General Hospital today
I get a day off today
I started my Christmas list
I successfully bought something from etsy.com
I have a new obsession with Chibis
I read a really good book (Divergent)
KYLIE TWEETED ME
And still to come...Kylie on Dancing with the Stars!!!!!!
There. Short and sweet. Easing back into the blog world.
—GRACE
Monday, November 12, 2012
Thursday, October 18, 2012
October 18
This post is dedicated to my best friend in the world, Sachi Rebecca Cooper. I usually tell people to follow my people that get shout outs on my blog. Since she doesn't have a Twitter, you can follow her on Instagram...if you can find her. I don't know if I'm allowed to give out a username or not.
I want to set this story up well. I come out of the locker room in 1st period and go over to Caroline. "I want to say this without sounding mad at you," I begin.
This post is dedicated to Sachi because of the only drama that happened today. In Excel, I got called down to Ms. Gagen, the counselor's office. Upon my arrival, I found a sobbing Megan. Yes, this is another one of those posts about Megan. I did as I was told and had a seat.
"Megan was feeling pretty sad this morning and wanted to talk to you," Ms. Gagen said. Understate, much?
Megan: "Oh god, I'm probably just going to burst into tears while I'm saying this. I was texting Caroline last night and she told me that she was going over to your house on Saturday night for a sleepover to celebrate Dannii's birthday." Me: Shit.
Megan: "It just hurt that you didn't invite me because I always try my best to invite you to EVERYTHING." Me: And when was the last time I actually came?
Ms. Gagen: "Can you explain to Megan why you didn't invite her to the party? You didn't purposely exclude her, did you?"
Me: "No, no." Well, yes. "It's just that—" It's just that sentences that start like that are always lies. "It's just that, my dad didn't want me to invite too many people, because my mom's going to be out of town, and he didn't think he would be able to handle to many screaming teenage girls. So he told me I could only invite three people." See, I told you. Lies.
Me: "So, I invited Caroline and Sachi and Katie because they sent in things for the video. And there isn't anything from you in the video, I've seen it."
Megan: "But that's because I didn't know where to send my video clip, and I didn't even know I was supposed to make one."
Me: "Oh, yeah, that was my fault." Oops!
Ms. Gagen: "Why is that your fault?"
Me: "I didn't send her the link..." Like I said...oops!
Ms. Gagen: "Well, it looks like Grace made the decision pretty subjectively [does that make sense? I'm not sure that's the word she used], by who was in the video and who wasn't."
Ms. Gagen: "Is there anything else you'd like to say to Grace?"
Megan: "I guess at one point I thought I was a better friend to you than Sachi." Me: Bitch! I would give up the world for Sachi and you have never done shit for me! When there's a vaction from school, I think of Sachi, and I count down the seconds until I get to see her again. I think of you, and I thank God for the week off. This wasn't exactly what I thought at all, but that's what I'm thinking now that I should've been thinking then. It makes a nice addition.
That's where I'm going to stop. That's the important part. That's why this post is dedicated to Sachi. Because I love her, and that is probably the absolute worst thing I've ever heard Megan say about anyone. Even though, technically speaking, it was about herself. But still.
I just now realized that even though Sachi is the best friend I've ever had, ever, no one knows about it. I have my little circle of friends that I hang out with (Megan, Caroline, Maggie, Belle, CC, etc), and that's what I'm known for. Sachi has her little circle of friends (Elena, Jenny, Eva, Livia, Sophia, etc), and that's what she's known for. I get it. Sachi is way out of my league. Last year, she wasn't as much. She was gorgeous, but she was a nerd like me (not that she isn't still, haha). It was believable that we were friends. Me and her and Rae and Anna, we were the Unbeatable Four. That's really how I thought of us. Until Sachi and Rae had a fight...but that's another story. I still sat with my crowd at lunch, but I hung with them in my other classes. This year...it's so different. Sachi has risen to a whole new level of popular, one that I never knew existed. One that I'm actually jealous of. But it makes me mad that people don't know we're such good friends.
It's true, we do most of our communication via email. That's how I first met her. Last year, when I met her on Google Buzz, I did think she was uber popular. Then I realized she was just like me. Now I feel like she's too uber popular for me again. Maybe it's just a phase, though. Maybe, at the beginning of every year, I'll feel so left out of her life. Maybe it'll change as the year goes on. But my point is, I miss her. I keep count of the number of times she says hi to me in the hall. It's amazing that she does that, more than words can say. The best feeling in the world. I die a little bit inside the days that I don't see her at all. And no one knows.
Believe it or not, this post was about Sachi. It might've seemed like it was about Megan. It wasn't. It was about Sachi. After saying that, Megan doesn't deserve to have a whole blog post dedicated to her. Last remark: I'm not mad at her. She's not mad at me. It's all good. She's just a bitch.
It's the best feeling in the world where you center your life around someone and don't feel like they owe you a single thing. Not a text message, not a wave, not a two-minute conversation. All you need to know is that they're there. I like that feeling.
~Grace.
I want to set this story up well. I come out of the locker room in 1st period and go over to Caroline. "I want to say this without sounding mad at you," I begin.
This post is dedicated to Sachi because of the only drama that happened today. In Excel, I got called down to Ms. Gagen, the counselor's office. Upon my arrival, I found a sobbing Megan. Yes, this is another one of those posts about Megan. I did as I was told and had a seat.
"Megan was feeling pretty sad this morning and wanted to talk to you," Ms. Gagen said. Understate, much?
Megan: "Oh god, I'm probably just going to burst into tears while I'm saying this. I was texting Caroline last night and she told me that she was going over to your house on Saturday night for a sleepover to celebrate Dannii's birthday." Me: Shit.
Megan: "It just hurt that you didn't invite me because I always try my best to invite you to EVERYTHING." Me: And when was the last time I actually came?
Ms. Gagen: "Can you explain to Megan why you didn't invite her to the party? You didn't purposely exclude her, did you?"
Me: "No, no." Well, yes. "It's just that—" It's just that sentences that start like that are always lies. "It's just that, my dad didn't want me to invite too many people, because my mom's going to be out of town, and he didn't think he would be able to handle to many screaming teenage girls. So he told me I could only invite three people." See, I told you. Lies.
Me: "So, I invited Caroline and Sachi and Katie because they sent in things for the video. And there isn't anything from you in the video, I've seen it."
Megan: "But that's because I didn't know where to send my video clip, and I didn't even know I was supposed to make one."
Me: "Oh, yeah, that was my fault." Oops!
Ms. Gagen: "Why is that your fault?"
Me: "I didn't send her the link..." Like I said...oops!
Ms. Gagen: "Well, it looks like Grace made the decision pretty subjectively [does that make sense? I'm not sure that's the word she used], by who was in the video and who wasn't."
Ms. Gagen: "Is there anything else you'd like to say to Grace?"
Megan: "I guess at one point I thought I was a better friend to you than Sachi." Me: Bitch! I would give up the world for Sachi and you have never done shit for me! When there's a vaction from school, I think of Sachi, and I count down the seconds until I get to see her again. I think of you, and I thank God for the week off. This wasn't exactly what I thought at all, but that's what I'm thinking now that I should've been thinking then. It makes a nice addition.
That's where I'm going to stop. That's the important part. That's why this post is dedicated to Sachi. Because I love her, and that is probably the absolute worst thing I've ever heard Megan say about anyone. Even though, technically speaking, it was about herself. But still.
I just now realized that even though Sachi is the best friend I've ever had, ever, no one knows about it. I have my little circle of friends that I hang out with (Megan, Caroline, Maggie, Belle, CC, etc), and that's what I'm known for. Sachi has her little circle of friends (Elena, Jenny, Eva, Livia, Sophia, etc), and that's what she's known for. I get it. Sachi is way out of my league. Last year, she wasn't as much. She was gorgeous, but she was a nerd like me (not that she isn't still, haha). It was believable that we were friends. Me and her and Rae and Anna, we were the Unbeatable Four. That's really how I thought of us. Until Sachi and Rae had a fight...but that's another story. I still sat with my crowd at lunch, but I hung with them in my other classes. This year...it's so different. Sachi has risen to a whole new level of popular, one that I never knew existed. One that I'm actually jealous of. But it makes me mad that people don't know we're such good friends.
It's true, we do most of our communication via email. That's how I first met her. Last year, when I met her on Google Buzz, I did think she was uber popular. Then I realized she was just like me. Now I feel like she's too uber popular for me again. Maybe it's just a phase, though. Maybe, at the beginning of every year, I'll feel so left out of her life. Maybe it'll change as the year goes on. But my point is, I miss her. I keep count of the number of times she says hi to me in the hall. It's amazing that she does that, more than words can say. The best feeling in the world. I die a little bit inside the days that I don't see her at all. And no one knows.
Believe it or not, this post was about Sachi. It might've seemed like it was about Megan. It wasn't. It was about Sachi. After saying that, Megan doesn't deserve to have a whole blog post dedicated to her. Last remark: I'm not mad at her. She's not mad at me. It's all good. She's just a bitch.
It's the best feeling in the world where you center your life around someone and don't feel like they owe you a single thing. Not a text message, not a wave, not a two-minute conversation. All you need to know is that they're there. I like that feeling.
~Grace.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
October 14
I know it's been about a century since I last posted. Id like to apologize. I got lazy. I know that's not a good excuse, but it's the one I'm giving you. So. You have got a lot to catch up on.
First and foremost, I'd like to announce that Dannii's birthday video by Nicola Hayes has been posted on YouTube as of yesterday, the 13th! You can find it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM-k7rIOQTM&feature=plcp :) Note: Last I checked, it's cant be played on mobile, so...get on your computer right now and watch it! It's amazing! Nicola put tons of work into this video and it sure paid off. I suggest you also go right now and follow her on Twitter: @nicolakirstie_ My friends Katie, Sachi, Caroline, and I all contributed and are honored to have taken part in this celebration of Dannii minogue's birthday. The four of us are also having a party on Saturday for her, which we are all very excited about :D
Next, I must announce that we had a chastity lesson at Sunday school today. I'll say no more than the fact that I totally and wholeheartedly disagreed with every part of it. I don't mean you any offense if you are a devout Christian, but I just don't understand it. You're either married to a man, single, or a nun. Some bullshit, that is.
I must, of course, mention the two totally awesome things I've just received in the mail! The first one, from my pen pal Lucy in England, contained more Doctor Who stuff than you can imagine, along with some quality British stuff (namely Cadbury's because she's heard American chocolate sucks. Also Blackpool rock?). I am really grateful to have an awesome friend like her, and now must send her something equally awesome in return. Any ideas? What do we have in America that isn't in the UK? And please don't say bad attitudes or excess fat. Not funny. The second thing I received in the mail was from Emma in South Australia. Dannii Minogue CD's! They came yesterday, coinciding with the premiere of the video. How perfect is that? Now I have mucho Dannii music on my iPod, most of which I still haven't heard, but am really happy to have. Everyone, while you've still got Twitter up, follow @emmafromoz because she is so awesome.
Now, what haven't I been doing this week? Sadly, writing my book. I've picked up my journal once or twice, but I'm simply not as excited about it as I used to be. I'm
Do anything you can to
get me back in the mood! My Internet free week, which starts Sunday, October 21, should do a great deal of help. I'm not going to lay around moping on the couch, having forgotten what the purpose of the week was: to write! No, I am going to write, I'm going to get the fuck out of Chapter 24, you're going to figure out the
Sorry that paragraph kind of fell apart. The point is, I haven't been writing. My iPod got kinda funky there, so I had to erase part of that section, and the end of it is going to be randomly at the bottom. So. Now onto the best part of this post: Cheryl Fucking Cole. On Saturday (I think), I tweeted Daniel something along the lines of "I'm giving Girls Aloud a chance. What songs should I listen to?" He was probably shocked. I was surprised at myself, too. I hated anything to do with Cheryl Cole. I'm kind of...what's the word...paranoid? from Dannii's X Factor era, when, in my opinion, Cheryl was totally bitchy and shit. But I was being really biased in saying that because, as you all know, I adore Dannii, so it came naturally to hate Cheryl. I mean, didn't Dannii leave — oh, I'm not even going to get into that. Point is, and I try to get straight to the point as often as possible, I now hate to love Cheryl. Girls Aloud is amazing. I love the songs The Show, Wake Me Up, Untouchable, and all the other ones Daniel suggested for me. I also love Cheryl's songs Under The Sun, The Flood, and A Million Lights. It's just not fair how much I love her music. Thanks a lot, Daniel. No, but really, thanks. If you weren't so in love with Cheryl, I would've had no desire whatsoever to listen to her music. For being the only person to be able to sway me from hating someone to liking them a whole lot, follow @iamdanieljlacey :) And go listen to some Girls Aloud while you're at it. Daniel, Cheryl is more than just hot now.
I will leave you with song lyrics. I know there's probably a million things I forgot to mention, like how I almost dies this morning when our Internet didn't work because I couldn't listen to Cheryl Cole, or how I got another under 9 minute mile time on Friday. But it's past my bedtime and I need to listen to a few songs before I go to sleep. "I don't know how we fell through. Got a little too much in my head, like I miss you. A million lights behind you. I'm a little too much in the dark
here without you."
Random paragraph ending below... :/
~MELS
missing piece of the puzzle, and that is that. Drama is coming, people. Don't you worry.
First and foremost, I'd like to announce that Dannii's birthday video by Nicola Hayes has been posted on YouTube as of yesterday, the 13th! You can find it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM-k7rIOQTM&feature=plcp :) Note: Last I checked, it's cant be played on mobile, so...get on your computer right now and watch it! It's amazing! Nicola put tons of work into this video and it sure paid off. I suggest you also go right now and follow her on Twitter: @nicolakirstie_ My friends Katie, Sachi, Caroline, and I all contributed and are honored to have taken part in this celebration of Dannii minogue's birthday. The four of us are also having a party on Saturday for her, which we are all very excited about :D
Next, I must announce that we had a chastity lesson at Sunday school today. I'll say no more than the fact that I totally and wholeheartedly disagreed with every part of it. I don't mean you any offense if you are a devout Christian, but I just don't understand it. You're either married to a man, single, or a nun. Some bullshit, that is.
I must, of course, mention the two totally awesome things I've just received in the mail! The first one, from my pen pal Lucy in England, contained more Doctor Who stuff than you can imagine, along with some quality British stuff (namely Cadbury's because she's heard American chocolate sucks. Also Blackpool rock?). I am really grateful to have an awesome friend like her, and now must send her something equally awesome in return. Any ideas? What do we have in America that isn't in the UK? And please don't say bad attitudes or excess fat. Not funny. The second thing I received in the mail was from Emma in South Australia. Dannii Minogue CD's! They came yesterday, coinciding with the premiere of the video. How perfect is that? Now I have mucho Dannii music on my iPod, most of which I still haven't heard, but am really happy to have. Everyone, while you've still got Twitter up, follow @emmafromoz because she is so awesome.
Now, what haven't I been doing this week? Sadly, writing my book. I've picked up my journal once or twice, but I'm simply not as excited about it as I used to be. I'm
Do anything you can to
get me back in the mood! My Internet free week, which starts Sunday, October 21, should do a great deal of help. I'm not going to lay around moping on the couch, having forgotten what the purpose of the week was: to write! No, I am going to write, I'm going to get the fuck out of Chapter 24, you're going to figure out the
Sorry that paragraph kind of fell apart. The point is, I haven't been writing. My iPod got kinda funky there, so I had to erase part of that section, and the end of it is going to be randomly at the bottom. So. Now onto the best part of this post: Cheryl Fucking Cole. On Saturday (I think), I tweeted Daniel something along the lines of "I'm giving Girls Aloud a chance. What songs should I listen to?" He was probably shocked. I was surprised at myself, too. I hated anything to do with Cheryl Cole. I'm kind of...what's the word...paranoid? from Dannii's X Factor era, when, in my opinion, Cheryl was totally bitchy and shit. But I was being really biased in saying that because, as you all know, I adore Dannii, so it came naturally to hate Cheryl. I mean, didn't Dannii leave — oh, I'm not even going to get into that. Point is, and I try to get straight to the point as often as possible, I now hate to love Cheryl. Girls Aloud is amazing. I love the songs The Show, Wake Me Up, Untouchable, and all the other ones Daniel suggested for me. I also love Cheryl's songs Under The Sun, The Flood, and A Million Lights. It's just not fair how much I love her music. Thanks a lot, Daniel. No, but really, thanks. If you weren't so in love with Cheryl, I would've had no desire whatsoever to listen to her music. For being the only person to be able to sway me from hating someone to liking them a whole lot, follow @iamdanieljlacey :) And go listen to some Girls Aloud while you're at it. Daniel, Cheryl is more than just hot now.
I will leave you with song lyrics. I know there's probably a million things I forgot to mention, like how I almost dies this morning when our Internet didn't work because I couldn't listen to Cheryl Cole, or how I got another under 9 minute mile time on Friday. But it's past my bedtime and I need to listen to a few songs before I go to sleep. "I don't know how we fell through. Got a little too much in my head, like I miss you. A million lights behind you. I'm a little too much in the dark
here without you."
Random paragraph ending below... :/
~MELS
missing piece of the puzzle, and that is that. Drama is coming, people. Don't you worry.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
October 9
The package my pen pal, Lucy, sent me from England arrived today! What she got me is amazing! It's mostly Doctor Who stuff, and A LOT of it. Pages of the magazine, a poster, bookmarks, stickers, little figurines, etc. I love it all! She also sent me a cool little thing with my name on it, Blackpool Rock, and Cadbury chocolate, because she's heard that we have bad chocolate. I have a lot to live up to! Are there any things you can think of that can only be bought in America? I need to think of some American things to get her..
Tomorrow is going to be a long day. First of all, we are going to the Kennedy Center! If you haven't ward of that, and this is probably going to be the only time I say this, you are a very culturally unaware foreigner. We're going to see an opera. The whole school. All...700ish of us. And in case you were not aware, we do this EVERY YEAR. We have to dress up too. I'm wearing what I wore to my friend's bat mitzvah (which, by the way, was amazing, and I had my eye on this really hot girl the whole time), because I looked amazing. My teacher thinks I am going to freeze, but I'm going to wear it anyway. I look beautiful. And I don't usually say that. Then...I have an orchestra concert. I have to stay after school until 5, when it starts. It's in costume (Halloween costume), which is the part I'm worried about. My fairy costume right now SUCKS. No joke. I have wings, and that's about it. It'll be good for my Halloween parties though, I can promise you that. I just need a little more time. If you thought of Kylie Minogue right there, I like you.
In Drama today, I had lots of fun :D Ms. Huber was blocking with the Rude Mechanicals (Midsummer Night's Dream, in case you haven't been reading my blog before). The rest of us were supposed to write music to use in the play using Garage Band on the iPads. The only problem was, garage Band wasn't on any of the iPads. So we just got to play around with them :) I did some spin art, played Factor Samurai, my favorite nerd game, and eventually got bored an opened the Maps app. I looked up driving directions from Arlington to Adelaide, Australia. They take you the most bizarre way! You drive all the way up to Washington, and, get this, the next step is "Sail across the pacific Ocean." Insane! On the way, you have to stop in Hawaii and Japan too. Whoever designed this route needs some help. During this class I also discovered the Spice Girls' new musical...
Viva Forever! is the name of the musical, and also the name of their song which I have never heard. I really want to see it while I'm in London, and I'm trying to convince my parents, even of we have to get standing tickets. I don't know any of their songs except for one (Goodbye), and I haven't seen them perform. Anywhere. Oh, except for the closing ceremony. But I've bothered to learn all of their names and spices, which takes some effort. And I've picked a favorite: Geri Halliwell. I heard of her first, so it's only fair. She's the one that kissed Kylie Minogue on that show. It was so freaking hot I didn't even bother to find out what her occupation was. Then, thanks to one of Daniel's random tweets, I found out, and I felt like an idiot. Thanks, Daniel. I know it's ironic that Goodbye is my favorite song of theirs, because Geri isn't in that one. It's rather funny, actually. But Emma Bunton is my next favorite. What can I say? I'm a sucker for blondes. They're both super hot.
I'm waiting to see who gets eliminated from Dancing with the Stars. I totally zoned on the fact that there was a double elimination this week, and I voted for everyone except Bristol Palin. I voted for Sabrina twice. Maks looked surprisingly hot with his Jagger wig and no facial hair. Kirstie, keep him like that. Peta and Gilles were sexy, as always. Melissa was surprisingly good, 1st place! I missed Drew and Anna, which is kind of depressing, but I got to see it today, so it's all good. Drew got Anna to do sexy on this "celebs get creative control" week, and it was...sexy. Anna should do that more often. Anyway, everyone was amazing, Bristol was snobby and crying and they had a weird dance wih weird music, and i can't wait to see what'll happen.
I don't remember what my inspiring quote from Ms. Parkhurst was this week, n's I'm too lazy to get up and look. So I have no clue how to end. Uh...go blow in the breeze or something. Kylie out xx
~MELS
Tomorrow is going to be a long day. First of all, we are going to the Kennedy Center! If you haven't ward of that, and this is probably going to be the only time I say this, you are a very culturally unaware foreigner. We're going to see an opera. The whole school. All...700ish of us. And in case you were not aware, we do this EVERY YEAR. We have to dress up too. I'm wearing what I wore to my friend's bat mitzvah (which, by the way, was amazing, and I had my eye on this really hot girl the whole time), because I looked amazing. My teacher thinks I am going to freeze, but I'm going to wear it anyway. I look beautiful. And I don't usually say that. Then...I have an orchestra concert. I have to stay after school until 5, when it starts. It's in costume (Halloween costume), which is the part I'm worried about. My fairy costume right now SUCKS. No joke. I have wings, and that's about it. It'll be good for my Halloween parties though, I can promise you that. I just need a little more time. If you thought of Kylie Minogue right there, I like you.
In Drama today, I had lots of fun :D Ms. Huber was blocking with the Rude Mechanicals (Midsummer Night's Dream, in case you haven't been reading my blog before). The rest of us were supposed to write music to use in the play using Garage Band on the iPads. The only problem was, garage Band wasn't on any of the iPads. So we just got to play around with them :) I did some spin art, played Factor Samurai, my favorite nerd game, and eventually got bored an opened the Maps app. I looked up driving directions from Arlington to Adelaide, Australia. They take you the most bizarre way! You drive all the way up to Washington, and, get this, the next step is "Sail across the pacific Ocean." Insane! On the way, you have to stop in Hawaii and Japan too. Whoever designed this route needs some help. During this class I also discovered the Spice Girls' new musical...
Viva Forever! is the name of the musical, and also the name of their song which I have never heard. I really want to see it while I'm in London, and I'm trying to convince my parents, even of we have to get standing tickets. I don't know any of their songs except for one (Goodbye), and I haven't seen them perform. Anywhere. Oh, except for the closing ceremony. But I've bothered to learn all of their names and spices, which takes some effort. And I've picked a favorite: Geri Halliwell. I heard of her first, so it's only fair. She's the one that kissed Kylie Minogue on that show. It was so freaking hot I didn't even bother to find out what her occupation was. Then, thanks to one of Daniel's random tweets, I found out, and I felt like an idiot. Thanks, Daniel. I know it's ironic that Goodbye is my favorite song of theirs, because Geri isn't in that one. It's rather funny, actually. But Emma Bunton is my next favorite. What can I say? I'm a sucker for blondes. They're both super hot.
I'm waiting to see who gets eliminated from Dancing with the Stars. I totally zoned on the fact that there was a double elimination this week, and I voted for everyone except Bristol Palin. I voted for Sabrina twice. Maks looked surprisingly hot with his Jagger wig and no facial hair. Kirstie, keep him like that. Peta and Gilles were sexy, as always. Melissa was surprisingly good, 1st place! I missed Drew and Anna, which is kind of depressing, but I got to see it today, so it's all good. Drew got Anna to do sexy on this "celebs get creative control" week, and it was...sexy. Anna should do that more often. Anyway, everyone was amazing, Bristol was snobby and crying and they had a weird dance wih weird music, and i can't wait to see what'll happen.
I don't remember what my inspiring quote from Ms. Parkhurst was this week, n's I'm too lazy to get up and look. So I have no clue how to end. Uh...go blow in the breeze or something. Kylie out xx
~MELS
Monday, October 8, 2012
October 8
I'm so bad. I haven't blogged in days. I haven't written in my book either. I've been busy...ranking every single Kylie Minogue song I know! After using up all my green post it notes and having many fall off my door overnight, I am done. After counting and miscounting the list of songs, I am done. After 26 hours and only 7 of sleep, I am done. Here is my list. By the way, I mentioned miscounting. I wrote down 79. I got rid of one. I added another. Somehow I ended up with 78. Tell me if you know what I missed, because I have no clue!
Let me start by mentioning these:
No More Rain - X
I'm Over Dreaming - Enjoy Yourself
Say Hey - Impossible Princess
Butterfly - Light Years and Fever
More More More - Fever
Promises - Body Language
Tightrope
I didn't have access to the full versions of these so they couldn't be properly judged :(
Now, the real list:
#71: Fragile - Fever
#70: Lose Control - Unreleased X song
#69: Change Your Mind - Unreleased Aphrodite song
#68: Looking For An Angel - Aphrodite
#67: Too Far - Impossible Princess
#66: If You Were With Me Now - Let's Get To It
#65: Come Into My World - Fever
#64: 2 Hearts
#63: Love Love Love - Unreleased Aphrodite song
#62: The One - X
#61: Cowboy Style - impossible
Princess
#60: Got To Be Certain - Kylie
#59: Can't Get You Out Of My Head - Fever
#58: Word Is Out - Let's Get To It
#57: The Loco-Motion - Kylie
#56: Step Back In Time - Rhythm Of Love
#55: It's No Secret - Kylie
#54: Nu-Di-Ty - X
#53: Kids - Light Years
#52: Love At First Sight - Fever
#51: Closer - Aphrodite
#50: Finer Feelings - Let's Get To It
#49: Never Too Late - Enjoy Yourself
#48: Silence - Aphrodite B-side
#47: Illusion - Aphrodite
#46: I Believe In You
#45: Slow - Body Language
#44: Cupid Boy - Aphrodite
#43: Everything Is Beautiful - Aphrodite
#42: Wouldn't Change A Thing - Enjoy Yourself
#41: Taprobane (Extraordinary Day) - Unrealeased X song
#40: Still Standing - Body Language
#39: Magnetic Electric - X
#38: Better Than Today - Aphrodite
#37: Too Much - Aphrodite
#36: Speakerphone - X
#35: All I See - X
#34: Red Blooded Woman - Body Language
#33: What Kind Of Fool?
#32: Tears On My Pillow - Enjoy Yourself
#31: Fever - Fever
#30: Put Your Hands Up - Aphrodite
#29: Aphrodite - Aphrodite
#28: Where The Wild Roses Grow
#27: Je ne sais pas porquoi - Kylie
#26: Heartstrings - Aphrodite Bonus Track in Japan
#25: Mighty Rivers - Aphrodite Bonus Track
#24: I Should Be So Lucky - Kylie
#23: Better The Devil You Know - Rhythm Of Love
#22: Spinning Around - Light Years
#21: In Your Eyes - Fever
#20: Confide In Me - Kylie Minogue
#19: Wow - X
#18: In My Arms - X
#17: Can't Beat The Feeling - Aphrodite
#16: Give Me Just A Little More Time - Let's Get To It
#15: Giving You Up - Ultimate Kylie
#14: Chocolate - Body Language
#13: Your Disco Needs You - Light Years
#12: What Do I Have To Do? - Rhythm Of Love
#11: Timebomb
#10: If You Don't Love Me
#9: Hand On Your Heart - Enjoy Yourself
#8: So Now Goodbye - Light Years
#7: Secret (Take You Home) - Body Language
#6: On A Night Like This - Light Years
#5: Breathe - Impossible Princess
#4: White Diamond
#3: Get Outta My Way - Aphrodite
#2: All The Lovers - Aphrodite
#1: Flower
So there. I think that pretty much sums up my last 26 hours. I might post later about what I did before I started this project, I don't know. I hope you like my list. I have some interesting choices on there. And to think I thought picking my top ten
singles was hard :P
Let me start by mentioning these:
No More Rain - X
I'm Over Dreaming - Enjoy Yourself
Say Hey - Impossible Princess
Butterfly - Light Years and Fever
More More More - Fever
Promises - Body Language
Tightrope
I didn't have access to the full versions of these so they couldn't be properly judged :(
Now, the real list:
#71: Fragile - Fever
#70: Lose Control - Unreleased X song
#69: Change Your Mind - Unreleased Aphrodite song
#68: Looking For An Angel - Aphrodite
#67: Too Far - Impossible Princess
#66: If You Were With Me Now - Let's Get To It
#65: Come Into My World - Fever
#64: 2 Hearts
#63: Love Love Love - Unreleased Aphrodite song
#62: The One - X
#61: Cowboy Style - impossible
Princess
#60: Got To Be Certain - Kylie
#59: Can't Get You Out Of My Head - Fever
#58: Word Is Out - Let's Get To It
#57: The Loco-Motion - Kylie
#56: Step Back In Time - Rhythm Of Love
#55: It's No Secret - Kylie
#54: Nu-Di-Ty - X
#53: Kids - Light Years
#52: Love At First Sight - Fever
#51: Closer - Aphrodite
#50: Finer Feelings - Let's Get To It
#49: Never Too Late - Enjoy Yourself
#48: Silence - Aphrodite B-side
#47: Illusion - Aphrodite
#46: I Believe In You
#45: Slow - Body Language
#44: Cupid Boy - Aphrodite
#43: Everything Is Beautiful - Aphrodite
#42: Wouldn't Change A Thing - Enjoy Yourself
#41: Taprobane (Extraordinary Day) - Unrealeased X song
#40: Still Standing - Body Language
#39: Magnetic Electric - X
#38: Better Than Today - Aphrodite
#37: Too Much - Aphrodite
#36: Speakerphone - X
#35: All I See - X
#34: Red Blooded Woman - Body Language
#33: What Kind Of Fool?
#32: Tears On My Pillow - Enjoy Yourself
#31: Fever - Fever
#30: Put Your Hands Up - Aphrodite
#29: Aphrodite - Aphrodite
#28: Where The Wild Roses Grow
#27: Je ne sais pas porquoi - Kylie
#26: Heartstrings - Aphrodite Bonus Track in Japan
#25: Mighty Rivers - Aphrodite Bonus Track
#24: I Should Be So Lucky - Kylie
#23: Better The Devil You Know - Rhythm Of Love
#22: Spinning Around - Light Years
#21: In Your Eyes - Fever
#20: Confide In Me - Kylie Minogue
#19: Wow - X
#18: In My Arms - X
#17: Can't Beat The Feeling - Aphrodite
#16: Give Me Just A Little More Time - Let's Get To It
#15: Giving You Up - Ultimate Kylie
#14: Chocolate - Body Language
#13: Your Disco Needs You - Light Years
#12: What Do I Have To Do? - Rhythm Of Love
#11: Timebomb
#10: If You Don't Love Me
#9: Hand On Your Heart - Enjoy Yourself
#8: So Now Goodbye - Light Years
#7: Secret (Take You Home) - Body Language
#6: On A Night Like This - Light Years
#5: Breathe - Impossible Princess
#4: White Diamond
#3: Get Outta My Way - Aphrodite
#2: All The Lovers - Aphrodite
#1: Flower
So there. I think that pretty much sums up my last 26 hours. I might post later about what I did before I started this project, I don't know. I hope you like my list. I have some interesting choices on there. And to think I thought picking my top ten
singles was hard :P
Thursday, October 4, 2012
October 4
Today I'm determined to make it through a whole post. Maybe I'll just make a list and go from there:
VJAS
Dannii video
My book, since it's been a while
The presidential debate
PE
Chinese
Music (broad topic, I know)
My Dannii Minogue rant
Something happy (e.g. Paris, puppies, etc)
VJAS. Virginia Junior Academy of Science. This is what is smarticles like me do for the science fair now. It's basically what everyone else is doing, just harder. Luckily, we don't have to stick to the eight topics the other kids do. But we still can't work with people or animals without filling out loads and loads of paperwork. My project is this: The effect of changing the part of the rugby ball that hits your foot on the accuracy of hitting a target. I picked this because I wanted to do something with the awesome sport of rugby, because I figured no one else would be doing that. During camp this summer, I noticed that whenever I kicked the rugby ball, it never went where I wanted it to. Sure, oftentimes you're just kicking for touch and it doesn't matter where it goes, but I want to know if it could be aimed. Sure, I could probably get this question answered by anyone who plays rugby, but that would spoil the whole thing. So I figured, maybe what part of the ball you kick affects its accuracy. Why not? Now to turn on the juice and see what shakes loose!
Dannii video. Not much to say here, just another reveal. Which is always exciting, of course :) the THIRD song in the video is Viva La Vida by Coldplay. Can you believe the video is so long that three songs were needed? Dannii must have a lot of fans (no, duh!) We all can't wait to see the final, Nicola! Tomorrow's "behind the scenes" preview sounds intriguing too!
My book. Kylie, I Love You. Sadly, I didn't even write anything yesterday. I'm going to give you a summary of the next chapter. I think the last one I did was Chapter Two, so I'll do Chapter Three: Wow. Dylan goes home after they have dinner, but neither him nor Kylie can fall asleep. Naturally, Kylie pumps up the music. Did I mention she can't sing anymore? Yeah, that's why she's laying around in Adelaide instead of touring the universe and whatnot. So she's dancing around the room, and Dylan is watching her intently, realizing for the first time how totally entranced by her he is. Anyway, Kylie opens her window and is like, "Chessie, get over here!" and he's about to reply, when their rude neighbor (he'll come back later) shushes them. Then Dylan goes over to Kylie's house, and they have good talk, because that seems to be their thing now. Talking. Kylie tells him all about how she broke up with Andres Velencoso, which I now feel bad about writing, because he's an absolute darling and I love him. But what I wrote...poor Kylie. The end of Kylie's speech was: When I look back at all the ups and downs of our relationship, all I can think is...wow.
The presidential debate. A topic which I was hoping to avoid but am forcing myself to talk about. I don't have much to say, though. I didn't watch. Maggie said Mitt Romney wanted to outlaw gay marriage, so I'm not ashamed to call him a SOB or worse, a homophobe. He doesn't know what we go through. He's just a little, schooled white boy, who
hasn't figured out that the real way you learn is by experiencing. By people. Not by textbooks. I didn't watch the debate because I already know I'm voting Obama. Obama's just so real, such a genuine person. I didn't watch the debate because I had not interest in watching scripted men read about the crap that they care about and shouldn't. I apologize if I'm coming across as an anarchist.
In PE we are putting on the Nutcracker! My class is doing the battle scene between the mice and the soldiers, and today I found out I'm a soldier. I'm not sure if that's good or not, because I could've gone either way. In case you haven't noticed, I'm making my paragraphs shorter and shorter because I'm losing sight of my list of topics.
See, now I can't see anything on the list
above my Dannii rant, but I remember Chinese being on there. Sorry if I missed anything in between. I almost diesel in Chinese class today,
because we had a test on writing characters to say: Hello! May I ask, what is your honorable surname? What is your name? My surname is _____,
my name is _____. Aka 你好！请问，你贵姓？ 叫什么名字？ 我姓 Young, 叫 Grace. I nearly failed. God.
I'm going to save the Dannii rant for some other time, it's not that important. I'll just say I totally ranted about Dannii's X Factor era. It wasn't pretty. I'll leave you with something happy, ms. Parkhurt's motivational quote of the week: If you see someone without a smile today, give them one of yours.
~MELS
VJAS
Dannii video
My book, since it's been a while
The presidential debate
PE
Chinese
Music (broad topic, I know)
My Dannii Minogue rant
Something happy (e.g. Paris, puppies, etc)
VJAS. Virginia Junior Academy of Science. This is what is smarticles like me do for the science fair now. It's basically what everyone else is doing, just harder. Luckily, we don't have to stick to the eight topics the other kids do. But we still can't work with people or animals without filling out loads and loads of paperwork. My project is this: The effect of changing the part of the rugby ball that hits your foot on the accuracy of hitting a target. I picked this because I wanted to do something with the awesome sport of rugby, because I figured no one else would be doing that. During camp this summer, I noticed that whenever I kicked the rugby ball, it never went where I wanted it to. Sure, oftentimes you're just kicking for touch and it doesn't matter where it goes, but I want to know if it could be aimed. Sure, I could probably get this question answered by anyone who plays rugby, but that would spoil the whole thing. So I figured, maybe what part of the ball you kick affects its accuracy. Why not? Now to turn on the juice and see what shakes loose!
Dannii video. Not much to say here, just another reveal. Which is always exciting, of course :) the THIRD song in the video is Viva La Vida by Coldplay. Can you believe the video is so long that three songs were needed? Dannii must have a lot of fans (no, duh!) We all can't wait to see the final, Nicola! Tomorrow's "behind the scenes" preview sounds intriguing too!
My book. Kylie, I Love You. Sadly, I didn't even write anything yesterday. I'm going to give you a summary of the next chapter. I think the last one I did was Chapter Two, so I'll do Chapter Three: Wow. Dylan goes home after they have dinner, but neither him nor Kylie can fall asleep. Naturally, Kylie pumps up the music. Did I mention she can't sing anymore? Yeah, that's why she's laying around in Adelaide instead of touring the universe and whatnot. So she's dancing around the room, and Dylan is watching her intently, realizing for the first time how totally entranced by her he is. Anyway, Kylie opens her window and is like, "Chessie, get over here!" and he's about to reply, when their rude neighbor (he'll come back later) shushes them. Then Dylan goes over to Kylie's house, and they have good talk, because that seems to be their thing now. Talking. Kylie tells him all about how she broke up with Andres Velencoso, which I now feel bad about writing, because he's an absolute darling and I love him. But what I wrote...poor Kylie. The end of Kylie's speech was: When I look back at all the ups and downs of our relationship, all I can think is...wow.
The presidential debate. A topic which I was hoping to avoid but am forcing myself to talk about. I don't have much to say, though. I didn't watch. Maggie said Mitt Romney wanted to outlaw gay marriage, so I'm not ashamed to call him a SOB or worse, a homophobe. He doesn't know what we go through. He's just a little, schooled white boy, who
hasn't figured out that the real way you learn is by experiencing. By people. Not by textbooks. I didn't watch the debate because I already know I'm voting Obama. Obama's just so real, such a genuine person. I didn't watch the debate because I had not interest in watching scripted men read about the crap that they care about and shouldn't. I apologize if I'm coming across as an anarchist.
In PE we are putting on the Nutcracker! My class is doing the battle scene between the mice and the soldiers, and today I found out I'm a soldier. I'm not sure if that's good or not, because I could've gone either way. In case you haven't noticed, I'm making my paragraphs shorter and shorter because I'm losing sight of my list of topics.
See, now I can't see anything on the list
above my Dannii rant, but I remember Chinese being on there. Sorry if I missed anything in between. I almost diesel in Chinese class today,
because we had a test on writing characters to say: Hello! May I ask, what is your honorable surname? What is your name? My surname is _____,
my name is _____. Aka 你好！请问，你贵姓？ 叫什么名字？ 我姓 Young, 叫 Grace. I nearly failed. God.
I'm going to save the Dannii rant for some other time, it's not that important. I'll just say I totally ranted about Dannii's X Factor era. It wasn't pretty. I'll leave you with something happy, ms. Parkhurt's motivational quote of the week: If you see someone without a smile today, give them one of yours.
~MELS
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
October 3
Aha! (Always a great way to start a blog post) I have just changed my name on Twitter! It used to be Tyler Jane-Berger, but now it's Graceling Minogue, which I think suits me much more. I honestly don't know why Tyler Jane-Berger was my name in the first place. I didn't want to use my real name, so I kind of just stuck some stuff together and got attached. But no more! Graceling Minogue I am, so get used to it. My username is still the same, though (@heartheartkms).
My Twitter friend (@emmafromoz) is selling me CDs! She's got an extra copy of Dannii Minogue's Neon Nights, Girl, and Love and Kisses. I'm so happy, because I only have one Dannii song on my iPod and I think all the other ones I know are from Neon Nights, which is pretty sad. This is why I don't claim to be Dannii's biggest fan, I'm obviously nowhere near it. I'm also trying to get my hands on My Story, so if anyone's willing to sell me that, I'm game. So, Emma, here is your shoutout. Follow @emmafromoz on Twitter, because she rocks! Did I mention she's from my favorite, favorite, FAVORITE city EVER!? Guess where...Adelaide!
The third reveal for @nicolakirstie_ 's Dannii Birthday video is up on @irynakim 's blog: http://livelearnshineon.blogspot.co.uk/?m=1 So far, she's announced that the song for the video is Higger by Taio Cruz and Kylie Minogue (which, when mentioned, I never fail to say that was originally written for Kylie!). She's also given us a hint about the opening of the video. Today she announced that...there's a second song in the video! Drive By by Train (at least, I think it's by Train)! I'm getting more and more excited to see the video every day!!
This act should be kind of depressing, but it's really not. I like it how every single one of the people I've mentioned so far in this post I only know off of Twitter. So what? Who cares? Okay, that is kind of sad, but I'm not ashamed that my world revolves around Twitter. It's the only way I know other Kylie fans, to be honest, because NO ONE around here is cool enough to have heard of her, unless theyve seen Doctor Who (but of course, that shouldn't really count).
Oh, crap, I forgot to finish this again. I hate doing this, but I'm just going to stop this now :( Also, what do you think about Project D London for the 8th grade formal next school year? I know Dannii'll probably have something new by then, but a girl's gotta have something to look forward to, right? Woooo!!
~MELS
My Twitter friend (@emmafromoz) is selling me CDs! She's got an extra copy of Dannii Minogue's Neon Nights, Girl, and Love and Kisses. I'm so happy, because I only have one Dannii song on my iPod and I think all the other ones I know are from Neon Nights, which is pretty sad. This is why I don't claim to be Dannii's biggest fan, I'm obviously nowhere near it. I'm also trying to get my hands on My Story, so if anyone's willing to sell me that, I'm game. So, Emma, here is your shoutout. Follow @emmafromoz on Twitter, because she rocks! Did I mention she's from my favorite, favorite, FAVORITE city EVER!? Guess where...Adelaide!
The third reveal for @nicolakirstie_ 's Dannii Birthday video is up on @irynakim 's blog: http://livelearnshineon.blogspot.co.uk/?m=1 So far, she's announced that the song for the video is Higger by Taio Cruz and Kylie Minogue (which, when mentioned, I never fail to say that was originally written for Kylie!). She's also given us a hint about the opening of the video. Today she announced that...there's a second song in the video! Drive By by Train (at least, I think it's by Train)! I'm getting more and more excited to see the video every day!!
This act should be kind of depressing, but it's really not. I like it how every single one of the people I've mentioned so far in this post I only know off of Twitter. So what? Who cares? Okay, that is kind of sad, but I'm not ashamed that my world revolves around Twitter. It's the only way I know other Kylie fans, to be honest, because NO ONE around here is cool enough to have heard of her, unless theyve seen Doctor Who (but of course, that shouldn't really count).
Oh, crap, I forgot to finish this again. I hate doing this, but I'm just going to stop this now :( Also, what do you think about Project D London for the 8th grade formal next school year? I know Dannii'll probably have something new by then, but a girl's gotta have something to look forward to, right? Woooo!!
~MELS
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
October 2
Hi, so, it's Grace/Mels/whatever you want to call me. I'm sick again, which, on the bright side, gives me plenty of time to blog. There is absolutely nothing happening in my life today, so, as always, let's talk about Min!
A certain Ms. Kylie Minogue is currently in Rio! How exciting! Apparently there's a YouTube video of her outside her hotel, which I have yet to see, and apparently she's pretty grumpy in it. Understandable, I'm pretty frumpy after any amount of traveling, and have yet to travel as great a distance as from London to Rio. Using a miraculous tool called the Internet, I've found out that Kylie is actually further away from me than usual, which is disappointing. Does that sound reasonable? I haven't got a map on hand, but I'm assuming that's right. She's going to some film festival because she was a movie called Holy Motors, which is apparently brilliant. Also which I am not going to see any time soon, according to my parents, because of the age rating :( I would love to be in Rio right now, just to have the privilege of being in the same city as her. Unfortunately, that's not going to happen either. I'm hoping she comes to DC soon!
I have just now checked the mail, as I do every day, to see if I have gotten any fanmail back. Today, indeed I have. Of course, not in the way I might've hoped, but at least I know it wasn't totally lost in the mail. I just received this:
A certain Ms. Kylie Minogue is currently in Rio! How exciting! Apparently there's a YouTube video of her outside her hotel, which I have yet to see, and apparently she's pretty grumpy in it. Understandable, I'm pretty frumpy after any amount of traveling, and have yet to travel as great a distance as from London to Rio. Using a miraculous tool called the Internet, I've found out that Kylie is actually further away from me than usual, which is disappointing. Does that sound reasonable? I haven't got a map on hand, but I'm assuming that's right. She's going to some film festival because she was a movie called Holy Motors, which is apparently brilliant. Also which I am not going to see any time soon, according to my parents, because of the age rating :( I would love to be in Rio right now, just to have the privilege of being in the same city as her. Unfortunately, that's not going to happen either. I'm hoping she comes to DC soon!
I have just now checked the mail, as I do every day, to see if I have gotten any fanmail back. Today, indeed I have. Of course, not in the way I might've hoped, but at least I know it wasn't totally lost in the mail. I just received this:
It got returned to me in the mail! How exciting! I must send it again now...It just made me super happy that I got anything at all! I'm still smiling and I don't know why :) What do I do now, send it again with the address they wrote on there? Oh, and sorry if the picture doesn't come up. It's basically a picture of my damp envelope with my original address crossed out and another written on there. And a sticker that says "Return to sender". How exciting! I'll send it again today!
Now, off to write fanmail and stuff. And to email my besties, who, so I've heard, have been missing me like crazy. Especially a Miss Sachi Cooper, who happens to be my favorite. Might post again later. Depends what I'm up to. Having written substantially less than I could've, off I go, into the other room! Oh , look, my dog just barked in his sleep. That's new. See you all later!
~MELS
Now, off to write fanmail and stuff. And to email my besties, who, so I've heard, have been missing me like crazy. Especially a Miss Sachi Cooper, who happens to be my favorite. Might post again later. Depends what I'm up to. Having written substantially less than I could've, off I go, into the other room! Oh , look, my dog just barked in his sleep. That's new. See you all later!
~MELS
Monday, October 1, 2012
Children of Gallifrey
So, apparently, unbeknownst to me, our band name has been changed to Children of Gallifrey. Which is totally fine with me, it's much less of a mouthful than Our Particular Brand of Insanity. Although I did like Revenge Chic or whatever it was...but never mind that. We now have a song, how exciting! I had no part in the making of this song, because I'm never on the chat room when everyone else is, but oh well. It's a good song.
Version #1: http://youtu.be/-RvtEpRzFOw
Peformed by Megan Schaedel.
Version #2: http://youtu.be/sE7QzAfoGeY
Performed by Maggie Valdiviez-Wiley.
So, I have no idea where we're going with this or anything. I should go look back through the chat room and see what's been happening, because frankly I don't even know what the song is about... We've got another song in the making, too. It's called Lost, and it's a duet between Rose and the Doctor. It's really good. I think we all need to get together sometime and actually come up with a set tune and stuff for the songs, but for now, it's coming along.
Advice: Listen to version #1 first, because version #2 is better. Please let me know what you think, guys.
~MELS (aka Grace Young, member of Children of Gallifrey :D)
Version #1: http://youtu.be/-RvtEpRzFOw
Peformed by Megan Schaedel.
Version #2: http://youtu.be/sE7QzAfoGeY
Performed by Maggie Valdiviez-Wiley.
So, I have no idea where we're going with this or anything. I should go look back through the chat room and see what's been happening, because frankly I don't even know what the song is about... We've got another song in the making, too. It's called Lost, and it's a duet between Rose and the Doctor. It's really good. I think we all need to get together sometime and actually come up with a set tune and stuff for the songs, but for now, it's coming along.
Advice: Listen to version #1 first, because version #2 is better. Please let me know what you think, guys.
~MELS (aka Grace Young, member of Children of Gallifrey :D)
October 1
I changed the name of my website to Melody Jade: Asian American Kylie, but I still have the urge to do the "today's date" thing. Weird. Anyway, I think I have a cold. No, I know I have a cold. That's why, on Charlie McDonnell's birthday, I am sitting at home alone instead of at school celebrating with my friends. Ugh. If anyone reading this has a Twitter, do me a favor. Send a happy birthday wish to @coollike.
I have a feeling I'm not going to have anything to talk about today, so I'll talk about yesterday. I was feeling so crappy yesterday I didn't even make a blog post. Ugh. Yesterday I did some baking. We were testing out the recipe for pumpkin cupcakes that we're going to make for Dannii's birthday party. They are delicious! A little flat, maybe, but delicious! This is the link to the recipe: http://m.allrecipes.com/recipe/153245/pumpkin-spice-cupcakes I divided it in half, so that might've thrown it off a little.
The day before that, because I think I forgot to mention this, I made punch. Also a test for Dannii's birthday party. I was kind of skeptical about the recipe at first, because, in fact, I got it off of a math worksheet. It involved 1 3/4 c pineapple juice, 2 1/2 c orange juice, and 3 3/4 c 7 Up. Also a winner. My dad, a math teacher, says when he uses recipes on worksheets he makes them up. I feel bad for his students that go home and make a disgusting recipe. You can thank Ms. Parkhurst for this one.
Wow...I can't think of anything else to say. Usually I have a lot of news. I feel so boring. Uhh...
Okay. Politics. Why am I with Obama, you ask? If you didn't ask, that's too bad. You're going to hear about it anyway. The main reason I'm with Obama is because I'm a woman. I believe in being able to make choices for myself about my body. Mitt Romney wants to pass a law that outlaws all abortion, even in cases of rape and incest? If a girl has been raped, her life is probably already shitty as it is. She should be able to at least put her foot down and say, "I am not having this baby." And besides, if she does have the baby, and doesn't want to keep it (well, why would she?) who would adopt it? Who would want to adopt the baby of some disgusting, mental creep? And if the baby goes to an orphanage, you're not doing anyone a favor.
Another reason I'm with Obama is because of his lovely wife. Michelle Obama has done SO MUCH for kids across the country, to help keep them healthy. I like the fact that she's a full-time mom, and that being the president's wife hasn't changed that at all. Compared to Ann Romney, Mrs. Obama just seems like a genuinely good person. Whereas Ann Romney's been treated like some secret weapon. Not cool. Michelle Obama is a beautiful, stylish, amazing person and hopefully, if Obama doesn't get reelected, she'll continue to do stuff for America's kids. I know, I've only got two reasons to support Obama, but I've got zero reasons to support Romney. So there. I hope we have a mock election at school, that would be so fun :)
Oh, also, I don't think America needs another old white guy in the White House. I just don't. Sure, there have been some good old white guy presidents. But since Obama was elected, whether you admit it or not, something's changed inside all of us. Having a black man as president has shifter or concept of presidency, opening it up to anyone who wants it badly enough. We shouldn't go back. Personally, I think we need an Asian or woman president, but that's just me. I live in a community where diversity is accepted. I've never, in the history of my life, seen bullying because of race. We've got all kinds of people at my school. When I go out to Illinois, where my cousins live, I'm appalled at the sheer number of white people there are. Obama has made me see the world differently. Mitt Romwney will make me see the world in red.
Now, for some updates. I still haven't gotten my Kylie 2013 calendar, which was supposed to come in mid-September. I preordered it, but I'm starting to wonder if it would be faster if I just ordered it again. Then again, my friend Leona (@LeonaNS1) from Serbia hasn't gotten hers either, and she's spoken to other who haven't either. I'm not as worried anymore. Now for my October. I'm planning on
1. Making sure Charlie McDonnell, Diana Makele, Dannii Minogue, and Nicola Kirstie (@nicolakirstie_) have great birthdays
2. Catching up on Doctor Who
3. Sending fanmail to Mary Murphy, Kelly Ripa, Sherri Shepherd, Gwen Stefani, and more
4. Getting unsick
5. Being a really sexy girl Puck/Oberon for Halloween
6. Begging for more Kylie merch (as always)
7. Having a really awesome Dannii birthday party
8. Actually talking to Sachi Cooper
9. Writing my book
10. Getting a tweet from Kylie or Dannii
I hope my October wishes come true! As for you, make sure you have a great October too <3
~MELS
I have a feeling I'm not going to have anything to talk about today, so I'll talk about yesterday. I was feeling so crappy yesterday I didn't even make a blog post. Ugh. Yesterday I did some baking. We were testing out the recipe for pumpkin cupcakes that we're going to make for Dannii's birthday party. They are delicious! A little flat, maybe, but delicious! This is the link to the recipe: http://m.allrecipes.com/recipe/153245/pumpkin-spice-cupcakes I divided it in half, so that might've thrown it off a little.
The day before that, because I think I forgot to mention this, I made punch. Also a test for Dannii's birthday party. I was kind of skeptical about the recipe at first, because, in fact, I got it off of a math worksheet. It involved 1 3/4 c pineapple juice, 2 1/2 c orange juice, and 3 3/4 c 7 Up. Also a winner. My dad, a math teacher, says when he uses recipes on worksheets he makes them up. I feel bad for his students that go home and make a disgusting recipe. You can thank Ms. Parkhurst for this one.
Wow...I can't think of anything else to say. Usually I have a lot of news. I feel so boring. Uhh...
Okay. Politics. Why am I with Obama, you ask? If you didn't ask, that's too bad. You're going to hear about it anyway. The main reason I'm with Obama is because I'm a woman. I believe in being able to make choices for myself about my body. Mitt Romney wants to pass a law that outlaws all abortion, even in cases of rape and incest? If a girl has been raped, her life is probably already shitty as it is. She should be able to at least put her foot down and say, "I am not having this baby." And besides, if she does have the baby, and doesn't want to keep it (well, why would she?) who would adopt it? Who would want to adopt the baby of some disgusting, mental creep? And if the baby goes to an orphanage, you're not doing anyone a favor.
Another reason I'm with Obama is because of his lovely wife. Michelle Obama has done SO MUCH for kids across the country, to help keep them healthy. I like the fact that she's a full-time mom, and that being the president's wife hasn't changed that at all. Compared to Ann Romney, Mrs. Obama just seems like a genuinely good person. Whereas Ann Romney's been treated like some secret weapon. Not cool. Michelle Obama is a beautiful, stylish, amazing person and hopefully, if Obama doesn't get reelected, she'll continue to do stuff for America's kids. I know, I've only got two reasons to support Obama, but I've got zero reasons to support Romney. So there. I hope we have a mock election at school, that would be so fun :)
Oh, also, I don't think America needs another old white guy in the White House. I just don't. Sure, there have been some good old white guy presidents. But since Obama was elected, whether you admit it or not, something's changed inside all of us. Having a black man as president has shifter or concept of presidency, opening it up to anyone who wants it badly enough. We shouldn't go back. Personally, I think we need an Asian or woman president, but that's just me. I live in a community where diversity is accepted. I've never, in the history of my life, seen bullying because of race. We've got all kinds of people at my school. When I go out to Illinois, where my cousins live, I'm appalled at the sheer number of white people there are. Obama has made me see the world differently. Mitt Romwney will make me see the world in red.
Now, for some updates. I still haven't gotten my Kylie 2013 calendar, which was supposed to come in mid-September. I preordered it, but I'm starting to wonder if it would be faster if I just ordered it again. Then again, my friend Leona (@LeonaNS1) from Serbia hasn't gotten hers either, and she's spoken to other who haven't either. I'm not as worried anymore. Now for my October. I'm planning on
1. Making sure Charlie McDonnell, Diana Makele, Dannii Minogue, and Nicola Kirstie (@nicolakirstie_) have great birthdays
2. Catching up on Doctor Who
3. Sending fanmail to Mary Murphy, Kelly Ripa, Sherri Shepherd, Gwen Stefani, and more
4. Getting unsick
5. Being a really sexy girl Puck/Oberon for Halloween
6. Begging for more Kylie merch (as always)
7. Having a really awesome Dannii birthday party
8. Actually talking to Sachi Cooper
9. Writing my book
10. Getting a tweet from Kylie or Dannii
I hope my October wishes come true! As for you, make sure you have a great October too <3
~MELS
Saturday, September 29, 2012
September 29
Today's date is September 29th, 2012. Well, not really, because I'm starting this post at 11:05 on the 28th. I'm going to attempt to stay up past midnight to have this posted when I'm done. I hope nothing interesting happens tomorrow, because I'm not going to be able to write about it until the next day. I'm currently working on My Top Ten List of Kylie Songs. It's more difficult than it sounds. The criteria is that it must be a single that Kylie sings by herself. There's a reason for that, but you'll find that out later. By the way, in an attempt to have sings from multiple different albums, I cut some good songs from X and Aphrodite, and ended up with more songs than I wanted off of Light Years. So not my fault.
My Top Ten List of Kylie Songs (cool, I never knew I could underline stuff)
#10: Spinning Around
A number one hit in the UK, this song is unforgettable. It was performed at the Queen's concert, so it must be good. Apparently it was partly written by Paula Abdul. I'm not entirely sure who Paula Abdul is, but everyone else is, so I'll go with it. Plus, I'm always a sucker for Kylie in gold hotpants, and the line dancey thing at the end is beast.
#9: Hand On Your Heart
Another number one hit, this is one of Kylie's older songs. I like to watch the music video to see how young and innocent she looked. Although, once I had the music video going on YouTube in my pocket, and the volume slid all the way up, and I thought the roof was falling on me. Not a pleasant experience. This is one of my go-to shower songs, so I just couldn't leave it off.
#8: Giving You Up
An interesting choice, you might say. This was my lifeline to Minogueland during my technology free week. It played a lot on Jango, in Chinese class when I was supposed to be working. I realize it got some pretty bad reviews, but that's not going to stop me from loving it. I tend tosomewhat disagree strongly disagree with most critics. One of my favorite movies, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close got crappy reviews but that's their issue. Anyway...even though this song is from an album I never even knew existed, it rocks. The giant Kylie music video was pretty good too. It must've been fun for her to be a giant for once.
#7: Your Disco Needs You
Check my background on the Twitter. It's a screenshot of this music video. I must say, the music video was not very...shall we say, technologically advanced? I still absolutely love it, because Kylie is so freaking cute. Even when she's powdering her face with a humongous brush or marching around with a baton and 100 other Kylies. The song itself is awesome. It's not one that gets you right away, it sneaks up on you. You hear it at just the right moment and it just makes you feel happy. That's why I like this song. Also has something to do with Jonathan Parish's email addres in The Straight Road To Kylie :) Oh, look, now it's the 29th
#6: What Do I Have To Do?
This is another song like #7. I didn't originally see this song as being one of my favorites. But it snuck up on me, and made me mad
that I didn't have enough money on iTunes to buy it. Let me just talk about the music video for a second, then I'll be done. The music video was so...erotic. If Kylie isn't an in-the-closet bisexual, I would be surprised. Don't hate me for saying that; we all have our theories. Besides, she has said in an interview she's fancied girls before. If that isn't proof... My point is, that was just hot. Just plain hot. The music video is the reason I don't know the words to most of the song.
#5: On A Night Like This
In my opinion, IN MY OPINION, this is a much better song than Spinning Around. I would say it was underrated except for the fact that she had a whole tour named after it. A music video where she just repeatedly takes off her clothes and puts different ones on is ace. Can't beat that. Although frankly I don't understand the whole synopsis of the video, just listening to the song is plenty.. The lyrics really speak to me. Don't say it's like a fantasy when you know this is how it should be. You kiss me, I'm falling, can you hear me calling? You touch me, I want you, feels like I've always known you. I was prepared to be devastated when this song didn't make the cut for one of my mix CDs, being cut off by Spinning Around, but it made thee cut anyway. Phew. Love this song.
#4: In My Arms
The first time I heard this song was on Pandora. I bought it instinctively on iTunes, at first being a little worried it would start to annoy me, like Looking For An Angel did when I bought it spur of the moment. It never did. I can't explain why I like it do much. I just do. If there's a music video for it, I haven't seen it. The acoustic version she did of it on the radio...that time...do you know what I'm talking about? Yeah, that was brilliant. Wow, I just spelled brilliant brilliny. A genius, I am. The acoustic version is the (time)bomb. I might even like thr more than the original.
#3: Breathe
Yes, I do actually have something from Impossible Princess. The first song I had off this album was Too Far, but I was not aware that wasn't a single. Hmm. Breathe might be my go to talent show song. It used to be a shower song, but I can never sing it right anymore. Which sucks. But I can sing along to it, so it's all okay. If you haven't seen the acousti version of THIS she did backstage at the Aphrodite tour, you must. I heard that version BEFORE I heard the original. I adore her backup singers, I must point out. They were great in that.
#2: Flower
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Flower is not my number one song. I will get shunned for this. There's nothing bad I can say about this song. It's absolutely beautiful and I'm proud to say I helped unlock to video with 73 tweets. And I only had 445 to begin with! The song is stunning, the video is stunning, Kylie is stunning. I marked the date of the release in my agenda, etched the song lyrics on my Minogue page, and although I haven't been waiting for its release for 5 years, it is definitely a favorite. Now, shun away.
#1: All the Lovers
This is my sort of anthemy song. It's about universal love, and who doesn't dig that? It sends a good strong message through a video that's a teensy bit sexual, but that second bit isn't the point. It sends a good message with a white horse, a dove, a giant mountain of love, and the goddess of love. This is my dad's and mutual favorite. Sure, he likes I Should Be So Lucky more, but I promise you this was a close second. This would be my talent show song, but my dad says I can't sing about lovers. Lover=one who loves. What's so bad about that? I cannot get enough of this song, it just makes me feel good.
Honorable Mentions
Can't Get You Out Of My Head
I had to include this somewhere on here, didn't I? It's her most successful single to date, and you can't not acknowledge that. Personally, I just don't think this is one of her best songs. Sure, it's pretty great, but not one of my favorites. Besides, if any of my airhead friends are reading this list, this is the only songs they're going to know.
Give Me Just A Little More Time
I admit, Kylie can do better than a remake. But I just adore the music video for this song. It always makes me smile. It's catchy and I am a total sucker for 80s Kylie ;)
Best Album
Aphrodite
Hands down, this album is my favorite. It's the only full album I have. I love the bonus song, Mighty Rivers, and, you know, all the other songs too. X was a close second. Abbey Road might put them all to shame, who knows?
Best Music Video
Red Blooded Woman
Two words: Fucking. Hot.
Best Tour
Aphrodite les Folies
This one's kind of unfair, because I've never been to any of her concerts. But the one that I'm most depressed that I missed out on is Aphrodite, so there. A close second was the Anti-Tour. The poster in my locker was an ad from the Anti-Tour, and it's just freaking awesome. But Aphrodite les Folies was even more epic.
I would've posted this earlier in the day (it's now 3:35pm), but I wanted to get all the awards picked. Unfortunately, the "Best Non-Single" award and the "Best Duet" award started to give me headaches, and soon I just fell asleep. While "Best Non-Single is going to continue to be a challenge, I think I know which duet I'm going to pick. If you have any other ideas for awards, by all means tell me! Feel free to share your picks with me as well!
Did I mention, I got my first legit Kylie poster earlier this week! It's from the Aphrodite photoshoot: http://www.amazon.com/Kylie-Minogue-24X36-Poster-02/dp/B005G8W70M/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1348947832&sr=8-17&keywords=kylie+minogue+poster I totally love it, but it fell off my wall...
Also, my sexy shirt that everyone complimented me on yesterday, because I think I forgot to say, was a lacy neon green tank top from Delia's. I only got dress-coded once (hem hem Ms Parkhurst!), but it was still worth it. I just took off my gym shirt next period. Anything that can inspire fashion compliments from Livia Leiter and Mackenzie Ullom is a miracle. They are two of my 7th grade fashion icons. Livia even said the shirt looked better on me than her matching one did on her. Damn. I still don't think I'm anywhere near pretty, though.
I don't think I have any more to say...oh, my friends and I are starting a trock band. Our Particular Brand Of Insanity. I'm hoping we'll be posting our music on YouTube. Maggie says she might have somewhere we can perform if we're really serious, and that would be SO AWESOME. It sucks that I can't write songs, but I'll sing them if they're good. Even though Maggie sings way better than me and Caroline is more comfortable singing in public (I think). I'm so looking forward to that, though. OPBOI!
One last thing: Daniel, Cheryl Cole is hot. I'll give you that. But I still don't like her. Today's date is September 29. DFTBA.
~MELS
My Top Ten List of Kylie Songs (cool, I never knew I could underline stuff)
#10: Spinning Around
A number one hit in the UK, this song is unforgettable. It was performed at the Queen's concert, so it must be good. Apparently it was partly written by Paula Abdul. I'm not entirely sure who Paula Abdul is, but everyone else is, so I'll go with it. Plus, I'm always a sucker for Kylie in gold hotpants, and the line dancey thing at the end is beast.
#9: Hand On Your Heart
Another number one hit, this is one of Kylie's older songs. I like to watch the music video to see how young and innocent she looked. Although, once I had the music video going on YouTube in my pocket, and the volume slid all the way up, and I thought the roof was falling on me. Not a pleasant experience. This is one of my go-to shower songs, so I just couldn't leave it off.
#8: Giving You Up
An interesting choice, you might say. This was my lifeline to Minogueland during my technology free week. It played a lot on Jango, in Chinese class when I was supposed to be working. I realize it got some pretty bad reviews, but that's not going to stop me from loving it. I tend to
#7: Your Disco Needs You
Check my background on the Twitter. It's a screenshot of this music video. I must say, the music video was not very...shall we say, technologically advanced? I still absolutely love it, because Kylie is so freaking cute. Even when she's powdering her face with a humongous brush or marching around with a baton and 100 other Kylies. The song itself is awesome. It's not one that gets you right away, it sneaks up on you. You hear it at just the right moment and it just makes you feel happy. That's why I like this song. Also has something to do with Jonathan Parish's email addres in The Straight Road To Kylie :) Oh, look, now it's the 29th
#6: What Do I Have To Do?
This is another song like #7. I didn't originally see this song as being one of my favorites. But it snuck up on me, and made me mad
that I didn't have enough money on iTunes to buy it. Let me just talk about the music video for a second, then I'll be done. The music video was so...erotic. If Kylie isn't an in-the-closet bisexual, I would be surprised. Don't hate me for saying that; we all have our theories. Besides, she has said in an interview she's fancied girls before. If that isn't proof... My point is, that was just hot. Just plain hot. The music video is the reason I don't know the words to most of the song.
#5: On A Night Like This
In my opinion, IN MY OPINION, this is a much better song than Spinning Around. I would say it was underrated except for the fact that she had a whole tour named after it. A music video where she just repeatedly takes off her clothes and puts different ones on is ace. Can't beat that. Although frankly I don't understand the whole synopsis of the video, just listening to the song is plenty.. The lyrics really speak to me. Don't say it's like a fantasy when you know this is how it should be. You kiss me, I'm falling, can you hear me calling? You touch me, I want you, feels like I've always known you. I was prepared to be devastated when this song didn't make the cut for one of my mix CDs, being cut off by Spinning Around, but it made thee cut anyway. Phew. Love this song.
#4: In My Arms
The first time I heard this song was on Pandora. I bought it instinctively on iTunes, at first being a little worried it would start to annoy me, like Looking For An Angel did when I bought it spur of the moment. It never did. I can't explain why I like it do much. I just do. If there's a music video for it, I haven't seen it. The acoustic version she did of it on the radio...that time...do you know what I'm talking about? Yeah, that was brilliant. Wow, I just spelled brilliant brilliny. A genius, I am. The acoustic version is the (time)bomb. I might even like thr more than the original.
#3: Breathe
Yes, I do actually have something from Impossible Princess. The first song I had off this album was Too Far, but I was not aware that wasn't a single. Hmm. Breathe might be my go to talent show song. It used to be a shower song, but I can never sing it right anymore. Which sucks. But I can sing along to it, so it's all okay. If you haven't seen the acousti version of THIS she did backstage at the Aphrodite tour, you must. I heard that version BEFORE I heard the original. I adore her backup singers, I must point out. They were great in that.
#2: Flower
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Flower is not my number one song. I will get shunned for this. There's nothing bad I can say about this song. It's absolutely beautiful and I'm proud to say I helped unlock to video with 73 tweets. And I only had 445 to begin with! The song is stunning, the video is stunning, Kylie is stunning. I marked the date of the release in my agenda, etched the song lyrics on my Minogue page, and although I haven't been waiting for its release for 5 years, it is definitely a favorite. Now, shun away.
#1: All the Lovers
This is my sort of anthemy song. It's about universal love, and who doesn't dig that? It sends a good strong message through a video that's a teensy bit sexual, but that second bit isn't the point. It sends a good message with a white horse, a dove, a giant mountain of love, and the goddess of love. This is my dad's and mutual favorite. Sure, he likes I Should Be So Lucky more, but I promise you this was a close second. This would be my talent show song, but my dad says I can't sing about lovers. Lover=one who loves. What's so bad about that? I cannot get enough of this song, it just makes me feel good.
Honorable Mentions
Can't Get You Out Of My Head
I had to include this somewhere on here, didn't I? It's her most successful single to date, and you can't not acknowledge that. Personally, I just don't think this is one of her best songs. Sure, it's pretty great, but not one of my favorites. Besides, if any of my airhead friends are reading this list, this is the only songs they're going to know.
Give Me Just A Little More Time
I admit, Kylie can do better than a remake. But I just adore the music video for this song. It always makes me smile. It's catchy and I am a total sucker for 80s Kylie ;)
Best Album
Aphrodite
Hands down, this album is my favorite. It's the only full album I have. I love the bonus song, Mighty Rivers, and, you know, all the other songs too. X was a close second. Abbey Road might put them all to shame, who knows?
Best Music Video
Red Blooded Woman
Two words: Fucking. Hot.
Best Tour
Aphrodite les Folies
This one's kind of unfair, because I've never been to any of her concerts. But the one that I'm most depressed that I missed out on is Aphrodite, so there. A close second was the Anti-Tour. The poster in my locker was an ad from the Anti-Tour, and it's just freaking awesome. But Aphrodite les Folies was even more epic.
I would've posted this earlier in the day (it's now 3:35pm), but I wanted to get all the awards picked. Unfortunately, the "Best Non-Single" award and the "Best Duet" award started to give me headaches, and soon I just fell asleep. While "Best Non-Single is going to continue to be a challenge, I think I know which duet I'm going to pick. If you have any other ideas for awards, by all means tell me! Feel free to share your picks with me as well!
Did I mention, I got my first legit Kylie poster earlier this week! It's from the Aphrodite photoshoot: http://www.amazon.com/Kylie-Minogue-24X36-Poster-02/dp/B005G8W70M/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1348947832&sr=8-17&keywords=kylie+minogue+poster I totally love it, but it fell off my wall...
Also, my sexy shirt that everyone complimented me on yesterday, because I think I forgot to say, was a lacy neon green tank top from Delia's. I only got dress-coded once (hem hem Ms Parkhurst!), but it was still worth it. I just took off my gym shirt next period. Anything that can inspire fashion compliments from Livia Leiter and Mackenzie Ullom is a miracle. They are two of my 7th grade fashion icons. Livia even said the shirt looked better on me than her matching one did on her. Damn. I still don't think I'm anywhere near pretty, though.
I don't think I have any more to say...oh, my friends and I are starting a trock band. Our Particular Brand Of Insanity. I'm hoping we'll be posting our music on YouTube. Maggie says she might have somewhere we can perform if we're really serious, and that would be SO AWESOME. It sucks that I can't write songs, but I'll sing them if they're good. Even though Maggie sings way better than me and Caroline is more comfortable singing in public (I think). I'm so looking forward to that, though. OPBOI!
One last thing: Daniel, Cheryl Cole is hot. I'll give you that. But I still don't like her. Today's date is September 29. DFTBA.
~MELS
Friday, September 28, 2012
The Best Day Of My Life
Today's date is September 28th, also known as the best day of my life. I just feel so good about everything right now. I usually despise people who are overly optimistic, but I now know the feeling of everything in life being perfect. Right now I'm smiling into space. No one does that. Except me, apparently.
This morning (let's say, 6:50), I was waiting for the bus. My mom and I told Jaylin, an 8th grader who only rides the bus twice a week, that the bus stop had been moved from the front of the elementary school, down to the corner earlier in the week. The bus driver had told us to start waiting down there from now on, because it saves time (which it does). A few minutes later, Lily and her mom arrived. Lily's mom said something along the lines of, "Don't they have to get the bus stop officially moved before they can have it put on a busy road like this?" and that's how it all started. We all pointed out things like how she talks on her cell phone, and, apparently, lies. My mom and Lily's mom and Jaylin's mom all called Transportation, and when we asked where she was, she reported that she went to the stop, in the front of the school, at 6:58. We'd all been there right then, and the bus hadn't. Liar.
Lily's mom, living right across the street from the bus stop, volunteered to drive the three of us to school. In a CONVERTIBLE. We played loud music, danced, let our hair blow in the wind, and couldn't stop laughing. We were listening to Sorry For Party Rocking when we were almost at school. We made some cool choreography and were just being über cool. All of a sudden, Jaylin screamed, "Spider!" We laughed and Lily's mom reached over and shooed it out of he car. Someone shouted from a car behind us, "Jaylin, you was looking real cool until you saw that bug!" It turned out to be his friend Lamar's dad. We had a good laugh about that. Then it was time to get out of the car and go to school.
I was running a little late, but I got in line with the other 7th graders toward the end of the line. When I got upstairs, Isabella told me I looked really pretty today. It all went uphill from there. I got my best mile time of the year so far, 9:18 (yes, we do run the mile every Friday at our school). Chinese was actually interesting (I learned how to say àozhōu, Australia :D). Math was decent, and the fire drill made up for the boring quiz. English was still kind of awful (but not as bad as yesterday, when she led us 10 mins after), but I never really count English as a part of my day anymore. Lunch was super fun, duh. Science was decent too, but nothing special. Social Studies is going to have a whole bit devoted to it, so I'll skip that for now. Orchestra was awesome, we got to watch an opera, because we're studying the romantic period this year.
Now Social Studies. Yesterday, Ms. Stephens old my group of friends we were being too loud, and one of us had to move. Megan ended up being the one to move, but I wanted Ms. Stephens to know exactly why I didn't. I sent her an email explaining, saying that I wanted to prove to her that my friends and I could still be trusted to work together. This is why she sent me in response:
Grace,
Thank you for taking the time to write me this note, letting me know what was going on inside your mind and why you made the decision you did. I thank you for clearing up for me what was behind your decision to stay. I must admit I did see you as a strong person, and I was wondering why you were not one of those who offered to move. I am honored that you felt safe enough to talk to me about this. Also, I am impressed by the strength you are showing me, now, by writing this note.
Please know that, for me, every day is a new day and a fresh start. I do NOT hold grudges because I, too, make mistakes. When I do, I make it my business to correct them, and I hope that I am forgiven. Please know that I hold you and your friends in high regard. That is NOT changed. What has changed is that my respect for you has gone even higher because of the decision you made to reach out to me and tell me your feelings in such a respectful way.
Thank you.
Mrs. Stephens
This morning (let's say, 6:50), I was waiting for the bus. My mom and I told Jaylin, an 8th grader who only rides the bus twice a week, that the bus stop had been moved from the front of the elementary school, down to the corner earlier in the week. The bus driver had told us to start waiting down there from now on, because it saves time (which it does). A few minutes later, Lily and her mom arrived. Lily's mom said something along the lines of, "Don't they have to get the bus stop officially moved before they can have it put on a busy road like this?" and that's how it all started. We all pointed out things like how she talks on her cell phone, and, apparently, lies. My mom and Lily's mom and Jaylin's mom all called Transportation, and when we asked where she was, she reported that she went to the stop, in the front of the school, at 6:58. We'd all been there right then, and the bus hadn't. Liar.
Lily's mom, living right across the street from the bus stop, volunteered to drive the three of us to school. In a CONVERTIBLE. We played loud music, danced, let our hair blow in the wind, and couldn't stop laughing. We were listening to Sorry For Party Rocking when we were almost at school. We made some cool choreography and were just being über cool. All of a sudden, Jaylin screamed, "Spider!" We laughed and Lily's mom reached over and shooed it out of he car. Someone shouted from a car behind us, "Jaylin, you was looking real cool until you saw that bug!" It turned out to be his friend Lamar's dad. We had a good laugh about that. Then it was time to get out of the car and go to school.
I was running a little late, but I got in line with the other 7th graders toward the end of the line. When I got upstairs, Isabella told me I looked really pretty today. It all went uphill from there. I got my best mile time of the year so far, 9:18 (yes, we do run the mile every Friday at our school). Chinese was actually interesting (I learned how to say àozhōu, Australia :D). Math was decent, and the fire drill made up for the boring quiz. English was still kind of awful (but not as bad as yesterday, when she led us 10 mins after), but I never really count English as a part of my day anymore. Lunch was super fun, duh. Science was decent too, but nothing special. Social Studies is going to have a whole bit devoted to it, so I'll skip that for now. Orchestra was awesome, we got to watch an opera, because we're studying the romantic period this year.
Now Social Studies. Yesterday, Ms. Stephens old my group of friends we were being too loud, and one of us had to move. Megan ended up being the one to move, but I wanted Ms. Stephens to know exactly why I didn't. I sent her an email explaining, saying that I wanted to prove to her that my friends and I could still be trusted to work together. This is why she sent me in response:
Grace,
Thank you for taking the time to write me this note, letting me know what was going on inside your mind and why you made the decision you did. I thank you for clearing up for me what was behind your decision to stay. I must admit I did see you as a strong person, and I was wondering why you were not one of those who offered to move. I am honored that you felt safe enough to talk to me about this. Also, I am impressed by the strength you are showing me, now, by writing this note.
Please know that, for me, every day is a new day and a fresh start. I do NOT hold grudges because I, too, make mistakes. When I do, I make it my business to correct them, and I hope that I am forgiven. Please know that I hold you and your friends in high regard. That is NOT changed. What has changed is that my respect for you has gone even higher because of the decision you made to reach out to me and tell me your feelings in such a respectful way.
Thank you.
Mrs. Stephens
I don't know why everything's really big now, but just go with it. This is why I love Ms. Stephens. She's so...real. She admits that she's not perfect, and in return, accepts that we aren't either. I'm so thankful I have her as a teacher.
Today's date is September 28, and I feel like I haven't written nearly as much as I usually do. I'll leave you with this thought: the guy that played Alfredo Germont from La traviata was really attractive :)
~MELS
Thursday, September 27, 2012
September 27
Today's date is Septembet 27th, 2012. The first thing that I'm going to address is my abundance of names. My pen name is Melody Jade, as in Melody Pond from Doctor Who, and Jade just because it sounds pretty. My Twitter name is Tyler Jane-Berger, Tyler as in Rose Tyler from Doctor Who, and Jane-Berger, my friend Caroline's middle and last name, because we love the way Gareth David-Lloyd smushed his middle and last name together. My name on email is Grace Amy Pond, Grace because it's my first name, and Amy Pond from Doctor Who. I've also used the pseudonyms Raelynn Prentice, Salome Violetta, and Anonymous. My real name is Grace Young...but you can call me either that or Mels, which I've recently realized always autocorrects to Mel's :)
Now I will address 7th period with a crude list that may eventually turn into a poem.
List of nice things:
She said I've been looking nice this week
She lent me a highlighter
She wanted to sit with me in Orchestra
List of not-so-nice things she said:
Ha, you're fat.
Your clothes don't usually reflect how pretty you are.
You only smile with your teeth.
You never laughed last year.
You sound monotone on the phone.
Your expression is always so blank and hard to read.
I don't want to leave you confused, so here's an explanation. I'm having a fight with my friend Megan. I think I posted about that yesterday. All the bad things are building up, and that makes it hard to remember the good things. In 7th period Social Studies today, we were in the computer lab. Megan and I took our usual seats in the top row, where we always used to sit in math last year. Maggie and CC sat up there with us. Apparently we were making too much noise and not getting anything done, and Ms. Stephens came to tell us that one of us had to move. None of us wanted to. I got up to get a timeline for the project we were working up, and when I came back, Megan was in tears and picking up her stuff to move. I had no idea what had just happened, but Ms. Stephens took Megan out into the hall to talk. When Ms. Stephens came back in, she came up to tell Maggie and CC and I how Megan was strong enough to volunteer and none of us were. That totally pissed me off, because I had wanted to be the one to leave, but I wanted to prove to Ms. Stephens that the four of us could still be trusted to work together. Guess not. But I was mad that Megan wasn't mature enough to leave her friends without crying, and she still got props from the teacher.
I guess what I'm trying to get across is that I don't know what to do with Megan. She didn't talk to me for the remainder of 7th period, but in 8th, she acted like nothing had happened. Maybe I'm overreacting, but like I said, it's a build-up of everything. It's like when Dannii and Louis had a fight on X Factor about her stealing his song. She started crying, and looking like a total baby, but it wasn't just from that. She'd had a hard season and that was exactly what she didn't need to happen. I might lose it if Megan says something mean one more time. Help me, please, anyone.
On a lighter note, I will address my Dancing with the Stars brackety thing:
1st place: Joey Fatone and Kym Johnson
2nd place: Gilles Marini and Peta Murgatroyd
3rd place: Shawn Johnson and Derek Hough
4th place: Sabrina Bryan and Louis van Amstel
5th place: Apolo Anton Ohno and Karina Smirnoff
6th place: Emmitt Smith and Cheryl Burke
7th place: Helio Castroneves and Chelsie Hightower
8th place: Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy
9th place: Drew Lachey and Anna Trebunskaya
10th place: Kelly Monaco and Val Chmerkovskiy
11th place: Melissa Rycroft and Tony Dovolani
12th place: Bristol Palin and Mark Ballas
13th place: Pamela Anderson and Tristan MacManus
My 1st place is purely heart voting, not head voting. It's unlikely that they'll get that far, but I'm a HUGE Kym fan. I put my other Aussie up there too, but I really do believe they'll do well. And I know for sure I got at least one right, because Pam+Tristan already got eliminated (which is extremely not cool).
On another light note, today was picture day! I looked presentable, but I never look great. Mackenzie an Sachi really stole the show, but then again, they ALWAYS look great.
Sorry to cut this short, but today's date is September 27. Inspirational thought: People are only as happy as they let themselves be. ---Abraham Lincoln
~MELS
Now I will address 7th period with a crude list that may eventually turn into a poem.
List of nice things:
She said I've been looking nice this week
She lent me a highlighter
She wanted to sit with me in Orchestra
List of not-so-nice things she said:
Ha, you're fat.
Your clothes don't usually reflect how pretty you are.
You only smile with your teeth.
You never laughed last year.
You sound monotone on the phone.
Your expression is always so blank and hard to read.
I don't want to leave you confused, so here's an explanation. I'm having a fight with my friend Megan. I think I posted about that yesterday. All the bad things are building up, and that makes it hard to remember the good things. In 7th period Social Studies today, we were in the computer lab. Megan and I took our usual seats in the top row, where we always used to sit in math last year. Maggie and CC sat up there with us. Apparently we were making too much noise and not getting anything done, and Ms. Stephens came to tell us that one of us had to move. None of us wanted to. I got up to get a timeline for the project we were working up, and when I came back, Megan was in tears and picking up her stuff to move. I had no idea what had just happened, but Ms. Stephens took Megan out into the hall to talk. When Ms. Stephens came back in, she came up to tell Maggie and CC and I how Megan was strong enough to volunteer and none of us were. That totally pissed me off, because I had wanted to be the one to leave, but I wanted to prove to Ms. Stephens that the four of us could still be trusted to work together. Guess not. But I was mad that Megan wasn't mature enough to leave her friends without crying, and she still got props from the teacher.
I guess what I'm trying to get across is that I don't know what to do with Megan. She didn't talk to me for the remainder of 7th period, but in 8th, she acted like nothing had happened. Maybe I'm overreacting, but like I said, it's a build-up of everything. It's like when Dannii and Louis had a fight on X Factor about her stealing his song. She started crying, and looking like a total baby, but it wasn't just from that. She'd had a hard season and that was exactly what she didn't need to happen. I might lose it if Megan says something mean one more time. Help me, please, anyone.
On a lighter note, I will address my Dancing with the Stars brackety thing:
1st place: Joey Fatone and Kym Johnson
2nd place: Gilles Marini and Peta Murgatroyd
3rd place: Shawn Johnson and Derek Hough
4th place: Sabrina Bryan and Louis van Amstel
5th place: Apolo Anton Ohno and Karina Smirnoff
6th place: Emmitt Smith and Cheryl Burke
7th place: Helio Castroneves and Chelsie Hightower
8th place: Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy
9th place: Drew Lachey and Anna Trebunskaya
10th place: Kelly Monaco and Val Chmerkovskiy
11th place: Melissa Rycroft and Tony Dovolani
12th place: Bristol Palin and Mark Ballas
13th place: Pamela Anderson and Tristan MacManus
My 1st place is purely heart voting, not head voting. It's unlikely that they'll get that far, but I'm a HUGE Kym fan. I put my other Aussie up there too, but I really do believe they'll do well. And I know for sure I got at least one right, because Pam+Tristan already got eliminated (which is extremely not cool).
On another light note, today was picture day! I looked presentable, but I never look great. Mackenzie an Sachi really stole the show, but then again, they ALWAYS look great.
Sorry to cut this short, but today's date is September 27. Inspirational thought: People are only as happy as they let themselves be. ---Abraham Lincoln
~MELS
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
September 26
Today's date is September 26th, 2012. I got Where the Wild Roses Grow by Kylie Minogue and Nick Cave stuck in my head. It's a wonderful song, but it's freaking scary. I heard it/watched the music video for the first time last night, and honestly I think it's even scarier than Lady GaGa's Monster. Which is scary. Where the Wild Roses Grow is seriously a beautiful song, one that you wouldn't immediately associate with Kylie, but can you ever FULLY appreciate a song when it's stuck in your head? My friend Caroline asked me today if I had a pointy rock (with which to kill our math teacher, but that's beside the point), and I thought of the video right away. Haha. I suck.
I got my part in the play today! I'm playing Theseus, the Duke, who honestly has never been mentioned in class before. I'm cool with that, even though it's a dude's part. I think it's interesting that, according to Isabella, I only have parts in the beginning and in the end. That'll be nice too. I get to be married to Naomi, aka Egeus. She's not extremely attractive, just...eh. She's got cool hair, though. If I had to be married to someone in the class, it would be Nick, Caleb (not my dog, different person), Mesiah, Essi, Isabella, Sophia C, Sophia P, or...idk who else. There's a lot of nice looking girls in my class, what can I say? Isabella and Essi and I probably spent about half the lunch period picking through the cast list, deciding who would be good (NIA!!), and who would kill the person who got the part they wanted (Hazel), and who didn't like the part they got (Kamila, Isabella, and Dominique apparently). In fact, Dominique was extremely pissed that she got the part of Puck, which happens to be the part Hazel wanted. Dominque stormed down the hall cursing when she found out her part, but I think she's going to be pretty good...if she convinces herself that Puck is a good part.
My friend Megan gave me a letter today. It explained (once again) that she was sick of me and Caroline obsessing over Doctor Who. They had a pencil+paper fight today over names. Let me back up and make this make a little more sense. My name on email is Grace Amy Pond. I trademarked that...ish, but you know what I mean. Sooner or later, all the Whovians started picking names. Katie River Song. Maggie Donna Noble. Hazel Jackie Tyler (trust me, she didn't pick that herself). Megan thinks she should be Rose Tyler. She's all of our favorite companions. Megan has seen about 7 episodes of Doctor Who, only a handful of which even had Rose in them. Caroline thinks she should be Rose. I agreed with her. Me and Megan fell out over that last year, and I SO don't need a repeat of that. Megan said nasty things about me right before our Aladdin performance, so I got a lot of people not talking to me, and she got a lot of people not talking to her. It was pretty bad. But Caroline has seen every single episode of NewWho, so she deserves it way more. Megan wants to put an end to it before it even starts, I guess. She broke up with us, in a way. We want her back. Besides, if I've been fangirling about anything lately, it's Min. Not DW. That's all Caroline. So I don't know what to do. She's like my sister; even though I hate her sometimes, we need each other. We share birthdays, advanced math classes, and 77% of our schedules. I need advice.
Now to my Dannii birthday plans. I told you I'd tell you about them. First of all, I never would've had the desire to do this if it weren't for my good online friend Nicola Kirstie, @nicolakirstie_ or Twitter. By the way, I'm @heartheartkms on Twitter, but if you're reading my blog, youre probably already following me, seeing as that's the only place I've posted the link to this. Right. Birthday plans. So Nicola is currently making a video for Dannii's birthday, containing birthday messages from fans (including my friends Caroline, Katie, and Sachi). I'm glad I found that, because it was really a lot of fun to work on and to convince other people to do. So I'm now hosting a birthday party for Dannii, and I've invited Caroline, Katie, and Sachi, because they helped with the video. I know, I'm excluding Megan again, but with good reason this time. We will listen to Dannii Minogue music, eat Australian food (basically a barbecue, no Vegemite included, sorry folks), and do other stuff because we are awesome like that. It'll be a lot more fun than it sounds, trust me. These girls are my three best friends, and if I can't have a good time just sitting in a room with them, I don't know who can. I am super psyched about it, and I am soon going to send out an Evite for the first time!! I'm almost excited about the Evite as I am about the party. Lol ;) If you're a Dannii fan in Arlington, Virginia, who's also a 12 year old, well, tell me! Maybe I'll invite you!
Now, since I didn't get the chance
to tell you more about my book yesterday, I'll tell you more now! I'll try not to spoil too much, but it'll be hard! This is a shot summary of the first two chapters. Remember, this is only the first draft. I already know I have to change the beginnin for the second draft, but I won't say how. So...
In Chapter One, The Girl Next Door, there's no dialogue. It doesn't happen in real time. Dylan talks about Kylie. Only you dont actually find out she's Kylie until the very end of the chapter, but if you didn't know that already, you must be a total moron. He talks about how they live in Adelaide, and how she goes to visit
her family in Melbourne one weekend every month. How she stays up late every night and plays her songs very loudly, dancing to them, but not singing along because her vocal chords are damaged. How she sits outside, begging for attention, but how everyone's too scared to approach. Etc. I know that's never a good way to end a summary, but still.
In Chapter Two, Deeper, Kylie comes home from a visit with her family. She tells Dylan how she fell apart from hearing Dannii sing, because it was like she was taunting her. She tells how she threw an ice cube at Dannii, leaving a bruise on her forehead. It sounds lame, but try hitting someone in the head with an ice cube sometime. It hurts. Kylie can't understand what possessed her to do that, but Dylan's there to comfort her. They become a lot closer after that incidence, and end up going to dinner at the end of the chapter. Aw. Sweet <3
That's all I have to say for now. Or at least, all I have time to say. I'm technically supposed be off my iPod by 8:00...oh well. I'll post again tomorrow :) Today's date is September 26, and I hope you had as great of a day as I did!
~MELS
I got my part in the play today! I'm playing Theseus, the Duke, who honestly has never been mentioned in class before. I'm cool with that, even though it's a dude's part. I think it's interesting that, according to Isabella, I only have parts in the beginning and in the end. That'll be nice too. I get to be married to Naomi, aka Egeus. She's not extremely attractive, just...eh. She's got cool hair, though. If I had to be married to someone in the class, it would be Nick, Caleb (not my dog, different person), Mesiah, Essi, Isabella, Sophia C, Sophia P, or...idk who else. There's a lot of nice looking girls in my class, what can I say? Isabella and Essi and I probably spent about half the lunch period picking through the cast list, deciding who would be good (NIA!!), and who would kill the person who got the part they wanted (Hazel), and who didn't like the part they got (Kamila, Isabella, and Dominique apparently). In fact, Dominique was extremely pissed that she got the part of Puck, which happens to be the part Hazel wanted. Dominque stormed down the hall cursing when she found out her part, but I think she's going to be pretty good...if she convinces herself that Puck is a good part.
My friend Megan gave me a letter today. It explained (once again) that she was sick of me and Caroline obsessing over Doctor Who. They had a pencil+paper fight today over names. Let me back up and make this make a little more sense. My name on email is Grace Amy Pond. I trademarked that...ish, but you know what I mean. Sooner or later, all the Whovians started picking names. Katie River Song. Maggie Donna Noble. Hazel Jackie Tyler (trust me, she didn't pick that herself). Megan thinks she should be Rose Tyler. She's all of our favorite companions. Megan has seen about 7 episodes of Doctor Who, only a handful of which even had Rose in them. Caroline thinks she should be Rose. I agreed with her. Me and Megan fell out over that last year, and I SO don't need a repeat of that. Megan said nasty things about me right before our Aladdin performance, so I got a lot of people not talking to me, and she got a lot of people not talking to her. It was pretty bad. But Caroline has seen every single episode of NewWho, so she deserves it way more. Megan wants to put an end to it before it even starts, I guess. She broke up with us, in a way. We want her back. Besides, if I've been fangirling about anything lately, it's Min. Not DW. That's all Caroline. So I don't know what to do. She's like my sister; even though I hate her sometimes, we need each other. We share birthdays, advanced math classes, and 77% of our schedules. I need advice.
Now to my Dannii birthday plans. I told you I'd tell you about them. First of all, I never would've had the desire to do this if it weren't for my good online friend Nicola Kirstie, @nicolakirstie_ or Twitter. By the way, I'm @heartheartkms on Twitter, but if you're reading my blog, youre probably already following me, seeing as that's the only place I've posted the link to this. Right. Birthday plans. So Nicola is currently making a video for Dannii's birthday, containing birthday messages from fans (including my friends Caroline, Katie, and Sachi). I'm glad I found that, because it was really a lot of fun to work on and to convince other people to do. So I'm now hosting a birthday party for Dannii, and I've invited Caroline, Katie, and Sachi, because they helped with the video. I know, I'm excluding Megan again, but with good reason this time. We will listen to Dannii Minogue music, eat Australian food (basically a barbecue, no Vegemite included, sorry folks), and do other stuff because we are awesome like that. It'll be a lot more fun than it sounds, trust me. These girls are my three best friends, and if I can't have a good time just sitting in a room with them, I don't know who can. I am super psyched about it, and I am soon going to send out an Evite for the first time!! I'm almost excited about the Evite as I am about the party. Lol ;) If you're a Dannii fan in Arlington, Virginia, who's also a 12 year old, well, tell me! Maybe I'll invite you!
Now, since I didn't get the chance
to tell you more about my book yesterday, I'll tell you more now! I'll try not to spoil too much, but it'll be hard! This is a shot summary of the first two chapters. Remember, this is only the first draft. I already know I have to change the beginnin for the second draft, but I won't say how. So...
In Chapter One, The Girl Next Door, there's no dialogue. It doesn't happen in real time. Dylan talks about Kylie. Only you dont actually find out she's Kylie until the very end of the chapter, but if you didn't know that already, you must be a total moron. He talks about how they live in Adelaide, and how she goes to visit
her family in Melbourne one weekend every month. How she stays up late every night and plays her songs very loudly, dancing to them, but not singing along because her vocal chords are damaged. How she sits outside, begging for attention, but how everyone's too scared to approach. Etc. I know that's never a good way to end a summary, but still.
In Chapter Two, Deeper, Kylie comes home from a visit with her family. She tells Dylan how she fell apart from hearing Dannii sing, because it was like she was taunting her. She tells how she threw an ice cube at Dannii, leaving a bruise on her forehead. It sounds lame, but try hitting someone in the head with an ice cube sometime. It hurts. Kylie can't understand what possessed her to do that, but Dylan's there to comfort her. They become a lot closer after that incidence, and end up going to dinner at the end of the chapter. Aw. Sweet <3
That's all I have to say for now. Or at least, all I have time to say. I'm technically supposed be off my iPod by 8:00...oh well. I'll post again tomorrow :) Today's date is September 26, and I hope you had as great of a day as I did!
~MELS
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
It's K25 People!!!
Today's date is September 25th, 2012, and the only really important thing that went on today was the K25 tweet to unlock. I have now discovered that my alarm clock does, in fact, wake me up. I found out I accidentally set it for 3:20 instead of 3:40, but twenty minutes less of sleep doesn't REALLY make any difference, does it? I used 73 of my tweets to unlock an amazing music video, using the hashtag #KylieFlower. Apparently it was the #1 Worldwide Trend, but it didn't trend at all here in America. I don't blame you Americans for being asleep for this whole thing. Actually, I do. I was up, so why couldn't you have been? The Flower video was beautiful, anyway, so I guess missing out on it was punishment enough.
I was pretty exhausted at school today, no lie. I wore a sweater and sweatpants and a sweatshirt (planning on doing a lot of sweating, I guess?), and I didn't brush my hair at all. All my friends told me I looked great, though. I guess I should not try more often. I wore this outfit because I didn't want to wear anything that couldn't also function as pajamas, just in case I fell asleep during class. Sadly, I didn't.
The best class of the day was Act II, the after school graded class you can take in Arlington County. I'm taking drama, and I didn't have to do much, which was good. The only thing I had to do was rea the part of Titania in a scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream. That's the play were going to be putting on, and I'm really excited. Today was the last day of "auditions", and the cast list goes up tomorrow. I want to play Helena, but I bet Sophia's going to play her. Titania would be nice too, but I think Belle's going to play her. I don't know what good characters that leaves for me. I can't play Hermia, because I'm tall. I guess then I'd like to be Peter Quince, or one of the other rude mechanicals with less lines. So nervous!...
Today is also my dog, Caleb's birthday. It's the day we got him 2 years ago, anyway, so we decided today was his birthday. I think my parents are too wrapped up in their own little world of work-eat-sleep to care, though. As far as I know, they don't have a clue it's his birthday. We didn't get him anything, poor guy. They just think its "K25, whatever that is".
Today was my juice day at lunch! That's fun! I started only buying water at lunch, as the beginning of an attempt to lose weight. I let myself have one day to buy juice a month, and this month I purposely put it on K25. I put it on a special day each month, as kind of a celebration thing. Next month it's on the 19th, because that's as close as I could get to Dannii Minogue's birthday. I'll tell you about my plans for her birthday party some other time, which I am also psyched about :)
Now I must go eat pizza. Inspiring thought of the day: Things turn out best for those who make the best out of the way things turn out. Today's date is September 25, and have a great one tomorrow. Don't wake up too early!
~MELS
I was pretty exhausted at school today, no lie. I wore a sweater and sweatpants and a sweatshirt (planning on doing a lot of sweating, I guess?), and I didn't brush my hair at all. All my friends told me I looked great, though. I guess I should not try more often. I wore this outfit because I didn't want to wear anything that couldn't also function as pajamas, just in case I fell asleep during class. Sadly, I didn't.
The best class of the day was Act II, the after school graded class you can take in Arlington County. I'm taking drama, and I didn't have to do much, which was good. The only thing I had to do was rea the part of Titania in a scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream. That's the play were going to be putting on, and I'm really excited. Today was the last day of "auditions", and the cast list goes up tomorrow. I want to play Helena, but I bet Sophia's going to play her. Titania would be nice too, but I think Belle's going to play her. I don't know what good characters that leaves for me. I can't play Hermia, because I'm tall. I guess then I'd like to be Peter Quince, or one of the other rude mechanicals with less lines. So nervous!...
Today is also my dog, Caleb's birthday. It's the day we got him 2 years ago, anyway, so we decided today was his birthday. I think my parents are too wrapped up in their own little world of work-eat-sleep to care, though. As far as I know, they don't have a clue it's his birthday. We didn't get him anything, poor guy. They just think its "K25, whatever that is".
Today was my juice day at lunch! That's fun! I started only buying water at lunch, as the beginning of an attempt to lose weight. I let myself have one day to buy juice a month, and this month I purposely put it on K25. I put it on a special day each month, as kind of a celebration thing. Next month it's on the 19th, because that's as close as I could get to Dannii Minogue's birthday. I'll tell you about my plans for her birthday party some other time, which I am also psyched about :)
Now I must go eat pizza. Inspiring thought of the day: Things turn out best for those who make the best out of the way things turn out. Today's date is September 25, and have a great one tomorrow. Don't wake up too early!
~MELS
Monday, September 24, 2012
September 24
Today's date is September 24th, 2012. As this is my first blog post, you should know a little bit more about me.
1. Name: Melody Jade
2. Occupation: Part time student, full time dreamer, aspiring writer. Actually, I'm currently writing a novel (Kylie, I Love You). Contact me if you'd like to take it for a test drive!
3. Location: Arlington, Virginia, USA. Or Australia (I wish).
4. Addictions: Doctor Who, Downton Abbey, Dancing with the Stars (all my D shows), KYLIE MINOGUE!!!
Okay, I'm sick of answering self-issued questions about myself. It's the beginning of the school year, what can I say? All the teachers want to know. You guys get to know me a little more personally.
What's going on in my life NOW, you ask? Now there's something I'm always happy to answer.
At this exact point in time, I'm watching Dancing with the Stars. Kym Johnson and Pamela Anderson were hot hot HOT!! Yes, yes, I'm proudly bi and happy to admit the girls on this show are wayyyyy hotter than the guys. Especially Maks; he looks like a werewolf. My Aussies (Kym and Peta) are the sexiest creatures I have EVER seen, except for Min. And Karina's pretty hot too, for lack of a better word. And Anna. Way better than Cheryl and Chelsie. TEAM FATONE <333
Today, I learned how to set my alarm clock! How exciting! I really, honest to God, didn't have any idea how to do it before. I also purchased a free alarm clock app on my iPod. I'm counting on needing two alarms to wake me up tomorrow. Let me explain. Min (Kylie) is celebrating her 25th anniversary in the music business (cue insane cheers)! Because of that, on the 25th of every month, she's giving her lovers a very special surprise...but we have to "tweet to unlock". That means everyone gets online at a set time and, well, tweets to unlock the surprise. That set time is 9:00 GMT, which is equivalent to 4:00 EST. Yippee. So I have set my new alarms for 3:35 and 3:40, to give me a lot of time to roll out of bed and down to the computer. I'll be a student zombie tomorrow, but I could care less. If I can't pull it off this time, I've still got three more chances.
Now to my book. Yes, it is about Kylie Minogue, but that's not the point. I think you can still enjoy it if you aren't one of her super fans. This is the first draft of the inside jacket flappy thing:
You can't live in Australia without knowing who Kylie Minogue is. Or can you? For 48-year-old Dylan Chessie, that seems to be the case. Someone moves in next door to him, but he genuinely couldn't care less. He eats lunch with her, goes jogging with her, lives just a few metres away from her, and the fact that she's Kylie Minogue doesn't make any difference to him. One day, she lets him deeper into her life, and he begins to see her in a different light. What will happen next? With help from his best friend, Catherine; his late little sister, Talia; Kylie's family; and ten teenage girls from the mall, his life starts to change for the better. Though his and Kylie's relationship might hit some bumpy spots, they always stick to it. It just goes to prove that even the craziest of situations can turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to you.
Please comment if you'd like to have a read. It won't be finished or typed up for a while, but I need to know who I have to read it, and therefore who I have to thank in the "Acknowledgements" section. Today's date is September 24th, and I'll back to continue über fangirling again soon.
~MELS
1. Name: Melody Jade
2. Occupation: Part time student, full time dreamer, aspiring writer. Actually, I'm currently writing a novel (Kylie, I Love You). Contact me if you'd like to take it for a test drive!
3. Location: Arlington, Virginia, USA. Or Australia (I wish).
4. Addictions: Doctor Who, Downton Abbey, Dancing with the Stars (all my D shows), KYLIE MINOGUE!!!
Okay, I'm sick of answering self-issued questions about myself. It's the beginning of the school year, what can I say? All the teachers want to know. You guys get to know me a little more personally.
What's going on in my life NOW, you ask? Now there's something I'm always happy to answer.
At this exact point in time, I'm watching Dancing with the Stars. Kym Johnson and Pamela Anderson were hot hot HOT!! Yes, yes, I'm proudly bi and happy to admit the girls on this show are wayyyyy hotter than the guys. Especially Maks; he looks like a werewolf. My Aussies (Kym and Peta) are the sexiest creatures I have EVER seen, except for Min. And Karina's pretty hot too, for lack of a better word. And Anna. Way better than Cheryl and Chelsie. TEAM FATONE <333
Today, I learned how to set my alarm clock! How exciting! I really, honest to God, didn't have any idea how to do it before. I also purchased a free alarm clock app on my iPod. I'm counting on needing two alarms to wake me up tomorrow. Let me explain. Min (Kylie) is celebrating her 25th anniversary in the music business (cue insane cheers)! Because of that, on the 25th of every month, she's giving her lovers a very special surprise...but we have to "tweet to unlock". That means everyone gets online at a set time and, well, tweets to unlock the surprise. That set time is 9:00 GMT, which is equivalent to 4:00 EST. Yippee. So I have set my new alarms for 3:35 and 3:40, to give me a lot of time to roll out of bed and down to the computer. I'll be a student zombie tomorrow, but I could care less. If I can't pull it off this time, I've still got three more chances.
Now to my book. Yes, it is about Kylie Minogue, but that's not the point. I think you can still enjoy it if you aren't one of her super fans. This is the first draft of the inside jacket flappy thing:
You can't live in Australia without knowing who Kylie Minogue is. Or can you? For 48-year-old Dylan Chessie, that seems to be the case. Someone moves in next door to him, but he genuinely couldn't care less. He eats lunch with her, goes jogging with her, lives just a few metres away from her, and the fact that she's Kylie Minogue doesn't make any difference to him. One day, she lets him deeper into her life, and he begins to see her in a different light. What will happen next? With help from his best friend, Catherine; his late little sister, Talia; Kylie's family; and ten teenage girls from the mall, his life starts to change for the better. Though his and Kylie's relationship might hit some bumpy spots, they always stick to it. It just goes to prove that even the craziest of situations can turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to you.
Please comment if you'd like to have a read. It won't be finished or typed up for a while, but I need to know who I have to read it, and therefore who I have to thank in the "Acknowledgements" section. Today's date is September 24th, and I'll back to continue über fangirling again soon.
~MELS
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