Saturday, November 01, 2003
Friday Five 1. What was your first Halloween costume? I think I was a pumpkin.
2. What was your best costume and why? So many! When I was little I had the best costumes! Princess Jasmin and Belle when I was in elementary school. And they weren't store bought costumes-- my mom and tia (in Mexico) made them! But right now my best would have to have been Liz Parker, two years ago.
3. Did you ever play a trick on someone who didn't give you a treat? No. I didn't go trick-or-treating that much when I was little... too dangerous!
4. Do you have any Halloween traditions? (ie: Family pumpkin carving, special dinner before trick or treating, etc.) Umm... possibly my dad just dressing up and scarying everbody. Haha. Yesterday was hilarious! Bebi and Sally started screaming and running away.
5. Share your favorite scary story...real or legend! I don't remember scary stories.
Halloween was so much fun!
Well, at first school was sort of a dud. I expected more people to dress up. It seems like last year more did. Plus, I had to do work. Haha. I know I should expect it, but I was too excited. In Calculus the whole period I had to pee because I got dehydrated in AP English and drank my whole water bottle during that one period. I couldn't even study for STAR in my other periods. I was tense the whole day because I didn't do anything the night before. I was cleaning up my house for Halloween. Except, I didn't even clean my room! It's such a mess in there, right at this very moment. My mom keeps telling me to clean it --she never does that.
I didn't do the whole piracy thing I was planning. Instead, the night before like at 11pm my dad conjured up this idea for me to carry around this treasure chest filled with candy. It was such a great idea. I had fun passing out goodies. But, oh my, Yichen took like 10 pieces of candy in 6th period! But no one gave me candy.
I hate what the sun is doing right now. Or shall I say the clouds? I don't know, I don't want to look outside. I want it to be dark. Darkness is always better than sunlight. Maybe it's the inner vampire or something. But today I woke up at like 8:30am and it was so bright! I hate waking up when the sun is out! Then I feel... I don't know how I feel. Haha. I think I just feel bad because it's like I slept really late and wasted my day.
Yesterday I couldn't even see anything! I'm stupid. If I had only re-watched the Buffy Halloween episode of season 6 before October 31st. Otherwise I wouldn't have worn my pirate patch the whole day! I was blinded. Xander was so smart. He wore the patch, just not over his eye! I wonder if Joss Whedon realized at the time, what strong foreshadowing that signified.
When I got home, I was mostly waiting and err... starved. I don't know why it took me forever to start eating. I guess I didn't want to miss the last seconds of the Buffy marathon. I didn't eat until Everybody Loves Raymond came on. Then Bebi called and asked if we were still on, which of course I replied yes. She called again later for directions. Then Sally called for directions. Then more waiting.
Bebi and Sally came at the same time. It was pouring at that time! I tried to direct them to the couch quickly, but they kept stalling... as if they knew. When they finally sat, we started talking about my new TV then my dad popped up from behind the couch, as expected with his hideous mask, and as Bebi put her arms and head back on the couch relaxing. Bebi screamed, Sally turned and they both ran away.
We couldn't scare Chris though. My dad wasn't ready and by the time Christina & Jessica came we had to bolt out the door.
When we got to the haunted house there were absolutely no lines! Thus we bought our tickets and went trick-or-treating. It was freezing and hardly anyone was giving out candy! What happened to this American tradition? Only one out of every 4 houses gave out candy, but sometimes not even. This one house gaves us a bag full of promotional food.
But good nonetheless. At one house, when the lady saw my dad she told him, "You scared the shit out of me!"
This other lady looked as if we all were going to jump her. And this teenage girl said we were all too old. I kept pushing Christina and Sally to go up in front so wouldn't say that. At another house, a 3 year old was passing out candy all by himself, which is quite stupid of the parents. Someone could simply ring the bell and snatch him!
After about an hour we went back to the haunted house. I wasn't quite scared anymore because outside it was freezing and inside it was all warm. They didn't let us all go inside because they said it wouldn't be as scary --I didn't mind but it was the rules. Sally, Christina, my dad and I were in the first group. Jess, Chris, & Bebi were in the second. Sally, Christina and I were all linked together. I didn't want to let them go. Christina had her eyes closed the entire time! Then after she was like, "It wasn't scary."
At first, it was actually quite silly. There was a crazed lady who kept asking if she should jump and I told her, "Where are you going to jump
from?" The umm, actress probably didn't like that. Then we came to this place where we had to duck and underneath it was all dark. We were so confused because there was just this wall in front of us. But then finally after like a minute Sally found a way out. Most of the time when they tried to scare us, I was expecting it and at times when I was really afraid they'd pop up --they didn't. We came to this ramp and I almost fell, but I didn't. It's so hilarious when Chris told us what happened to them. He said they all fell! Then they thought it was a slide so they tried to slide down but then they finally realized it wasn't. Midway we saw a staff worker, with the name STAFF on his shirt and he was walking around. It was mostly just walls. Nothing much too it. Except we did get lost a lot. The people would scream and try to scare us, which we had no reaction to, not even a scream and we'd just keep walking straight into walls and then they had to come and tell us where to go.
But I have to admit it was fun.
When we came home Bebi and Christopher were fighting over what movie to watch. Bebi wanting to view "My Best Friend's Wedding," and Chris, "Charlie's Angels". Jessica and I wanted to watch "Chicago" but no one else did. So we watched "Angels" and ate pizza and soon they dropped like flies. No. I'm just kidding. Christina fell asleep 10 minutes are the movie started. Then an hour later, Bebi and Jessica were asleep and I realized that I had been talking to myself since by then Sally and Chris had already left.
What fun!
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Wednesday, October 29, 2003
I can't do it.
I'm trying to make a "The Very Best of Roswell" compilation cd but I can't. I just can't. Want to know why?
So far the list persists of 30 songs, and I haven't even really begun to go through everything. I can't have a cd with 30+ songs! I can't choose. I guess this just proves that "Roswell" plays only the very, very best.
I'm thinking maybe now I'll just do a
Very Best for every season. For every season right now I have about three cds, so maybe I can round it down to one? Haha, I'll try.
Eek, I got this very expensive idea for Halloween. Since I'm going to be a pirate (is there a female word for that? --it seems so manly-- as does everything --haha) I was thinking of having the theme of piracy and handing out cds of my favorite artists out to my friends as a trick-or-treat. I'm not so sure anymore because what if they don't even like the cd? It'll just sit and collect dust in their homes. Some people just don't know good music when it's handed to them.
I joined
xanga. My screen name is
the_girl_who. I wanted
thegirlwho but some evil person took it! I'm not sure exactly why I joined though. I'm not sure about a lot of things as you can tell. I guess though because it's the cheap version of
livejournal. *sigh* No one gave me a livejournal passcode, or whatever. How evil! I want one! Please... someone out there... good Samaritan out there? Can you hear me cry for your help? What... you didn't-- huh-- oh, I see...
Help!
P.S. I
want to make a new layout soon! Maybe something orangey, yellowish, maroonish, beishish!
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Monday, October 27, 2003
Can't You Just Pretend To Be Nice? New friendships are always exciting, at first. In the beginning, you bond with that other person for one reason or another. Maybe the two of you watch the same TV show, or maybe it was because you both have the same strong aversions, such as school. And then there's that period of unknowing. Maybe we could potenially become good friends? But then that wall dissapears and sometimes, just sometimes you wonder...why?
And then you're stuck. Trapt in a relationship where both of you are forced to be nice to one another. You see each other walk by and
what do you do? Do you say "Hi"? A quick, "Hello," even though otherwise the two of you never speak. Or maybe it's not even the both of you. Maybe it's just one of you. And you're forced to listen to the other ramble on about their life, meanwhile you're thinking of how to escape them next time, so that you don't have to pretend to be nice.
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Our Cover Girl When I first heard Mandy Moore was recording a cover album, I was skeptic. Is this really what she should be doing? Shouldn't she first establish herself as an artist, with her umm...
own songs?
Boy, did she surprise everyone.
Beginning, "1, 2, 3, 4, 5," with "Sense Working Overtime," one can already put all those fears aside. Once the second verse arrives, you'll find yourself counting, as well as singing along to Moore's voice of which has never sound better. "Drop the Pilot," "One Way or Another," and "Have A Little Faith In Me," the first single have the same effect.
Although, most of Moore's fans are too young to have heard the original versions, they'll easily connect them to their own youth. John Fields smoothly transformed these decade old songs into modern pop hits, without losing the class and style they once stood for.
Yet, it's a funny thing when Moore speaks of these songs. She speaks of them as if no one writes for the sake of music anymore. Where has she been? It seems as if all she listens to is the Billboard Top 40. If Moore wants to continue to record songs this good again, I suggest she stop trying to break into that Top 40 and head underground. Until, then one can only have a little faith in the Moore, with the big voice.
10.21.03
"Coverage"
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I got this from
Jess.
Instructions : Answer only in song titles from one certain band/artist(different from the person you got it from)
Travis 1. Are you male or female?:
U16 Girls 2. Describe yourself:
She's So Strange 3. How do some people feel about you?:
Funny Thing 4. How do you feel about yourself?:
Happy 5. Describe your girlfriend/boyfriend/interest:
Driftwood 6. Where would you rather be?:
Somewhere Else 7. Describe what you want to be:
As You Are 8. Describe how you feel about your family:
I Love You Anyways 9. Describe how you live:
Safe 10. Describe how you love:
Falling Down 11. Share a few words of wisdom:
Peace the F*** Out Okay, this doesn't make much sense... but it was fun.
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