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Saturday, September 11, 2010

8 days in counting

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Wow! Summer went by so fast. I move in next Sunday. I am glad to announce that I got the dorm I so badly wanted. :]

But now I'm scared. Scratch that, I'm petrified. I think I'm sacred of the uncertainty of what lies beyond, not so much the whole 'I'm moving out and now who's going to do my laundry??' (even though i'm pretty scared of that..kind of) And I'm also feeling really lazy at the moment. I've gained like a billion pounds. Gotta hit the gym.. Wow, it's really hard to blog when my mind can't concentrate on one single topic. Arghh..so where was I..hmmm.. oh yeah. Well I guess I'll just take it one day at a time. There's no need to stress out and panic for no reason. (It's probably because I hate changes...and I'm not even old..)

Well when I get back into my train of thought I'll blog in a neatly organize manner..haha

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Have you ever noticed how we tend to live for the future. We rarely take the time to stop and smell the flowers. We are pressured to succeed in high school so that we get into a prestigious college. And once we're in college we better major in something that pays other wise no one will marry us. And once we get married we're pressured by society to have kids. And once we have our own kids we have to start working hard to make sure that we make enough money to put them through college. And so therefore the cycle never stops.
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Friday, August 20, 2010

"The Unwritten Rule"

“I know I’m not the only girl without someone but sometimes it sure feels like it.”


“There are a million rules for being a girl. There are a million things you have to do to get through each day. High school has things that can trip you up, ruin you, people smile and say one thing but mean another, and you have to know all the rules, you have to know what you can and can’t do.”


“I just see him and it’s terrifying how easliy he gets to me, how he’s shaped my heart.”


“I was to sad for tears, hurt in deep nameless way that made me feel ashamed.”


“I’ve been taught that love is beautiful and kind, but it isn’t like that at all. It is beautiful, but it’s a terrible beautiful, a ruthless one, and you fall- you fall, and the thing is- the thing is you want to. You don’t care what’s coming, you just want who your heart beats for.”

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

My new Addiction is....

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Why did it take me so long to watch this show!
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Diversity Day

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Michael Scott: ...some burritos or some colored greens or some pad thai.

Stanley: It's collard greens.

Michael Scott: What?

Stanley: It's collard greens.

Michael Scott: That doesn't make sense. You don't call them 'collard people'... that's offensive.

......

Michael Scott: [to Oscar] Let me ask you, is there a term besides 'Mexican' that you prefer? Something less offensive?

......

Mr. Brown: Mr. Brown.

Michael Scott: Oh! Okay first test, I will not call you that.

Mr. Brown: Well it's my name, it's not a test.

......

Dwight Schrute: Can we steer away from gay people? I'm sorry it's an orientation not a race. Plus, a lot of other races are intolerant of gays, so paradox..

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-The Dundies-


Michael Scott: The Busiest Beaver Award goes to Phyllis Lappen! Yeah! Way to go, Phyllis! Nice work! Her usual!

Phyllis: It says 'Bushiest Beaver'.

Michael Scott: I told them busiest... idiots!

......

Dwight Schrute: Having a bathroom is a privilege. It is called a 'ladies room' for a reason. And if you can not behave like ladies, well then you are not going to have a bathroom.

......

-Conflict Resolution-

Jim Halpert: This came out really well. There you go. [hands Dwight his new ID]

Dwight Schrute: This is humongous, I am not a security threat. And my middle name is Kurt, not Fart.

Jim Halpert: What did I write?

......

Michael Scott: Someone complained that the men's room is whites only. Stanley, you know that's not true.

Stanley: I didn't say that.

Creed: Then why is there a picture of a white man on the door?

......

-Sexual Harrasment-

Michael Scott: Stanley, how about that hot picture you have by your desk? Centerfold in the Catholic schoolgirls' outfit? I mean it is hot, it is sexy and it turns him on and I will admit- best part of my morning is staring at it. But what are we just going to take it away?

Stanley: That is my daughter, she goes to Catholic girls school. I'm taking it down right now.

.....

Michael Scott: A guy goes to a $5 lady of the night, and he gets crabs. So the next day he goes back to complain and the woman says, 'Hey, it was only $5, what did you expect... lobster?'

......
 
 

Natasha at the Americana

Best Day Ever!

Meeting Matt Morris

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

“My theory on costumes is that they provide valuable clues to the personality of the wearer.”
— Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Nick Twisp by C.D Payne

Monday, August 16, 2010

Whip It




”..and even thohgh Senor Smolder is so obviosly a winner in nature’s oddball beauty lottery, he looks like he spends exactly .0002 seconds thinking about it-which only make him hotter.”



”Oliver gives me this wave-Oh My God, the best wave you’ve ever seen in your life-that somehow says, “Hey, I’m here, but I kind of feel like a dork even thouhg I know you know I’m not really a dork” How can you fall in love with someone just by the way he waves? But I’m pretty sure I do.”



“lame parents have moments of extreme coolness”



“84% messy loud, and 16% sweet geekiness”



“Sometimes God doesn’t hate me”



”____ is smiling in this super-dopey, lovey way that’s so not cool but it totally breaks my heart, I didn’t know he had that cuteness in him. I want to bottle it and save it forever”



“One teeny, tiny peice of advice: Do Not Date a Boy In a Band!”

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Kissing in the hallways

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Yes. You two love each other. We know. But as we’re walking down a crowded hall, we do not need you two to block our paths and we don’t want to see you two behind the vending machines locked at the lips. Keep it to yourselves people
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“The Library: A building full of unwashed people talking to themselves. Why do homeless take such a keen interest in literature? Will this be my destiny someday?”
— Youth in Revolt: Journals of Nick Twisp by C.D Payne
First, he’s very gangly. I’ve never liked gangly guys, and he’s clumsy, skinny, and always in motion. It’s not surprising that we became friends with him crashing into me in various ways. He’s always jiggling his knees, or drumming his fingers, as if revving up, just waiting for the checkered flag to drop so he can spin out at full speed. I used to find myself constantly reaching over and trying to quiet him, covering his knee or fingers with my hand, thinking it would silence him, when instead I would be caught up in it with him, jangling along, as if whatever current charged him was nor flowing through me.



Point two: He’s a slob. He’s all lose ends, and I hate lose ends.


Point three: He might have really liked me. Not in an only-until-the end-of–school way, which was safest. In fact we never talked about the future at all, as if we had so much time.
We have to forgive to survive in the labyrinth. There are so many of us who have to live with things done and things left undone each day. Things that don’t go right, things that seem okay at the time because we can’t see the future. If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions. But we can’t know better until knowing better is useless.

Friday, August 13, 2010

This Lullaby

“Relationships always start off with that heavy swoonish period, where the other person is like some new invention that suddenly solves all life’s worst problems, like losing socks in the dryer or toasting bagels without burning the edges. At this phase, which usually lasts about six weeks max, the other person is perfect. But at six weeks and two days, the cracks begin to show; not real structural damage yet, but the little things that niggle and nag. Like the way they always assume you’ll pay for your own movie, just because you did once, or how they us the dashboard of their car as an imaginary keyboard at stop lights. Once, you might have thought this was cute, or endearing. Now it annoys you, but not enough to change anything. Come week eight, though, the strain is starting to show. This person is, in fact, human, and here’s where most relationships splinter and die. Because either you stick around and deal with these problems, or ease out gracefully, knowing that at some point in the not-too distant future there will emerge another perfect person, who will fix everything, at least for six weeks.”

Thursday, August 12, 2010

I LOVE you, Beth Cooper

Denis Cooverman: I'm sorry I'm so pathetic.

Beth Cooper: Let me tell you something. All boys are pathetic.

Denis Cooverman: Well, then I apologize on behalf of all boys. And sorry for all the wars and stuff.

Beth Cooper: You're funny

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Islam, Christianity, and Buddhismeach have founding fathers

......Muhammad, Jesus, and the Buddha, respectively. And in thinking about these founder figures, I believe we must finally conclude that each brought a message of radical hope. To seventh-century Arabia, Muhammad brought the promise that any-one could find fulfillment and everlasting life through allegiance to the one true God. The Buddha held out hope that suffering could be transcended. Jesus brought the message that the last shall be first, that even the tax collectors and the lepers-the outcasts-had cause for hope. And so that is the question: What is your cause for hope?

Monday, August 9, 2010

Wow. I can’t believe I had to read a book to realize why I’m scared of realtionships


“But it’s probably a total waste,” I told him “Why bother?”

He put down the camera and looked at me, really looked at me, not through the lens, or from the side, just me and him. “That’s the big question, isn’t it?” he said. “That’s the whole problem here. I think they just might come out. Maybe they won’t be perfect- I mean, they could be blurred, or cut off in the middle- but I’m thinking it’s worth a short, That’s just me, though.”


I just stood there, blinking, as he lifted the camera up and took one more shot of me. I stared straight at him as it clicked, letting him know I got his little metaphor.

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“But holding people away form you, and denying yourself love, that doesn’t make you strong. If anything, it makes you weaker. Because you’re doing it out of fear.”

“Fear of what?” I said.

“Of taking that chance,” she said simply. Of letting go and giving into it, and that’s what makes us what we are. Risks. That’s living. Being too sacred to even try it-that’s just a waste. I can say I made a lot of mistakes, but I don’t regret things. Because at lease I didn’t spend a life standing outside, wondering what living would be like.”

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Looking for Alaska


Looking For Alaska“You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you’ll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.”


-John Green

Saturday, August 7, 2010

The way young people speak about one another’s bodies says a great deal about our society. In today’s world, boys are much more likely to objectify girls’ bodies than the other way around. Boys will say amongst themselves that so-and-so has a nice rack, while girls will more likely say that a boy is cute, a term that describes both physical and emotional characteristics. This has the effect of turning girls into mere objects, while boys are seen by girls as whole people.

Friday, August 6, 2010

“A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.”
 — Jerry Seinfeld

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Miswanting: Unhappy with Having It All

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 Most people have no idea what will make us happy. So we go after something we think will make us happy and might be temporarily be elated when we get it. Ultimately, we end up disappointed because the thing-whether it’s say, getting into college or snagging a job-doesn’t have the enduring, euphoric emotional payoff that we thought it would. So we set our sights on something else we think will make us happy, only to repeat the cycle indefinably until we die. The upside to this is that the same holds true for negative experiences. Something we think will kill us-say, a best friend moving a thousand miles away or a boyfriend choosing a college across the country-won’t have the long-term devastation on our psyches that we think it will.


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Wednesday, August 4, 2010

I can't wait till the Second one!!

Katie: “Well I think Kick Ass is hotter I’d like to fuck his brains off.”
............


Kick-ass: Fuck you Mr. Bitey!

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Black Dude: Fuck this shit, I’m getting the Bazooka.
............

Katie: Dave? Why are you dressed as Kick-Ass?

Dave: Because I am Kick-Ass

Katie: What are you talking about?

Dave: I’m also not gay

...........


Security guard outside Razoul’s: HAHAHA what the fuck you meant to be the green condom?

...........

Diner Fight Guy: What the fuck is wrong with you, man? You rather die for some piece of shit that you don’t even fucking know?

Dave Lizewski: And three assholes, laying it in one guy while everyone else watches? And you wanna know what’s wrong with me? Yeah, I’d rather die… so bring it on!
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Dave Lizewski: With no power comes no responsibility.
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Chris D’Amico: Red Mist is standing on top of a dumpster “Kick-ass”

Dave Lizewski: Red Mist?

Chris D’Amico: Red Mist jumps off the dumpster “Oh shit, that kind of hurt”

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Santa in Summer

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Think about the very concept of Santa for a second: A fat senior citizen in a tacky red suit flies around in a sleigh pulled by magic reindeer, delivering gifts for all the good little boys and girls in the world in just one night. It’s absurd. Yet kids totally buy it. Totally. And in small children that pure, untainted faith is a beautiful thing. In grown adults, however, I find it disturbing. After all, how different is Santa from Jesus and Buddha and Allah and so on?


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I used to be down on bloggers, thinking that they’re just as bad as public masturbators. But there’s something to be said for believing in your convictions so completely and confidently you put them out there for anyone to see.

The Irony within Marriage Present day and Past

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Back in the early 17th c.e, merely everyone married for money. Back then, as throughout human history, marriage was primarily a financial arrangement, more about the merging of property and assets than hearts and souls. If you were lucky, you eventually fell in love with the person you married, but it was by no means a guarantee. Couples stayed together because of the stigma of divorce, of course, but also because they learned to live happily together (i think) within these lowered expectations.



Ironic but true: It’s only when people started marrying for ‘love’, and not money that connubial miseries intensified and divorce skyrocketed.

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A sort of existentialism

Humans are uniquely adapted for narrative constructions. Studies indicate that we begin to see ourselves as characters in our own life stories in adolescence, with key periods serving as different chapters. The most dramatic events are presented as the key scenes to the overall plot, the high points and low points of one’s life story. The tales we tell ourselves about ourselves make us who we are. But storytelling not only defines who we already are, it also has the power to determine who we will be.

Maroon 5-Misery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g6g2mvItp4

Self Diagnosis

•neurotic


•paranoid


•arachnophobic


•claustrophobic


•insomniac


•mild temper

Secret Life

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I have no idea why I bothered watching the Secret Life marathon. Actually I do..it’s addicting.ha. Even though every other word that comes out of everyone’s mouth is ‘sex’. Gryffin: “Is it true that you only got on the pill to have ‘sex’ with Ricky. Not so that we could have ‘sex’. I thought you wanted to have ‘sex’ with me. That’s why we talked about you getting on the pill.. So you could have ‘sex’ with me not ‘sex’ with Ricky!” HAha..I should keep a count of how many times they say it. The show is so absurd..everyone is pregnant, everyone wants to get married, and Ricky is trying to get into every breathing girls pants. ..hmm imagnie if high school really was like that. It’s funny how television portrays high school. They’re soo far of. Thank god that's over.
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Lies!

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So the dorm announcement wasn't on Aug 1. I have to wait until sept 1!! Arghh I don't think I can take it any more the suspense is killing me. I feel anxious and overwhelmed and school hasn't even started. Fine if I've waited 18 years for college. I figure one more month won't kill me.
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Sunday, July 25, 2010

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Has taken pretending to text during awkward situations to a new level because...I don't have text.
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Friday, July 23, 2010

Expectations...

are becoming greater and greater within every generation. Graduating high school is no longer a great accomplishment. Graduating high school will snag you a job at McDonald’s (oh the joy!) So the many of us heading off to college this fall, getting a B.A should no longer be our main focus. The ultimate goal is now to go above and beyond into graduate school (preferably in the east coast..).


And why not? A Ph.D. is the new M.A., a master’s is the new bachelor’s, a B.A. is the new high school diploma, and a high school diploma is the new smiley-face sticker on your first-grade spelling test.

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“There aren’t enough of us trying to improve life, not just for the select few but for everyone. We live in the richest country in the world and we are only serving the top one percent of our own citizens. The majority of people in this country can’t afford health insurance. Or quality child care. They can’t pay for college without going into catastrophic debt. And I can’t even get into our appalling attitudes about poverty abroad.”
— Cinthia Wallace (Fourth Comings)
Writing for an audience turns it into a form of performance art, no matter how guileless I claim-or even strive-to be. Can there even be such a thing as an unmediated experience these days?
“This is not the end, not even the beginning of the end, but perhaps it is the end of the beginning.”
 — Winston Churchill
YES! I’ve finally reached the point in my life where I can say “that’s so high school” when referring to juvenile behavior.




Speaking of “that’s so high school” behavior, the other ‘boy’ who can now share the title HWSRN has formed another weirdo/mind-boggling/”friendly” attachment to me once again. Could it be because of what I confessed in a cliche manner in a momento that will be cherished kept for the rest of our lives? Is this some sort of test (as in how long can you hold out…)? Is that why HWSRN wants to hang out with me?? To riddicule me in front of his HBHGF (Hill Billy HoBo Girl Friend) to point and laugh at my too late declaration of admiration?? And if not, this is pretty sick/annoying because HWSRN has a girlfriend and I DON’T like CHEATERS!!



Here’s a low down of ‘the cheater’s paradox’: ”Let’s say a girl is attracted to some boy who has a girlfriend. and then the guy with the girlfriend decides, like, What the hell? We’re not married, We’re just hanging out. I can hook up with this other girl if I want to. It seems obvious to me that any self-respecting girl would realize that the guy’s decision to cheat on his girlfriend would make him an undesirable person to hook up with, right? And the guy who wants to cheat should be turned off by any girl who is willing to hook up with someone else’s boyfriend. Being so, morally bankrupt should cancel out all the attractive qualities that tempt you to cheat..right?”



Well where was I?…hmm oh yeah! He HWSRN needs to move on. I mean I moved on. Or like the Backstreet Boys once sang “Quit playing games with my heart” But I did (or do) appreciate his friendship (yeah I’m getting all bipolar in this post) But I can’t help but be condescending. It’s a love-hate relationship thing. (HWSRN puts up with me and I keep on hating) Argh. I’m all flustered. (well not in “that” way) I think I already knew that we wouldn’t work out. And it’s not just because I’m a cynical person it’s because I tend to see the end before things begin. (yeah this might be a slight problem in the future but we only mature with age..right?). Well I shouldn’t be so harsh on the dude HWSRN I mean I’ll always remember him HWSRN as my high school crush-to-end all crushes. (if that even counts as a redeeming quality)

More Random Omeegle Convo's

You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!


You: Hi!

Stranger: Hello!

You: Eclipse!!

Stranger: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Stranger: you are entitled to your opinion, I guess

Stranger: I, personally, abhor twilight.

Stranger: The books are taken way too seriously, haha

You: But they're well written for the teenage mind. And plus it's a great escape from reality.

You: I personally can't wait for tomorrow!

You: :]

Stranger: Yeah, but so is Harry Potter!

Stranger: :)

You: I LOVE Harry Potter!!

You: Did you see the new trailer?

Stranger: No, did you?

You: Yeah! You have to watch it!

Stranger: Ok!

Best Karaoke Songs Ever!

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Belting out the Classic Tunes and the not so classic



• “Don’t Stop Believin’”


• ”Bohemian Rhapsody”


• ”A House is not a Home”


• ”Freedom”


• ”Mamma Mia”


• ”Genie in a Bottle”


• ”ByeByeBye”


• ”The Call”


• ”Cooler than me”


• ”California Gurls” ;]


• ”We will Rock You”


• ”Total Eclipse of the Heart”


• ”Dream on”


• and there are a lot more that I can’t think of…




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Yahoo Answers

Milk Chocolate Dilema:

Guys & Girls ! He's Sendinq Me Mixed Siqnals .?


This Guy , Lets Call Him MilkChocolate , MilkChocolate Texts Me Alot & Talks To Me When I See Him But We Always Play Fiqht For Fun . We Play Around & Try To Push Each Other In The Lake . MilkChocolate Sent Me 2 Pictures The Other Day .. & Wen Someone Asked Him If He Liked Me , He Said No With A Weird Face . & MilkChocolate Put Me On His Top On Myspace & Asked Me To Put Him On Mine . What Are MilkChocolates Feelinqs >?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker


nikymartinka:
I think MilkChocolate..haha might like you. I mean you'll never really know unless you ask. Guys and Girls can be really difficult. He's probably scared to admit that he likes you because he doesn't know where you stand. Just tell him, I mean we only live once.

:]

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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Elevator rides way more uncomfortable than they should be

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Ever notice how no one looks at anyone in elevators? People will look anywhere but at each other. They get all fixated on the floor numbers like they’re the most fascinating stuff in the world. Would it be so wrong to make eye contact? Why are people so scared of other people in confined spaces?

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It’s so disgusting how people. women go into public bathrooms and don’t wash their hands. It’s like they see the sign in the bathroom that says ‘employees must wash hands’ but since they don’t work there they think. ‘Hey, great I don’t work here, so I can take my gross, bacteria-infested hands back to the table without washing them and dig right in. Sweet!’ I mean do we really need to change the sign to ‘employees must wash hands, and so should you!’
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“It must be weird being a boy. Having this appendage that you feel compelled to stick in other people.”
 - Revolting Youth (Sheeni Saunders)



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Advise I wish I could have given..

When the parental unit is going crazy, the best way to deal is to remove yourself from the situation immediately. The trick is to not get overly involved. Yeah, they’re your parents and yeah, you probably have to live with at least one of them, but that doesn’t mean they have to take your life. You already have a life. Live it. Let them work out their craziness on their own.
I love how when I go to target.com and click on Dorm Essentials I get The Twilgiht Saga DVD’s..haha

Some of my favorite Book Quotes (yes..i'm a nerd)

Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Nick Twisp

The Library: "a building full of unwashed people talking to themselves. Why do homeless take such a keen interest in literature? Will this be my destiny someday?"

"Every parents worst fear about their children? It is that you will ruin your life and bring disgrace and financial hardship upon the family"

"My theory on costumes is that they provide valuable clues to the personality of the wearer."


Whip It

"..and even thohgh Senor Smolder is so obviosly a winner in nature's oddball beauty lottery, he looks like he spends exactly .0002 seconds thinking about it-which only make him hotter."

"Oliver gives me this wave-Oh My God, the best wave you've ever seen in your life-that somehow says, "Hey, I'm here, but I kind of feel like a dork even thouhg I know you know I'm not really a dork" How can you fall in love with someone just by the way he waves? But I'm pretty sure I do."

"lame parents have moments of extreme coolness"

"84% messy loud, and 16% sweet geekiness"

"Sometimes God doesn't hate me"

"____ is smiling in this super-dopey, lovey way that's so not cool but it totally breaks my heart, I didn't know he had that cuteness in him. I want to bottle it and save it forever"

"One teeny, tiny peice of advice: Do Not Date a Boy In a Band!"


Everything you Want

"He's quiet a long time, drumming his fingers on his thighs---that weird thing boys always do, and you think, what song are they hearing?"



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║███║ ♫ ♪
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'the cheater’s paradox’

Let’s say a girl is attracted to some boy who has a girlfriend. and then the guy with the girlfriend decides, like, What the hell? We’re not married, We’re just hanging out. I can hook up with this other girl if I want to. It seems obvious to me that any self-respecting girl would realize that the guy’s decision to cheat on his girlfriend would make him an undesirable person to hook up with, right? And the guy who wants to cheat should be turned off by any girl who is willing to hook up with someone else’s boyfriend. Being so, morally bankrupt should cancel out all the attractive qualities that tempt you to cheat..right?
“I guess in some lives lived, no one tells you what to be, and so you be nothing.”

— James Franco (Just Before The Black)

Americans are Never Satisfied

In today’s world, nearly everyone has a vehicle, a cell phone, and a television, among other things. In many homes, there are more televisions than family members. No one needs these things in order to survive. However it is built into our minds that without such items, our lives would be filled with many more difficulties. Although Americans can achieve temporary satisfaction through material objects, happiness is never fully achieved because of wasteful consumerism and the fact that people constantly want new things and are never content with what they have.



American’s expectations have become so demanding that everyone lives their lives by convenience rather than necessity. “Seeing is believing, and if American success is to count for anything in the world it must be clothed in the raiment of property.” American ideals have changed in which a person who possesses many material objects is viewed as successful. They are under the false impression that being equipped with several items will bring a life full of virtue. Objects might bring momentary satisfaction but in the long run joy can’t be bought.



Americans in general are rarely content because they constantly want new things and don’t ever seem to be pleased with what they already have. We have based “our entire culture and way of being on the belief that ‘just a little bit more’ will finally buy happiness.” Americans are constantly on the pursuit of finding joy but temporary satisfaction is the only thing ever achieved. At an early age one learns to live their lives by convenience rather than necessity. The shopping industry is highly successful based on the impulsivity of people, and their willingness to spend money in order to feel satisfied with themselves. It is also part of our nature to identify happiness with different issues, “with health when he is ill, with wealth when he is poor”. We don’t realize how great it feels to be healthy until we get sick, and we don’t appreciate having money until we no longer have they luxury to spend it. One can never be fully satisfied if they only think about the items that they are missing and aren’t grateful for what they already own.



Americans never achieve full happiness because they tend to fill their lives with objects that have little importance rather than things that have meaning. They are buying more than they have room to store and are consuming material objects at faster pace than they are building happiness and satisfaction. It is a controversial issue that is never ending and in the long run, achieving a life full of happiness lies within the hands of the individual.

School Supplies

•Pens
•Pencils
•Stapler and Staples
•Printer Paper
•Printer cartridges
•Notebooks and paper
•Scissors
•Planner
•Highlighters
•Sharpies
•Post it notes
•Push Pins
•Index Cards
•Paper Clips
•Pencil Sharpener
•Sticky Tack
•Bulletin Board
•Glue Sticks
•Tape
•Dictionary
Cleaning Supplies
•Vacuum/Broom
•Laundry detergent
•Dishwashing soap
•Iron
•Mop
•Laundry Basket/Hamper
•Cleaner
•Dust pan
•Dryer sheets
Bedding and Bed Clothes

•Bathrobe
•Comforter/Blanket
•Sheets
•Towels
•Face Clothes
•Pillows
•Area Rugs
•Sleepwear
•Slippers
•Mattress Pad
Electronics

•Phone
•Microwave
•Refrigerator
•Computer
•CAT5 cable
•Computer
•Lock
•Printer
•Printer cable
•Alarm Clock
•Desk Lamp
•Stereo
•MP3 player Zune/ipod
•TV
•Fan
•DVD player
•Surge protectors
•Cell phone
•Phone charger
•Video games
•Video game console
Bathroom

•Hair dryer
•Brush/combs
•Shampoo
•Conditioner
•Flip flops
•Toothbrush
•Toothpaste
•Hair gel
•Shower caddy
•Soap
•Deodorant
•Razor and blades
•Aspirin
•Tylenol
•Motrin
•Bath towels
•Face clothes
•Shaving cream
•Toilet paper
Food Supplies and Misc.

•Posters
•Paper towels
•Paper plates
•Paper/plastic bowls
•Paper/plastic cups
•Napkins
•Tea
•Coffee
•Coffee filters
•Coffee cups
•Hot chocolate
•Bottled water
•Soda
•Energy drinks
•Plastic silverware
•Trash bags
•Food storage containers
•Hangers
•Closet organizers
•Curtains
•Flashlight
•Batteries
•Envelopes and stamps
•First aid kit
•Cold medicine
•Message board for door
•Sewing kit
•Music CDs
•DVDs
•Backpack
•Laptop bag

My Twilight Experiment

You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
You: Eclipse!
Stranger: hi
You: hi
Stranger: YESSS ! comes out tomorow
Stranger: got premier tickets
You: no way..arghh i'm jealous
Stranger: :) totally addicted
You: same here. i'm reading it again.haha
Stranger: hahha, have you read midnight sun ?
You: yeah. i wish she would finish it though
Stranger: same here, damn those poeple who leaked it
You: i know!
You: are you buying the bree tanner book?
Stranger: no, any other book feels like im cheating on twilight.
You: yeah. same here. I think Meyer just wants to make a quick buck
Stranger: yeeeah, woah im really excited
You: I know! I'm all anxious.haha
Stranger: hahhahah, same !
You: i can't wait till breaking dawn. I wonder what Renesme is gonna look like
Stranger: omg ! yes, thats my favourite ! , they breaking the moie in half though :( because its really long !
Stranger: i cant wait too see what bella looks like aswell
You: I bet she'll be super pretty just like that daydream she had in new moon or was it Twilight?..w/e..haha
Stranger: new moon ? when alice shares her visions with the volturey
You: yeah. that was it. that scene was soo cute
Stranger: yeeeah :) hha, i wonder if her dress willl be all cut up ?
You: i bet it will.haha wow I wonder if it's gonna be rated R or something. I can't wait for more Robert Pattinson! :]
Stranger: yeeah ! because thats whn they do the deed ! Lol, i wonder if they show all the bruising on bella ?
Stranger: still there ?
You: yup
Stranger: hhhaa, sweet .. thought you left for a moment
You: nah. wow this is the first decent convo i have on this site. Finally!
Stranger: OMG ! i just started an hour ago too see whats it it like, and everyone keeps making weird comments line " whats phone sex ? " or " im gay " lol
You: I know! and whats asl?? i'm soo lost
Stranger: age sex location .. Lol i got asked that alot .
You: oh.hahaha wow ppl are so disgustiing. bunch of pervs
Stranger: tell me about it, i mean .. i dont even know your name ? but im guessing your a girl ?
You: yeah. you too huh?
Stranger: yup :) im not a perv, dont worry
You: i noticed haha
Stranger: i have to goo. sorry bye
Stranger: wait , how ?
You: i mean you talked to me about Eclipse. w/ out perverted comments haha
Stranger: hhha, very true, well nice talking to ya.
You: same here