When Newcome assigned us all to "reflect" upon our high school career in a positive way, I laughed. High school hasn't been the greatest for me, and i honestly believe that those people out there that say high school was the greatest years of their lives, are totally pathetic.
I guess the only reall good thing i got out of high school are life lessons i learn myself, not those that were taught. I learned tolerance, aaannnddd when to cave in and quit due to the stresses of tolerance (Basketball). I've learned not to judge a book by it's creep cover, it may just turn out to be the love of your life (Brian). Iv'e learned that girls are nasty, cruel, mean people who know where to hit you hard, but that when you find one that isn't, you hold them tight (Tia). I've learned that teachers were once BA's themselves (Newcome and Evans). I've learned that some adults just never grow out of their high school ways (LINDA!!!!!). I've learned that when senioritis hits, it hits HARD (now :-) ). Iv'e learned that to take up for your sister to girls that tear her down, may just be the greatest thing an older sibling can ever do for their little sibling. I've learned that working everyday, as well as attending school everyday, equals no social life, and actually causes more stress.
School really hasnt taught me too much, its more so the setting that teaches the lessons you will forever use. Be yourself, and don't care what other people think. Be your own person.
Monday, May 25, 2009
J Maddy!!!
James Madison. 'Nuff said.
But no, seriously, James Madison is ridiculous. I know every incoming student says their school is the best, blah blah blah, but I'm serious. James Madison has been ranked #5 in the nation for "best campus food" by the princeton review, and i can totally attest for that, omg it's amazing, #17 on Playboy's hottest college girls, and #14 for "Most beer". I know it sounds like a huge party school now. and yes, its a massive party school. But seriously, they're accademics are amazing too. A degree from JMU looks really nice.
I've completed all my incoming freshman steps, the housing contract, the e-mail set up, the orientation date, the meal plan, and the selection of classes. I'm so excited. I'm pretty nervous about who I'll be roomed with, it better be someone cool. thats all i have to say about that. I want to be able to go out to parties with my roomate, share clothes, stay up late and be girls. She needs to be cool with visitors, brian is coming, as well as a bunch of my girl frineds and whatnot. If I end up not liking my roomate, and neither does Morgan, we're rooming together. the housing contract asked me if i wanted to sign up for housing my second year alos, lets get through the first year first.
Im planning on rushing, maybe pledging, we'll see about all that.
School should be so much fun, I'm going in with a couple close frineds as it is, so i wont be totally hopeless. Morgan is going also, woo hoo! as well as Ben baker transfered to JMU, woo hoo! Brooke Lobuts, Taylor Zimmerman, Michael Saintcross, and Madeline from work are also going to be on campus.
I just cant wait for the year to eeeennnndddd!!!!!
But no, seriously, James Madison is ridiculous. I know every incoming student says their school is the best, blah blah blah, but I'm serious. James Madison has been ranked #5 in the nation for "best campus food" by the princeton review, and i can totally attest for that, omg it's amazing, #17 on Playboy's hottest college girls, and #14 for "Most beer". I know it sounds like a huge party school now. and yes, its a massive party school. But seriously, they're accademics are amazing too. A degree from JMU looks really nice.
I've completed all my incoming freshman steps, the housing contract, the e-mail set up, the orientation date, the meal plan, and the selection of classes. I'm so excited. I'm pretty nervous about who I'll be roomed with, it better be someone cool. thats all i have to say about that. I want to be able to go out to parties with my roomate, share clothes, stay up late and be girls. She needs to be cool with visitors, brian is coming, as well as a bunch of my girl frineds and whatnot. If I end up not liking my roomate, and neither does Morgan, we're rooming together. the housing contract asked me if i wanted to sign up for housing my second year alos, lets get through the first year first.
Im planning on rushing, maybe pledging, we'll see about all that.
School should be so much fun, I'm going in with a couple close frineds as it is, so i wont be totally hopeless. Morgan is going also, woo hoo! as well as Ben baker transfered to JMU, woo hoo! Brooke Lobuts, Taylor Zimmerman, Michael Saintcross, and Madeline from work are also going to be on campus.
I just cant wait for the year to eeeennnndddd!!!!!
The Love of My Life <3
So I know Newcome wants to hear allllll about me and Brian's relationship. But it's actually a pretty funny story how we met. It's not one of those sappy love story: "We literally ran into each other, I fell, He helped me up and we locked eyes, love at first sight." Yeah, not Brian Orye.
I was in my junior year, I played Varsity basketball. Every practice, the wrestlers walk through the gym to the boys locker room, of course they're a distraction, not because they're good looking, but because the basketball coaches were the pits and we'd take any distraction to pass the minutes away till practice was over.
Everyday we'd see the wrestlers. Everyday this goofy kid with knobby knees and a crooked smile, would walk through the gym, lingering, like some goofy creep. Christmas break was full of long, hard practices for the Tournment games. During one of the practices, Shelby and I sat together while I braced my ankles. The goofy kid comes in, apparently knows Shelby, and stops to chat with her before practice. The entire time Shelby is talking with this kid, he's akwardly looking at me. I've never seen this kid in my life, but he's kinds weird, and why does he keep looking at me?! Finally after an hour long of lingering, unnecessay trips in and out of the gym during practice, and awkward eye contact, he leaves. Only to reappear at McDonald's after practice, the usual girl's varsity basketball hang out after games and practices. Great. Again, this goofball creeper is constantly catching my eye. what is this kid's deal?!
As the girls are walking out to our cars, Shelby pulls me aside, "Brian says your really pretty and he thinks your cool and asked me for your number". Seriously? Double Great. "Did you give it to him?". "Yeah, that's ohkay right? he's a totally good guy." Great great great great.
Within three hours Brian txts me. "Hey, it's Brian, from McDonald's, what up?", I don't respond. I call Shelby and yell at her for giving my number out to such a creepy goofball of a dude. We have a long conversation about how all the guys I have been recently seeing, are jerks, ecspecially the last (For class purposes, we won't go with any names). She explains how he's such a nice, funny, amazing guy once you get to know him, he's just weird and obnoxious on the outside. I told her that for her sake, I would just txt him, no dates promised, nothing of the sort, just to be nice, I'd txt him. He turned out to be quite the txter, he would spit lines at me, totally trying to hard, but in a cute way. But I still saw him nothing more than a nice guy i'd txt.
One night, Tia and I were driving around town in Frederick, the mall, Best Buy, all sorts of places. Brian txted me asking what I was up to, I told him Tia and I were in Best Buy. Nearly 5 minutes later, He's walking through the Best Buy doors. "Oh crap, Tia! Run! Hide! That creeper dude showed up!". Needless to say, he found us. We awkwardly stood around, nervously chit chating about nothing of value. Brian picks up the SingStar kareokee microphone and gives Tia the other, sing with me. hesitantly, she begins to sing, Brian takes the lead and belts out the lyrics, "You're Beautiful! You're beautiful! You're beautiful, it's true!", while everyone in the store turns to stare at who the insane idiot screaming Daniel Powter is. Completely embarrassing.
Best Buy announces that they are shutting down for the night, we decide to hop over to Taco Bell for food. Yum. Brian follows. We sit in the parking lot, talking for hours. Finally we leave to go home. "He's still a creeper, following us around like that", I tell Tia. He txts me, asking me out on a date, a real date, like dinner and a movie date. I tell him I'll get back to him, intending to never get back to him. I fill Shelby in with everything that has happened with this odd boy. Shelby forces me to accept his offer and go out. We set the date. Two days later I find out that the day Brian and I set our date for, is the night that my parents are going up to Carlise, PA to visit their good friends Sue and Joe from the lake, my ex-boyfriend Matt's parents. They offer for me to go to visit Matt for the Christmas party. I told my mom I had a date with Brian, she urged me to go on the date, I cancelled and called Matty to tell him I was coming to visit. I felt bad for cancelling on Brian, he's a nice guy, but it's Matty.
Visiting Matthew was terrible. We flirted, then fought, then flirted, then fought. Typical Matthew. I called Brian to reschedule our date in total anger at Matt. We set the date for the next night. As that Friday night came around, I took 3 hours to get ready, I usually only take 30 minutes. I for some odd reason, was a little nervous.
Brian took me to Applebees, the movies to see National Treasure 2, and out to Starbucks after. The entire night was amazing, he said all the right things, and acting exactly how a gentleman should act. He was adorable. When he walked me to my steps, he kissed me good night. The moment our lips touched, it felt so right. We continued to see eachother for two weeks longer, hanging out, going out to eat, watching movies. He was perfect. Finally, we had the conversation, "I'm really starting to fall for you", we confessed that we really liked each other alot and decided to start dating, to see if we could amount to anything. Personally, I thought we'd last maybe two weeks. I'm such a serious person, while he doesn't take anything seriously. Which is why, in my opinion, I believe we worked out so well.
Here we are, a year and a half later, going strong, and still very much in love. I like to say that Brian has brought out a better person in me, he's taught me to not be so serious, go with the flow, and live everyday like it may be your last, to never regret anyhting you do- learn from your mistakes, and to live the age I'm in, not in my futre. I'm 18, act like it. I also like to think that I've rubbed off on Brian as well, he has a better plan for the future, his head on straight, and knows when to buckledown and takes things seriously, while still being the genuine Brian Orye.
I learned a great deal from my experiences with Brian: never judge a book by it's cover. I thought Brian was the creepist goofball I had ever met, now he's the love of my life. <3
I was in my junior year, I played Varsity basketball. Every practice, the wrestlers walk through the gym to the boys locker room, of course they're a distraction, not because they're good looking, but because the basketball coaches were the pits and we'd take any distraction to pass the minutes away till practice was over.
Everyday we'd see the wrestlers. Everyday this goofy kid with knobby knees and a crooked smile, would walk through the gym, lingering, like some goofy creep. Christmas break was full of long, hard practices for the Tournment games. During one of the practices, Shelby and I sat together while I braced my ankles. The goofy kid comes in, apparently knows Shelby, and stops to chat with her before practice. The entire time Shelby is talking with this kid, he's akwardly looking at me. I've never seen this kid in my life, but he's kinds weird, and why does he keep looking at me?! Finally after an hour long of lingering, unnecessay trips in and out of the gym during practice, and awkward eye contact, he leaves. Only to reappear at McDonald's after practice, the usual girl's varsity basketball hang out after games and practices. Great. Again, this goofball creeper is constantly catching my eye. what is this kid's deal?!
As the girls are walking out to our cars, Shelby pulls me aside, "Brian says your really pretty and he thinks your cool and asked me for your number". Seriously? Double Great. "Did you give it to him?". "Yeah, that's ohkay right? he's a totally good guy." Great great great great.
Within three hours Brian txts me. "Hey, it's Brian, from McDonald's, what up?", I don't respond. I call Shelby and yell at her for giving my number out to such a creepy goofball of a dude. We have a long conversation about how all the guys I have been recently seeing, are jerks, ecspecially the last (For class purposes, we won't go with any names). She explains how he's such a nice, funny, amazing guy once you get to know him, he's just weird and obnoxious on the outside. I told her that for her sake, I would just txt him, no dates promised, nothing of the sort, just to be nice, I'd txt him. He turned out to be quite the txter, he would spit lines at me, totally trying to hard, but in a cute way. But I still saw him nothing more than a nice guy i'd txt.
One night, Tia and I were driving around town in Frederick, the mall, Best Buy, all sorts of places. Brian txted me asking what I was up to, I told him Tia and I were in Best Buy. Nearly 5 minutes later, He's walking through the Best Buy doors. "Oh crap, Tia! Run! Hide! That creeper dude showed up!". Needless to say, he found us. We awkwardly stood around, nervously chit chating about nothing of value. Brian picks up the SingStar kareokee microphone and gives Tia the other, sing with me. hesitantly, she begins to sing, Brian takes the lead and belts out the lyrics, "You're Beautiful! You're beautiful! You're beautiful, it's true!", while everyone in the store turns to stare at who the insane idiot screaming Daniel Powter is. Completely embarrassing.
Best Buy announces that they are shutting down for the night, we decide to hop over to Taco Bell for food. Yum. Brian follows. We sit in the parking lot, talking for hours. Finally we leave to go home. "He's still a creeper, following us around like that", I tell Tia. He txts me, asking me out on a date, a real date, like dinner and a movie date. I tell him I'll get back to him, intending to never get back to him. I fill Shelby in with everything that has happened with this odd boy. Shelby forces me to accept his offer and go out. We set the date. Two days later I find out that the day Brian and I set our date for, is the night that my parents are going up to Carlise, PA to visit their good friends Sue and Joe from the lake, my ex-boyfriend Matt's parents. They offer for me to go to visit Matt for the Christmas party. I told my mom I had a date with Brian, she urged me to go on the date, I cancelled and called Matty to tell him I was coming to visit. I felt bad for cancelling on Brian, he's a nice guy, but it's Matty.
Visiting Matthew was terrible. We flirted, then fought, then flirted, then fought. Typical Matthew. I called Brian to reschedule our date in total anger at Matt. We set the date for the next night. As that Friday night came around, I took 3 hours to get ready, I usually only take 30 minutes. I for some odd reason, was a little nervous.
Brian took me to Applebees, the movies to see National Treasure 2, and out to Starbucks after. The entire night was amazing, he said all the right things, and acting exactly how a gentleman should act. He was adorable. When he walked me to my steps, he kissed me good night. The moment our lips touched, it felt so right. We continued to see eachother for two weeks longer, hanging out, going out to eat, watching movies. He was perfect. Finally, we had the conversation, "I'm really starting to fall for you", we confessed that we really liked each other alot and decided to start dating, to see if we could amount to anything. Personally, I thought we'd last maybe two weeks. I'm such a serious person, while he doesn't take anything seriously. Which is why, in my opinion, I believe we worked out so well.
Here we are, a year and a half later, going strong, and still very much in love. I like to say that Brian has brought out a better person in me, he's taught me to not be so serious, go with the flow, and live everyday like it may be your last, to never regret anyhting you do- learn from your mistakes, and to live the age I'm in, not in my futre. I'm 18, act like it. I also like to think that I've rubbed off on Brian as well, he has a better plan for the future, his head on straight, and knows when to buckledown and takes things seriously, while still being the genuine Brian Orye.
I learned a great deal from my experiences with Brian: never judge a book by it's cover. I thought Brian was the creepist goofball I had ever met, now he's the love of my life. <3
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Advise for Next Year...
Continuing in our Senioritis, graduation, college rant, I've decided give a little advise to those less fortunate and having to serve yet another, torturous year in high school.
For those of you that will still be stuck in this progressively worse High school crap hole, having NO IDEA where to look at for schools next year, get a move on, NOW! I defiantly recommend applying ALL early action, you're not binded to the schools you apply early action to, you just get all your applications and whatnot filled out and turned in early, so they notify you of acceptance earlier than regular decision kids. Early action does not affect your chances of getting in, if you don't make the cut for acceptance early action, they add you to the regular decision applicants and look over you again and just notify you the regular time. Benefits of early action?- Obviously early notification of early acceptance, but also priority scholarship consideration, plus you have more time to weigh your choices and get that scholarship money! speaking of scholarship money- if you are white (male or female), christian, your parents are NOT in the US Military, and you are NOT disabled, and you are NOT considered need-based, you wont be getting any scholarships, even if you do, I can tell you they wont be very big AT ALL. like, not significant... what-so-ever. sorry, its just the way it goes. UNLESS you apply to VERY SMALL schools... or WVU. ha ha.
Get your SAT's done early, you SHOULD HAVE already taken it like twice by now, if not, SIGN UP FOR JUNE!!! they dont offer SATs over the summer, so squeeze one more in the fall. Take an average of 3 SATs, thats the best bet.
Get your letters of Recommendation done early also, you may not need them for the school your apply to, you usually only need one for that, but scholarships usually ask for like, two or sometimes even three.
Dont really foucus on college application essays, I didnt have ANY! wooo hooo! However, for Penn State and James Madison, I was given the opportunity to give a personal statement, its totally optional, but i totally recommend doing it. I based mine on my campus visits.
Speaking of visits, VISIT the school before making a decision! I totally cant stress that enough! I was SO set on Coastal Carolina at the point of last year. I visited the school the weekend of my birthday, I even stayed on campus with a friend, it was SO not what I was looking for in a place Im going to be spending four years of my life (I dont really plan on transfering, Iwas looking for a place to spend all four years). It was like FCC at the beach, which isnt bad, FCC isnt bad, totally easy, and I LOVE the beach, but the gym that they play their college basketball games was the same size as BHS, as well as the football "stadium", I hated it. I wanted to get AWAY from BHS, not transfer to another one.
Visiting the campus is my best advice I could give, honestly, thats when you KNOW what school to chose. I took two steps onto JAmes Madison's campus and fell totally head over heels, it was everything I wanted in a school, smaller class sizes, actually college football stadium, not too shabby dorms, BEST FOOD EVER! (number 5 in the nation suckaaassss!), free student gym that is WILD! open 24/7, very active student groups, sororities out the ying-yang, friendly students, awesome party scene, allthe majors i could possibly see myself in. the moment i stepped on campus I knew i was home. I knew JMU was where i wanted to spend the next5, or 6 years of my life. I cant stress it enough. VISIT THE CAMPUS!
Good luck next year yall!
And if anyone is considering JMU, you can totally stay with me for a night or a weekend or something, I'll show you around no problem, just let me know!!!
For those of you that will still be stuck in this progressively worse High school crap hole, having NO IDEA where to look at for schools next year, get a move on, NOW! I defiantly recommend applying ALL early action, you're not binded to the schools you apply early action to, you just get all your applications and whatnot filled out and turned in early, so they notify you of acceptance earlier than regular decision kids. Early action does not affect your chances of getting in, if you don't make the cut for acceptance early action, they add you to the regular decision applicants and look over you again and just notify you the regular time. Benefits of early action?- Obviously early notification of early acceptance, but also priority scholarship consideration, plus you have more time to weigh your choices and get that scholarship money! speaking of scholarship money- if you are white (male or female), christian, your parents are NOT in the US Military, and you are NOT disabled, and you are NOT considered need-based, you wont be getting any scholarships, even if you do, I can tell you they wont be very big AT ALL. like, not significant... what-so-ever. sorry, its just the way it goes. UNLESS you apply to VERY SMALL schools... or WVU. ha ha.
Get your SAT's done early, you SHOULD HAVE already taken it like twice by now, if not, SIGN UP FOR JUNE!!! they dont offer SATs over the summer, so squeeze one more in the fall. Take an average of 3 SATs, thats the best bet.
Get your letters of Recommendation done early also, you may not need them for the school your apply to, you usually only need one for that, but scholarships usually ask for like, two or sometimes even three.
Dont really foucus on college application essays, I didnt have ANY! wooo hooo! However, for Penn State and James Madison, I was given the opportunity to give a personal statement, its totally optional, but i totally recommend doing it. I based mine on my campus visits.
Speaking of visits, VISIT the school before making a decision! I totally cant stress that enough! I was SO set on Coastal Carolina at the point of last year. I visited the school the weekend of my birthday, I even stayed on campus with a friend, it was SO not what I was looking for in a place Im going to be spending four years of my life (I dont really plan on transfering, Iwas looking for a place to spend all four years). It was like FCC at the beach, which isnt bad, FCC isnt bad, totally easy, and I LOVE the beach, but the gym that they play their college basketball games was the same size as BHS, as well as the football "stadium", I hated it. I wanted to get AWAY from BHS, not transfer to another one.
Visiting the campus is my best advice I could give, honestly, thats when you KNOW what school to chose. I took two steps onto JAmes Madison's campus and fell totally head over heels, it was everything I wanted in a school, smaller class sizes, actually college football stadium, not too shabby dorms, BEST FOOD EVER! (number 5 in the nation suckaaassss!), free student gym that is WILD! open 24/7, very active student groups, sororities out the ying-yang, friendly students, awesome party scene, allthe majors i could possibly see myself in. the moment i stepped on campus I knew i was home. I knew JMU was where i wanted to spend the next5, or 6 years of my life. I cant stress it enough. VISIT THE CAMPUS!
Good luck next year yall!
And if anyone is considering JMU, you can totally stay with me for a night or a weekend or something, I'll show you around no problem, just let me know!!!
Baaaaadddd Case of Senioritis :-/
I'm taking a break from the normal 90's memorabilia this week to discuss life in today's time... My life now.
As the year thins outs, we're down to the last month, I'm enrolled at James Madison (Now thats a whhhooolllee different blog), I've been making summer plans, graduation is so close, I find myslef looking back on my high school years.
I wished away the four years spent at Brunswick High, I had that itch to graduate, that itch to be done with everyone here, move on, met all new people. I look back on all the years I played Basketball, from the freshman team with Melissa (who constantly had team dinner parties at her house only to bad mouth Gayleen :-)), to JV with Spezio (who totally took us bowling on a rainy day that our game got cancelled), toVarsity with Gayleen (who I really can't say a good thing about.. OH! she yelled at me for being upset when my boyfriend totalled his first car and i wanted to stay to make sure he was alright... wait... thats not good either...)... I'll never play sports on a team again, not a real traveling team...
I look back on the Homecomings all through out the years- Freshman year with Ronnie Musselman, Sophmore with Adam Cordell, Junior with Tia, Senior with Brian... I look back on last years prom with Brian... I'll never have those dances again...
I look back on Pep Rallys- I attended every year...
I look back on walking into school, everyday, to see all the faces of people i have known since the fourth grade, others, since the sixth... I'll never see those faces again, not nearly as much as I do now, if ever...
So now is the time I tell everyone "Oh, I wish I hadn't wished my years away so quickly, I would've stayed to enjoy the innocence and lack of responsibilities I will soon have", but lets face it, I won't miss a darn thing about the crap hole.
When we all think back to the freshman version of me, we tend to remember that even then, I had the infamous senioritis, I grew up with Brianne Walters and continued to stay close friends through her high school years, my best best best friend was Peter Jeffery, (both were seniors), I was dating a Junior, I already hated school. I was that kid who had senioritis the sencond day of freshman year, so it's no suprise that senior year, I was voted "Most likely to catch senioritis".
Yeah, when I look back on everything I mentioned before, I also notice that freshman year was blissful. Basketball was awesome, Homecoming was ridiculous, PLEASE tell me everyone remembers Ashley Sullivan-Wolfe dancing with Eric Zwilsky while he fed her melted M&Ms from his chocolate stained pants, Pep Rally was loud, Fun, and exciting (Batteries were even thrown as people I knew!), and everyone was not neccessarily drama-free, but not half as much filled as they are now.
But I start to notice a pattern, every year, school got progressively worse. And im not saying this because I want to get out of here, But seriously! I cant find a single GOOD thing about basketball Junior year, so I gave up six years of Basketball because I throughly HATED it, no thnks to the coach. UGH! she seriously turn SO many girls against Basketball, no shes doing the same thing to my little sister. Homecoming was SO terrible, we left early! the lights were turned on and the music stopped, seriously? my sister said the middle school dances were better. Prom last year was so terrible, Im not even gogin this year, Chili Cook-off here I come!!! Pep rally was the pits. I wanted to leave early, but felt bad that i wasn't going to be there to be announced for our superlatives, which was laaaaame. and the bright, shiny faces? I dont even like 50% of our class, nor do i even KNOW 25%. Im not feeling too bad that I'll never see thiese people again, thats the phrase I kept running through my hear last year, I can honestly say it got me through high school.
So no, I'm not going to miss high school. I feel that my senior year has been robbed, much like the 8th grade feild trip to Sandy Point... This was nothing like I ever imagined it would be. I NEVER in a million years, thought I would skip out on my senior prom. But I can honestly say that I'm not going to regret it... not one bit. It's sad when my freshman sister, is seriously considering transfering to Middletown, because Brunswick's school system is so corrupt and total dream killers, dont we have a whle life time to have our dreams killed? why start now?
As the year thins outs, we're down to the last month, I'm enrolled at James Madison (Now thats a whhhooolllee different blog), I've been making summer plans, graduation is so close, I find myslef looking back on my high school years.
I wished away the four years spent at Brunswick High, I had that itch to graduate, that itch to be done with everyone here, move on, met all new people. I look back on all the years I played Basketball, from the freshman team with Melissa (who constantly had team dinner parties at her house only to bad mouth Gayleen :-)), to JV with Spezio (who totally took us bowling on a rainy day that our game got cancelled), toVarsity with Gayleen (who I really can't say a good thing about.. OH! she yelled at me for being upset when my boyfriend totalled his first car and i wanted to stay to make sure he was alright... wait... thats not good either...)... I'll never play sports on a team again, not a real traveling team...
I look back on the Homecomings all through out the years- Freshman year with Ronnie Musselman, Sophmore with Adam Cordell, Junior with Tia, Senior with Brian... I look back on last years prom with Brian... I'll never have those dances again...
I look back on Pep Rallys- I attended every year...
I look back on walking into school, everyday, to see all the faces of people i have known since the fourth grade, others, since the sixth... I'll never see those faces again, not nearly as much as I do now, if ever...
So now is the time I tell everyone "Oh, I wish I hadn't wished my years away so quickly, I would've stayed to enjoy the innocence and lack of responsibilities I will soon have", but lets face it, I won't miss a darn thing about the crap hole.
When we all think back to the freshman version of me, we tend to remember that even then, I had the infamous senioritis, I grew up with Brianne Walters and continued to stay close friends through her high school years, my best best best friend was Peter Jeffery, (both were seniors), I was dating a Junior, I already hated school. I was that kid who had senioritis the sencond day of freshman year, so it's no suprise that senior year, I was voted "Most likely to catch senioritis".
Yeah, when I look back on everything I mentioned before, I also notice that freshman year was blissful. Basketball was awesome, Homecoming was ridiculous, PLEASE tell me everyone remembers Ashley Sullivan-Wolfe dancing with Eric Zwilsky while he fed her melted M&Ms from his chocolate stained pants, Pep Rally was loud, Fun, and exciting (Batteries were even thrown as people I knew!), and everyone was not neccessarily drama-free, but not half as much filled as they are now.
But I start to notice a pattern, every year, school got progressively worse. And im not saying this because I want to get out of here, But seriously! I cant find a single GOOD thing about basketball Junior year, so I gave up six years of Basketball because I throughly HATED it, no thnks to the coach. UGH! she seriously turn SO many girls against Basketball, no shes doing the same thing to my little sister. Homecoming was SO terrible, we left early! the lights were turned on and the music stopped, seriously? my sister said the middle school dances were better. Prom last year was so terrible, Im not even gogin this year, Chili Cook-off here I come!!! Pep rally was the pits. I wanted to leave early, but felt bad that i wasn't going to be there to be announced for our superlatives, which was laaaaame. and the bright, shiny faces? I dont even like 50% of our class, nor do i even KNOW 25%. Im not feeling too bad that I'll never see thiese people again, thats the phrase I kept running through my hear last year, I can honestly say it got me through high school.
So no, I'm not going to miss high school. I feel that my senior year has been robbed, much like the 8th grade feild trip to Sandy Point... This was nothing like I ever imagined it would be. I NEVER in a million years, thought I would skip out on my senior prom. But I can honestly say that I'm not going to regret it... not one bit. It's sad when my freshman sister, is seriously considering transfering to Middletown, because Brunswick's school system is so corrupt and total dream killers, dont we have a whle life time to have our dreams killed? why start now?
Monday, April 20, 2009
Home Improvement
Created by Matt Williams, Carmen Finestra, and David MacFadzean, American's favorite sitcom, Home Improvement, aired staring 1991, ending 1999. Launching the acting career of Tim Allen, all across America, the well known sitcom hit the top of the charts. Everybody loved the Taylor family: Tim (Tim Allen), Jill (Patricia Richardson) and their three sons, Brad (Zachery Ty Bryan), Randy (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) and Mark (Taran Noah Smith).
Growing up, Home Improvement was THE show to watch at dinner. My father can do an amazing impression of Tim Allen's well known chuckle... or laugh... or WHAT WAS THAT? - Ohh ho ho. Dinners were never dull with Tim Allen's stereotypical "manly man" humor; he loves power tools, cars, sports, and always seems to THINK he knows what he's talking about, even though we know he doesn't, he's the typical "know it all", "never wrong" male. (We all know the type)
Tool Time always proved to be a hysterical riot. Al Borland (Richard Karn), Tim's assistant, always had some type of failure on the show using power tools and constantly discussed his lonesome life with his mother. This alway recieved chuckles from the family. 
The mysterious neighbor, Wilson (Earl Hindman), never showed below his eyes, growing up I always assumed there was some odd deformity of his lower face, I believe alot of children, and possibly adults shared this similar thought. It was very odd. However the circumstances, Wilson was the almighty advice giver, solving all household problems. Every episode of Home Improvement taught life lessons, under all that humor.
Although Home Improvement has siezed to produce new episodes, the reruns are still aired on tv today. I look back at Home Improvement as a time that my family gathered together, ate dinner as a family, and laughed together. That was a time of no worries, no stress, and free time.
We salute you, Tim Allen, for bringing families together for 30 minute segments, sharing humor and life lessons along the way.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Oh Comfort Me, Movies of the 90's- Part Two
Picking up from where we left off we're starting with Number 5, working our way to the Number One, Greatest movie of the 90's...
5. Wayne's World (1992) - Two slacker friends try to promote their public-access cable show.- Probably one of the greatest soundtracks of a movie EVER! (Yes, I own it) Mike Myers and Dana Carvey are constantly making you laugh. Not to mention, who doesn't remember the scene while driving in the car singing "Bohemian Rhapsody", greatest scene ever. Plus the "Wayne's World Theme" is probably one of the best songs created in a movie. "Wayne's World, Party on, Excellent, dededo dededo dededo!"
3. Clueless (1995) - Cher, a high school student in Beverly Hills, must survive the ups and downs of adolescent life.- This is one of my favorite movies from it's release to today. Sure Alicia Silverstone was AWESOME in this movie, but Paul Rudd is SOOOO HOT! This was when i fell in love with Brittany Murphy and Donald Faison. Clueless is like, one of the movies that DEFINES 90's flicks. It was even made fun of in Not Another Teen Movie (2001), So you KNOW it's gotta be worth something.
2. 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) - A remake of the classic Shakespare play "The Taming of the Shrew.", set in a modern day highschool.- The classic Teenage love, lies and consequences movie. Aside from how hot gorgeous Heath Ledger is, 10 Things I Hate About You is an absolute classic that I can seriously watch for hours and hours on end. Also being made fun of in Not Another Teen Movie, 10 Things I Hate About You is yet another 90's defining movie, and the King of teen-love-flicks-land.
5. Wayne's World (1992) - Two slacker friends try to promote their public-access cable show.- Probably one of the greatest soundtracks of a movie EVER! (Yes, I own it) Mike Myers and Dana Carvey are constantly making you laugh. Not to mention, who doesn't remember the scene while driving in the car singing "Bohemian Rhapsody", greatest scene ever. Plus the "Wayne's World Theme" is probably one of the best songs created in a movie. "Wayne's World, Party on, Excellent, dededo dededo dededo!" 
4. Office Space (1999) - Comedic tale of company workers who hate their jobs and decide to rebel against their greedy boss.- I will admit, when I first watched this movie I didn't like it very much, I thought it was very slow. But now that I'm older and so much more wiser (ha!), this is one of my favorite movies, as it is for any sane person.- I was once told by my ex-boyfriend that if he were to choose any scene of any movie to describe me, it would be when Richard Riehle, playing Tom Smykowski, describes his "Jump to Conclusions" mat. I took that offensively...
3. Clueless (1995) - Cher, a high school student in Beverly Hills, must survive the ups and downs of adolescent life.- This is one of my favorite movies from it's release to today. Sure Alicia Silverstone was AWESOME in this movie, but Paul Rudd is SOOOO HOT! This was when i fell in love with Brittany Murphy and Donald Faison. Clueless is like, one of the movies that DEFINES 90's flicks. It was even made fun of in Not Another Teen Movie (2001), So you KNOW it's gotta be worth something.2. 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) - A remake of the classic Shakespare play "The Taming of the Shrew.", set in a modern day highschool.- The classic Teenage love, lies and consequences movie. Aside from how hot gorgeous Heath Ledger is, 10 Things I Hate About You is an absolute classic that I can seriously watch for hours and hours on end. Also being made fun of in Not Another Teen Movie, 10 Things I Hate About You is yet another 90's defining movie, and the King of teen-love-flicks-land.1. A Night at the Roxbury (1998) - Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan play the Roxbury Guys, Steve and Doug Butabi, who want to get into the best club in town, and also hope to open their own club.- Placed in the top 5 movies quoted in the 1990's, A Night at the Roxbury is still one of the greatest movies EVER made. Saturday Night Live really set this pair off, and made Will Ferrell my ultimate favorite actor, even today. This movie never gets old. No matter what mood I'm in, this film can turn everything around and littreally have me LOLing. Ferrell and Katten are a riot. Funny thing, my girl friends and I were out this past weekend at a "social gathering place" and the DJ spins out "What Is Love?" by Haddaway, that song can no longer be just a song, it is forever linked to the infamous "head jerk" of the Butabi brothers (Ferrell and Kattan). So of course, getting into the song, my girl friends and I do the jerk, looking around to see that a good 90 percent of the crowd was also, doing the jerk. It was awesome.
If you haven't seen A NIight at the Roxbury, you're not living life, this is a MUST SEE MOVIE!
We salute you, Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan, for playing the roles of the Butabi brothers oh so well and creating the infamaous, forever known, head jerk to "What Is Love?".
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Oh Comfort Me, Movies of the 90's- Part One
Not only did the 90's bring about the greatest decade in music, it also brought in some pretty wicked movies. Now all of this is opinionated and i really don't care what you have to say (Malcolm!), but these are my top 10 personal comfort movies of the 90'
s, that NEVER get old.
THIS IS NOT A GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME LIST, THIS IS A GREATEST MOVIES OF THE 90'S LIST.
10- Cruel Intentions (1999) - Kathryn makes a bet that her step-brother, Sebastian, won't be able to bed Annette (a virgin, who wants to wait until love). If he loses, Kathryn gets his Jaguar, if he wins, he gets Kathryn. - Why would such twisted movie be a comfort to me? I'd probably have to asnwer that by saying that I love the entire cast, Sarah Michelle Geller, Ryan Phillippee (SO hot!), Reese Witherspoon, and Selma Blair all together is awesome! I love this movie, although I haven't really decided why... it's so twisted...
9- Clerks (1994) - A day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play hockey on the store roof. - Let's be serious, why wouldn't someone love this movie? Staring Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Jason Mewes, and Kevin Smith. Who doesn't like to see how much other people's lives suck? Plus Jay and Silent Bob are like, the coolest people ever. 
8- Hocus Pocus (1993) - More than 300 years ago, 3 witches were sentenced to die in Salem, Massachusetts and a boy was turned into a cat. Now it's Halloween, and the witches are back. This time, they've got their eyes on immortal life and have turned their wrath on trick-or-treaters and it's up to the 300-year-old cat to save the day. - Any kid who grew up in the 90's will tell you that Hocus Pocus is one of the greatest Halloween movies of all time. I have watched this movie EVERY Halloween, it's funny and still holds the whole, Halloween spirit, Halloweentown doesn't have anything on Hocus Pocus. Staring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy as the three ridiculous witches.
7- Happy Gilmore (1996) - A rejected hockey player puts his skills to the golf course to save his grandmother's house. - When mentioning Adam Sandler's best films, Happy GIlmore is close to the top. Everything about this movie is funny, right down to the tri-picture rear-view mirror decoration of Gilmore's grandmother. There's no question as to why Happy Gilmore is on my top 10 comfort movies. 
6- Billy Madison (1995) - In order to inherit his fed up father's hotel empire, an immature and lazy man must repeat grades 1-12 all over again. - In my opinion, one of the only movies to surpass Happy Gilmore as Sandler's best, is Billy Madison. Again, the same is true as any other Sandler film, you are laughing till you cry, or pee your pants- I've done both :-)
s, that NEVER get old.THIS IS NOT A GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME LIST, THIS IS A GREATEST MOVIES OF THE 90'S LIST.
10- Cruel Intentions (1999) - Kathryn makes a bet that her step-brother, Sebastian, won't be able to bed Annette (a virgin, who wants to wait until love). If he loses, Kathryn gets his Jaguar, if he wins, he gets Kathryn. - Why would such twisted movie be a comfort to me? I'd probably have to asnwer that by saying that I love the entire cast, Sarah Michelle Geller, Ryan Phillippee (SO hot!), Reese Witherspoon, and Selma Blair all together is awesome! I love this movie, although I haven't really decided why... it's so twisted...
9- Clerks (1994) - A day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play hockey on the store roof. - Let's be serious, why wouldn't someone love this movie? Staring Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Jason Mewes, and Kevin Smith. Who doesn't like to see how much other people's lives suck? Plus Jay and Silent Bob are like, the coolest people ever. 
8- Hocus Pocus (1993) - More than 300 years ago, 3 witches were sentenced to die in Salem, Massachusetts and a boy was turned into a cat. Now it's Halloween, and the witches are back. This time, they've got their eyes on immortal life and have turned their wrath on trick-or-treaters and it's up to the 300-year-old cat to save the day. - Any kid who grew up in the 90's will tell you that Hocus Pocus is one of the greatest Halloween movies of all time. I have watched this movie EVERY Halloween, it's funny and still holds the whole, Halloween spirit, Halloweentown doesn't have anything on Hocus Pocus. Staring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy as the three ridiculous witches.
7- Happy Gilmore (1996) - A rejected hockey player puts his skills to the golf course to save his grandmother's house. - When mentioning Adam Sandler's best films, Happy GIlmore is close to the top. Everything about this movie is funny, right down to the tri-picture rear-view mirror decoration of Gilmore's grandmother. There's no question as to why Happy Gilmore is on my top 10 comfort movies. 
6- Billy Madison (1995) - In order to inherit his fed up father's hotel empire, an immature and lazy man must repeat grades 1-12 all over again. - In my opinion, one of the only movies to surpass Happy Gilmore as Sandler's best, is Billy Madison. Again, the same is true as any other Sandler film, you are laughing till you cry, or pee your pants- I've done both :-)
Due to the manor of such a list, this is only Part one, Part Two, containing movies 1-5, will be on the next blog.
We salute you, Adam Sandler, for being able to produce two of the greatest movie of all time.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Throw In The Towel Already!
As much as I love music from the 90's, the bands trying to "bring it back" should stop while they're ahead. I'm sorry, but theres some bands that just really kill themselves in trying to keep up with the music trends. I know you were HOT in the day, but times are a changin' and you trying to "re-invent" yourselves just isn't working out.
Don't know who I'm talking about? Oh I'll fill you in.
Don't know who I'm talking about? Oh I'll fill you in.
Green Day! Seriously? You were AWESOME in the 90's! The release of Dookie in 1994 won a Grammy for "Best Alternative Album" in '95! Everyone STILL loves "Basketcase", "Longview", and "When I Come Around", we're still playing those at parties and they're still on the radio! Seriously, because of that album, you were invited to Woodstock of '94. WOODSTOCK! Do you honestly think you would be invited with your stupid American Idiot, Stop Drop and Roll!, and 21st Century Breakdown alubums?! I'll give YOU a 21st century breakdown: STOP! You were so much better in the 90's, PLEASE leave the business with what little pride you still have. "Redundant" and "Good Riddance" were two more awesome songs you poped out, when? oh yeah, IN THE 90'S!!! "Good Riddance" was used in an episode of Seinfeld (One of the greatest sho
ws ever!) and two episodes of ER! AND you guest stared in King of the Hill, dude, the only thing you've guest stared in lately is The Simpsons Movie, and they MADE FUN OF YOU!!! everyone in the crowd threw cans and trash at you until you ended up in the acid filled lake! Yeah, that's how much we like you these days. You have totally committed musical suicide in my eyes.
Alanis Morissette, I'm not going to go all that tough on you concidering i absolutley love you and you ARE the female voice no matter what generation you're in and you realized you were on top in the 90's and it's not working out in the new generation, so you stopped before you could destroy your image. Nice. You rocked my world with Jagged Little Pill. I loved every single song on that album, and still do. Jagged Little Pill remains the best-selling debut album by a female artist in the U.S., and the highest selling debut album worldwide in music history, selling 30 million records worldwide, with hits like "You Oughta Know", "All I Really Want", "Hand In My Pocket", "Ironic", "You Learn", and "Head Over Feet". The album won six Juno Awards in 1996: Album of the Year, Single of the Year ("You Oughta Know"), Female Vocalist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year and Best Rock Album. At the 1996 Grammys, she won Best Female Rock Vocal Performance,
Best Rock Song (both for "You Oughta Know"), Best Rock Album and Album of the Year. Morissette came out with another album in 1998 that also did really well. But after taking a break and trying again to produce yet another album in 2004, she proved to be quite a let down. But I Guess she noticed this and went back into the studio to re-make Jagged Little Pill acousticly, which is pretty good. So congrats on realizing that you rocked the 90's!As a break from the criticizing, you want to hear a super ticked female, listen to Alanis Morissette. shew! I <3>
So in closing, Green Day, you are looooonnggg overdue to STOP singing. Alanis Morissette, I now respect you even more, which I didn't even think was possible anyway.
We salute you, Alanis Morissette, for your ability to swallow your pride and throw in the towel while you're still on top as the leading voice of all ticked off females worldwide. Job well done.
Music Masterminds
Warning: The following blog post is completely and utterly opinionated. The views are personally expressed and do not require you to agree with what is being stated. In order to eliminate the urge to "fight me till the death" to prove your opinion, I am willing to agree to disagree in advance.
The 90's holds claim to the greatest decade of music yet to have been AND yet to be. - Minus the whole boy-band scene. Ugh.
Here's a fun little game- Given the opportuntity to marry anyone at all based on their music, including songwritting, musical ability, and singing, who would you choose? ---sorry, this eliminates all "artists" who don't write their own songs, ohhhh burn :-(
>>>>>>>Pause for Reflection<<<<<<<
Personally, I'm already engaged to Music God, Jerry Cantrell, he just doesn't know it yet. But if something were to happen to my lovely fiance, I would turn to the Music Kings- Aaron Lewis (of Staind)and Kurt Cobain (of Nirvana), THEY can fight till the death for me ;-)
(And I don't want to hear that Cobain is already dead.)
(Exception to the Warning- Anyone who disagrees with any of these 3 men being 3 of the top songwritters in history: FLAG POLE! You know the drill.)
Sure, Cantrell may not be the sexiest man alive, but let's be serious, the man is a GOD! For those of you who are musically challenged, Jerry Cantrell is the lead guitarist, co- lyricist, co- vocalist, and main composer of Alice in Chains. Alice in Chains has sold more than 14 million albums in the United States, released two number-one albums and 19 top 40 singles, and has received six Grammy nominations.
AIC Singles that MAKE the 90's: "Man In The Box", "Rooster", "Them Bones", "Heaven Beside You", "No Excuses", "Bleed The Freak", "Would?", "I Stay Away", "Down In A Hole", and the best for Last- "Nutshell" - MY personal favorite.
But right along side AIC in the defining music of the 90's, Stone Temple Pilots. STP's five studio albums have sold over 17 million copies in the United States alone and nearly 40 million albums worldwide.The band has had fifteen top ten singles on the Billboard rock charts, including six number ones, and one number one album. In 1993, the band won a Grammy for "Best Hard Rock Performance" for their song "Plush".
STP Singles that MAKE the 90's: "Creep", "Big Empty", "Plush", "Sex Type Thing", Vasoline", "Down", "Trippin' On A Hole in a Paper Heart", and the greatest- "Interstate Love Song".
Aside from AIC and STP, music the 90's is defined by numerous bands such as:
Red Hot Chili Peppers with "Otherside", "Aeroplane", "Give It Away", "Under The Bridge", "Californication", "Scar Tissure", and "Around The World".
Bush with "Machinehead", "Swallowed", "Everything Zen", "Glycerine", and "Little Things".
Smashing Pumpkins with "1979", "Disarm", "Bullet With
Butterfly Wings", "Cherub Rock", and
"Tonight, Tonight".
Hootie and the Blowfish with "Hold My Hand", "Lry Her Cry", and "Only Wanna Be With You".
Live with "Lightning Crashes", "I Alone", "Selling The Drama", and "Supernatural".
Green Day with "Basketcase", "When I come Around", "Brain Stew/Jaded", "Redundant", and "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)".
Nirvana with "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Lithium", "Rape Me", "Heart Shaped Box", "Come As You Are", and "About A Girl".
I can go on forever and ever about the music of the 90's, band by band, song by song, but I doubt we seriously have time for all I have to say. So I'll wrap it up and leave you wanting more.
The music of the 90's can not even begin to be compared to music of today, nor can it be recreated, unfortunatley.
So in honor of the musical masterminds of the 1990's, We salute you, Jerry Cantrell, Aaron Lewis, Kurt Cobain, and every other band a part of the 90's grunge/alternative rock/acoustic movement in making our musical history one that we will never forget, nor will we want to.
The 90's holds claim to the greatest decade of music yet to have been AND yet to be. - Minus the whole boy-band scene. Ugh.
Here's a fun little game- Given the opportuntity to marry anyone at all based on their music, including songwritting, musical ability, and singing, who would you choose? ---sorry, this eliminates all "artists" who don't write their own songs, ohhhh burn :-(
>>>>>>>Pause for Reflection<<<<<<<
Personally, I'm already engaged to Music God, Jerry Cantrell, he just doesn't know it yet. But if something were to happen to my lovely fiance, I would turn to the Music Kings- Aaron Lewis (of Staind)and Kurt Cobain (of Nirvana), THEY can fight till the death for me ;-)
(And I don't want to hear that Cobain is already dead.)
(Exception to the Warning- Anyone who disagrees with any of these 3 men being 3 of the top songwritters in history: FLAG POLE! You know the drill.)
Sure, Cantrell may not be the sexiest man alive, but let's be serious, the man is a GOD! For those of you who are musically challenged, Jerry Cantrell is the lead guitarist, co- lyricist, co- vocalist, and main composer of Alice in Chains. Alice in Chains has sold more than 14 million albums in the United States, released two number-one albums and 19 top 40 singles, and has received six Grammy nominations.
AIC Singles that MAKE the 90's: "Man In The Box", "Rooster", "Them Bones", "Heaven Beside You", "No Excuses", "Bleed The Freak", "Would?", "I Stay Away", "Down In A Hole", and the best for Last- "Nutshell" - MY personal favorite.
But right along side AIC in the defining music of the 90's, Stone Temple Pilots. STP's five studio albums have sold over 17 million copies in the United States alone and nearly 40 million albums worldwide.The band has had fifteen top ten singles on the Billboard rock charts, including six number ones, and one number one album. In 1993, the band won a Grammy for "Best Hard Rock Performance" for their song "Plush".
STP Singles that MAKE the 90's: "Creep", "Big Empty", "Plush", "Sex Type Thing", Vasoline", "Down", "Trippin' On A Hole in a Paper Heart", and the greatest- "Interstate Love Song".
Aside from AIC and STP, music the 90's is defined by numerous bands such as:
Red Hot Chili Peppers with "Otherside", "Aeroplane", "Give It Away", "Under The Bridge", "Californication", "Scar Tissure", and "Around The World".
Bush with "Machinehead", "Swallowed", "Everything Zen", "Glycerine", and "Little Things".
Smashing Pumpkins with "1979", "Disarm", "Bullet With
Butterfly Wings", "Cherub Rock", and "Tonight, Tonight".
Hootie and the Blowfish with "Hold My Hand", "Lry Her Cry", and "Only Wanna Be With You".
Live with "Lightning Crashes", "I Alone", "Selling The Drama", and "Supernatural".
Green Day with "Basketcase", "When I come Around", "Brain Stew/Jaded", "Redundant", and "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)".
Nirvana with "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Lithium", "Rape Me", "Heart Shaped Box", "Come As You Are", and "About A Girl".
I can go on forever and ever about the music of the 90's, band by band, song by song, but I doubt we seriously have time for all I have to say. So I'll wrap it up and leave you wanting more.
The music of the 90's can not even begin to be compared to music of today, nor can it be recreated, unfortunatley.
So in honor of the musical masterminds of the 1990's, We salute you, Jerry Cantrell, Aaron Lewis, Kurt Cobain, and every other band a part of the 90's grunge/alternative rock/acoustic movement in making our musical history one that we will never forget, nor will we want to.
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