I swear this is not another list

This blog is late. I should have had this done last night, but again, I fell asleep. Er, fell asleep, got distracted watching Will & Grace and 18 Kids and Counting and looking up Sterling Knight on youtube, same difference. So, this blog, which I meant to write last night, is now late. Well, I don't know if it is considered late. But I'm scared that it may be. This has inspired a new topic. Things that scare me. Normally, I would make a list. But, I think that I have been making too many lists on here (here being my blog), so I'm just going to do this is paragraph form. So, things that scare me. That strike fear in me at the very thought of them. Tests are a big one. They are really scary. There isn't really anything else that gets me as worked up as a test does. Sweaty palms, sick to my stomach, the whole thing. I guess that a fear of tests would go along with a fear of failure, a fear of getting something wrong. Okay, it's Monday night. Again, I got distracted, but I'm back! And I'm finishing my list. Okay, the next thing that scares me. Well, the dark and heights, but those seem kind of obvious. Practically everyone is scared of those things. Oh, I thought of a big one, public speaking and any from of public situation. That's definitely a big one. Well, I guess that's it, of the things that scare me, but it's hard to tell if I have everything on there, since it's in paragraph form. I thought it would be a good idea to not make another list, but it makes it so much easier for me to go back and read what I've already written. Oh well, it;s good practice, to write more than just lists. I enjoy writing lists, I write them a lot. I make lists of things I like or want I to get done. On planes I make a list of things I want to do on my vacation. That's one thing that doesn't really scare me, flying. Catching a germ from that plane, sure, but the actual act of flying, not so much. I seem to be getting off topic, and since my list, excuse me paragraph, of things that scare me is complete, I should go to bed. Jeez, I really should blog earlier in the day, and not when I'm about to crash. I need to work on that...

- Katie

Eyeliner and Such

I bought makeup today. Eyeliner and eyeshadow. I think it's about time I started wearing makeup, maybe. I don't know, I have conflicting emotions about cosmetics and when you should start wearing them. Almost everyone I know wears makeup on a regular basis, right down to the girls who just turned 13. But not me. I think this is partly, or entirely, because I don't know how to apply makeup myself, without looking like a zombie or an Egyptian or even worse, an Egyptian mummy zombie. I probably would have a very different opinion of eyeliner if I could put it on properly. But, if I can't put it on myself, how did everyone else learn how to? Did I miss some sort of secret class that everyone attended? "Eyeliner 101," or something? I just don't get it. And another thing, what's with the really thick black eyeliner? That's a look I've been seeing, not just with the "goth" kids, but like even the "preppy" people. I don't really understand it. What's the rush to wear makeup, when you are only like 12 years old? There is plenty of time to slather all sorts of goops and creams and powders onto to your face when you actually have things to cover up. What do 12-year-olds have to cover? Unless them have been up all night and have huge circles under their eyes, or something. Speaking of under eye circles, I probably need to go to sleep soon. Especially since I want to get up early tomorrow morning and go to Bagel King... I'll continue my rant on makeup and when it's appropriate to wear it later on. I think I'm old enough to wear it, but I don't think I have the patience to go through the process of putting it on everyday. Eh, we'll see about it.

- Katie

Stuff I would like to learn how to do

Greetings everyone! It's Saturday night, er almost Sunday morning, and I'm sleepy. And I have a hand cramp from twirling my hair and drawing graffiti on facebook. It's official now, I'm a computer nerd. I have a social networking site related sports injury. I really need to spend some more time outside. You know, get some more vitamin D, do some more running. But, these are things I can worry about tomorrow morning. By tomorrow morning, I mean when it gets light again, not in 20 minutes when it's past midnight. I swear I have a point with this blog, really I do. I just have to remember what it was. Jeez, I just forgot what it was. I was going to make a list of things I want to learn how to do and I had something for the first one, but I can't think of it...


Update: I wrote that last night, but I fell asleep in the process. Whoops, didn't mean to do that! I guess midnight blogging isn't the best of plans... I won't be trying that again. So, where was I? Oh right, the list of things I want to learn how to do. I still can't remember what the first thing on the list was. Maybe it will come to me if I just get started...

THINGS THAT I WANT TO LEARN HOW TO DO:

- Knit a sweater, I can already kind of knit, but not a sweater

- Crochet more than a chain, maybe a blanket or a sweater

- Make baked Alaska

- Advanced embroidery stitches

- Break dance (I'm not holding my breath on this one...)

- Flips off a diving board

- How to Skateboard

- How to surf (Thus concluding the list of things I want to learn how to do that involve a board.)

- Make shirts with really intense tie dye patterns (I have already mastered the swirly design, but I would like to learn more.)

Hmmm, I can't think of anything else right now. This is kind of a pitiful list. Why can I never think of things that apply to what I am trying to blog about? You would think that I had more ideas, since I set out to right an entire blog about it, but no, I don't. I'm sure I'll think of something tomorrow. Oh, I just thought of something to add to my list, I want to learn how to not get sucked into cruddy Disney channel movies. I'm watching Hatching Pete right now. I'm only watching it because House or 18 Kids and Counting isn't on. But now, I kind of want to see how it ends. There's only 15 minutes left, so there is no point in changing the channel. A man in a large chicken suit just flew through the air. Hmmmm.... Maybe this movie isn't so bad after all... Just kidding!!!

- Katie

Stream of Thoughts Post

Okay, I have a question. Have you ever thought about what you think about? That's a bizarre sentence, or question, but I wanted to ask it still. Have you ever thought about what you think about. Like, traced your thought process. How you get from point A to point B. It's kinda like that word game thing. Let me look up what it is called... Okay, it's called "Doublets," according to thinks.com. It's where you change one word to another word, by making new words. Like, changing "Mom" to "Dad." You make "Mom" to "Dad" by changing one letter in each word. I know I'm doing a not so great job at explaining this. But, it would look like this...

MOM
MOD
MAD
DAD

See how you make new words by changing one letter, until you get to the other word. This is like the way I think. You start with one thought, which leads to another, and continues on. I love having a conversation with someone, and then tracing the conversation back to see where it all began. I would like to write a blog like this. Start with one thought and see where it takes me. I am going to try this now. One sentence at a time, seeing where it goes...

I can hear people answering flash cards now.
Math isn't something you should yell out loud.
I like math, but I'm locked out of my geometry right now.
I think it must be because I'm getting a new teacher.
It makes me sad that I'm getting a new teacher.
I miss my algebra teacher.
I still have to send her the Easter present I got her.
Dancing makes it hard to count past 8.
My dance teacher told me to get a business degree yesterday.
I don't know what I want to do, but I don't think I want a business degree.
They are still going at it with those flash cards.
I read an article about a 12-year-old in college.
This makes me feel dumb. Why am I not at college?
That was silly to say.
I like buying books that will make me seem or look smarter.
I bet reading them would actually make me smarter, instead of just looking like I'm smart.
Carrie just pulled on my toes.
It hurt.
Carrie wants to be a vet.
I want to go to a school that people can recognize by name and be impressed by.
I want to go to school on the east coast.
I do not like the west coast.
I'm going to CA this summer.
Maybe I will find that I like the west coast.
Mrs. Miller #2, I just realized that you are from the west coast.
I'm sorry I said I didn't like it.
I just reread what I said about toes.
Carrie pulled the toes on my left foot.
My left foot is a half a size bigger than my right.
Actually, all of my left side is bigger than my right.
What does that mean?
I'm going to have to look that up.
Maybe I should be a doctor.
Pink high heels with a lab coat.
I think I'm trying too hard to sound witty or clever with this blog.
I do that a lot.
Carrie says I'm not funny.
I think she lies.
I just sat up straight.
I bet I would get more work done if I worked sitting up.
I'm drinking coffee right now.
It's giving me a headache.
I think Carrie is wearing two shirts.
I am going to ask her if she is.
She is!
And when I asked her about it, she lied.
It's my shirt.
I think that's why she lied about it.
She doesn't know why she is wearing two shirts.
I'm twirling my hair right now.
The hair on the left side of my head.
So, the curls on the left side are bigger than those on the right.
Thus, proving my point about my left side.
I would really like a subscription to Time magazine for my birthday.
And a trip to NYC.
And a giant Sweet Sixteen party.
But I wouldn't be bratty about the party.
I also want anything from this website: http://www.dogeared.com/
Carrie and Sid are looking at something outside.
Whoa, my tummy just growled.
I'm hungry.
I'm starting to feel guilty about eating meat.
I had a hamburger and chick-fil-a yesterday.
Bad, Katie, bad.
Sasha is hungry too.
Lunch is in 20 minutes.
I haven't done any work this morning.
Bad, Katie, bad.
Why did I use the word tummy up there?
Weird.
The Internet makes me bold.
Again, I'm thinking too much about this.
I'm trying to just write whatever pops into my head.
But I do not want to share some of the things I think about.
I need more secrets.
Things to keep to myself.
I blurt out lots and lots of stuff.
This blog is like blurting out stuff over the Internet.
Neat.
I just glanced down and saw my rain boots.
I love them.
I'm adding another pair of rain boots to the birthday list.
Maybe just shoes in general to the list.
I think I'm a size 7.
Maybe my left foot is bigger than a 7.
Or maybe my right foot is smaller than a 7.
Whatever, a 7 usually fits.
Headache could be caused by hunger, not the caffeine/vanilla syrup in the coffee.
I have a cheese stick in my lunch.
This post is a little bit addictive, I don't want to stop.
Kind of like the cheese sticks.
Brain is slowing down.
I just rubbed my chin.
Like that will help me think.
I have to fly to CA all by myself this summer.
That makes me very, very nervous.
I have to make a connection in Denver.
So hungry right now.
13 minutes until lunch.
Sometimes, when I'm tired, my left eye twitches.
Is the left side of your brain the creative part,or this that the right?
I want to look it up.
11 minutes to lunch.
The ice in my coffee is all melty.
That's gross.
I want to get bangs.
But my family thinks that they will look goofy.
Maybe they are right...
I still want to get bangs though...
10 minutes 'til lunch.
Mustaches are cool.
I just made one with my hair.
I turned on the volume on my computer and music started playing.
There was a movie going on another window and didn't realize it.
This is a long blog.
I like reading blogs, like Meg Cabot's or John Green's.
This must be because I like their books.
7 minutes until lunch.
I bought a Martha Stewart magazine yesterday.
And a book by James Joyce.
Think, Katie , think.
6 minutes until lunch.
I'm going to keep going until lunch time.
I think I'm avoiding other school work by writing this monster of a blog.
Monsters are cool.
Not as cool as robots, but still cool.
I kind of want to be a vegetarian, just so I can buy a shirt.
Is that shallow of me?
They have a carnivore shirt too.
Where is the Omnivore shirt?
That's the one I need.
4 minutes until I lunch.
That's a song.
4 minutes is, I mean.
Oh, now there are 3 minute left until lunch.
I guess I should wrap this up now.
And, now I am done.

Wow. That was kind of neat. I went from flash cards to "4 Minutes." Maybe this would have gone differently if I wasn't so hungry. Comment and tell me what you thought of this. Do you prefer to read about one topic, like shoes or cookies, or just hear about whatever thoughts are running through my head. I think I like both. Okay, that's it for now. I'm going to go eat lunch!

- Katie

P.S. About the birthday stuff. You all have a while to prepare. My birthday isn't until December. :)

Procrastination, It's a Problem

I really have no idea what to blog about tonight. Well, maybe I could blog about procrastination. Yes, that would be a fitting topic to blog about, since it's almost 11:oo and I am just starting my last blog for the week. Procrastination is one of the things I have struggled with for as long as their have been deadlines and due dates in my life. I always, pretty much always, wait until the last possible minute to start any sort of project. Even when I try to start something on time, finishing the actual project always gets pushed to the last possible moment. I read something in a magazine once that procrastination could be a part of being a perfectionist. The fear of something not being perfect prevents you from even beginning the task. You wait and wait until you just have to finish the assignment and turn it in. I think that this is the case with my short story. I came up with an idea weeks ago, but I'm still in the process of getting all the words down. I'll finish it, I always do, but, like always, it will take a while for me to get there. I think that if I can finish my story tonight, I can tweak it in the morning. It should be fine, I hope. I used to tell myself that I simply work better under pressure, but that's not really the case. My work would be just the same if I did it a week before it was due, instead of hours before it was due. I'm trying, I'm really trying, to get better at my time management skills and not waiting until the last possible second. But, I think it is a change that will take some time. I can't change 15 years of bad habits in an instant. One day, everything will be done on time. I'm not quite sure when that day will be, but it'll be soon. Well, maybe not soon, I still have 3 more years of high school, plus 4 years of college and however many years it'll take for me to get whatever other degrees I want, Hmm, maybe I'll be 30 by the time I am able to kick my prograstonation habit. Or maybe I'll never kick it completely, but at the very least I can get somewhat better. Well, I guess I should get back to my story now. I'm excited to have it finished, since then I can share it with people and stop trying to explain the plot to them. :)

- Katie :)

Can't think of a clever name

Alright, since I have a couple ideas for blogs today, so I am going to do a "twitter" type thing. Some little tidbits about stuff I've been thinking about today. Here we go...

I have actually made some progress on my short story! Whopeeee! I still have a long way to go, but at least I am getting somewhere. My characters are taking shape and have names, they actually seem like real people. Well, sort of. I'm feeling much better about it, and I am sort of excited to have people read it. I think the finished product will be quite nice, if I do say so myself. I hope that it will be all finished and polished for Thursday, even if I have to pull an all nighter (probably not, but if I need to it's an option. They don't call me E.B. or Energizer Bunny, for nothing!)

I have a new favorite movie! Dirty Dancing is a life-altering experience. Seriously, everyone should see it. It. Is. The. Best. Movie. Ever. The dancing, the scenery, the people, the costumes, it is all fabulous. Oh, I forgot the music! I think that I am going to have to buy the soundtrack, it is so great. I also enjoy the movie because the main character has curly, blonde hair, like me. I personally think that curly hair is underrepresented. Serious ally, you see straight hair and wavy hair, but never really, really curly hair. Dirty Dancing is a fantastic love story, which may be the best part. I mean, who doesn't melt when Johnny says "Nobody puts Baby in a corner"? It's the most fabulous line in any movie. I think I might need to recreate the final dance. All I need is a Johnny to my Baby... Hmmmm.... Any takers?

This is going to be a very busy week for me. Like my Mom said, in my life, when it rains, it pours. Weeks can go by, and there is nothing for me to do. And then, all of a sudden, there are like 20 things for me to do. Well, maybe not 20, but there are still quite a few. But, as always, I will figure it out. I'll just, in the words of Tim Gunn, "Make it Work," like I always do. :)

I just realized that I promised to continue my blogging about my adventures in Maryland/D.C. I guess I will give y'all a quick recap of last Thursday...

- Went to the Museum of American History, and saw Dorothy's ruby slippers and lots of other neat stuff, like Julia Child's kitchen. Sadly, the couch was "Friends" was not there. :(
- Ate lunch at Good Stuff Eatery, which is owned by Spike from season 4 of Top Chef. Had a burger with bacon, cheese, and an egg on it. It was super good. I also had a bunch of fries and onion rings with mango mayo and tired 4 different types of milkshakes.
- Worked off the huge lunch my walking to the Museum of Natural History
- Saw neat exhibits at the museum of Natural History, like one about the evolution of orchids and one about bones.
- Oh, I also saw the cherry blossoms, so pretty!
- Went to my Baba's and relaxed
- Went to sleep, ahhhhhhhh.

And that's the end of my "twitter" style blog! Tell me what you think. I know each of those blurbs is longer than your typical tweet, but hey, it is me we are talking about!

- Katie :)

Blogging 'Bout a Birthday

Hey people! I know that I promised more about my oh so fascinating adventures in Maryland, but today was just too much fun and too exciting that I need to share it right know. So, today is my little sister's birthday (Hi Poodle!) and we went to our neighbor's beach condo for the day. I know that this doesn't sound so great, but trust me, it was. The best part was that Carrie had no idea where we were going. I mean, she kind of knew that something was up ( our acting skills, sadly, are not that great). There have been, let me count, like 2 years in a row that we have tried to have a surprise party for her. Something always gets in the way, or something spoils it. Examples include people calling to tell Carrie that they can't come to her surprise party or Carrie seeing the clues for a scavenger hunt or people spraining their ankles. There was one year where we did pull it off, but I was not really a part of it until the end. Come to think of it, I wasn't really a part of the planning of this year's party. Maybe I'm the reason the parties never work out... Nah, it must be something else. So, back to this year's party, er, I guess it was really more of an adventure. But I'll start at the beginning...

Our brilliant plan began last night, when I cleverly kept Carrie awake until past her bedtime, so she would sleep in a bit. Carrie is prone to waking up quite early, especially when it's her birthday, so I wanted to keep her in bed until our friend, Kristen, could come in and pounce on Carrie's bed. I slept in Carrie's room, to guard her. Needless to say, I did not get much sleep. So, Kristen finally came in and woke Carrie up, she claims that she was awake, and we explained what was going. After that, we ate breakfast and Carrie blew out candles we put in a coffee cake. Then we got changed, picked up our other neighbor, Caroline, and headed off to Kristen's beach condo!

We had a blast swimming in all the fabulous swimming pools, including a lazy river, which was great. Carrie really enjoyed the water slide (it wasn't my favorite, partly due to the fact that my top fell down the first time I rode it...). We took lots of fun pictures on the beach and I think, I'm not quite sure, that I fell asleep on a lawn chair. All I know is that one minute, the family next to us is ordering their food and the next thing I know,they are finishing their meal. (Thinking back, I probably should not have used a beach towel as a blanket and made the chair as flat as a bed.) We also went on a bike ride and went and got Carrie another cake, her third one, at Publix, a total surprise for her, since she had been told there would not be another one.

Man, I love birthdays. Now I can't wait for mine... I wonder if anyone will plan a party for me? (*Wink* *Wink* *Nudge* *Nudge*) Since I won't turn 16 (!) until December, you all have some time to figure out what you want to do...

- Katie

Musings about Maryland - Day 1

Greetings everyone! Hope everyone had a great week/spring break. As the title of this blog suggests, I am in Maryland right now. We've been here since Wednesday. I've been meaning to blog about all of my exciting adventures from the "Old Line State," but I got distracted by crab cakes and television and my Grandma, you know, the usual. So, this is what I've done/seen this week in Maryland...

(UPDATE: I wrote that before, I'm back in Florida now. Yay for warmth!!!)



Wednesday:

• Flew into Baltimore on a very, very early flight, after getting only like 3-4 hours of sleep.
• Arrived in Baltimore, and moved through the airport super quickly, since we carried on all of our bags
• Went to the inner harbor and ate at Panera Bread, against my will (I really hate eating at chains when I'm on vacation, especially when we are in an area with so much wonderful seafood.)
• Went to Filene's Basement, to get a sweater, since it was way way way colder than I thought it was going to be. I ending up buying a pale blue sweater and two really cute t-shirts.
• Bought tickets for the very crowded National Aquarium.
• Waited until it was our appointed time to enter the aquarium.
• Entered the very crowded aquarium, it was crazy.
• Left the very crowded museum, after seeing a 3-legged sea turtle.
• Ate crab and French fries for lunch, the first of many crab and French fry filled meals...
• Visited my Grandma, or Baba, and my Uncle Greg
• Finally fell asleep

So, that was my first day in Maryland. I'll keep blogging about my trip later in the week. But I do want to take a minute to talk about Poodle's birthday! Poodle, better known as Carrie, is my little sister. Tomorrow, she is turning 13, but we celebrated her birthday today. I decorated the cake, it looked quite fabulous, if I do say so myself. I'll have to put a picture up and Carrie also opened all of her presents. She got everything she asked for, which was a bunch of Ed Hardy/Betsy Johnson stuff. I love my sister, although she can be annoying, like right now. She is harassing me on facebook. But then again, I did kind of cover her arm with glitter glue, and I think it gave her a rash... Oh well, that's what sisters do, right? ;)

- Katie

My Little Sister (:

I love her sooo much! I call her poodle! She calls me noodle! I love her so very much! She is soo nice to me! I LOVE YOU CARRIE!

UPDATE: I didn't write that, Carrie did. But I'll keep it on here, since she said she would call Noodle, and I'm pushing for that nickname... It's better than the other ones she has for me.

- Katie :)