I have done it.

I am completely done with my college applications. All I have to do is address the envelops and put them into guidence.

You have NO IDEA how good this feels.

Though it's kind of sad because now I can't wear my University of Washington sweatshirt until I get in. DX Blah and it's so warm!!!

So now all I have to do is wait...until those little envelops start coming in the mail.

So, I went to see Twilight today.

I know people are going to disagree with me but I really liked it.

Maybe because I went in with absolutely less than zero expectations. Judging by the way they were advertising it and the current new fanbase (who irritate me to no end) I thought it was going to be all goth and dramatic.

But it was funny. It was...in a word (that i will be criticized for using.) normal. It reminded me of the way I felt when I was first reading the books, before all this hype and obsession. Because people have been getting really insane about it lately which has been driving me crazy. And it's not that I'm not glad people are enjoying the book. I'm just turned off by the way they are doing so. Like when I went to the Breaking Dawn release party and everyone was dressed as like goth vampires it was kinda freakin me out. Like I always read the books as a romance story about people who happened to be vampires. The big thing I liked about it was how normal all the vampires were. I had an image in my mind as I started reading of these emo characters who were brooding and mysterious and right after she almost gets hit by the car, all of that went away. The characters were fun.

I've just been so turned off lately, that I'm really glad it's back to normal. But I don't think I'm going to discuss it with anyone else (besides Jeannine and Erin) for a while. (And maybe Kathryn.) I just don't want to be brought down by their negativity or...wierdness. (I can't think of any other way to say it.) Please don't hate me for this post, it's just my opinion. Like it or not. I don't care.

In other news, Jeannine is owed a round of applause for the play! She was AMAZING! **hugs for the JeanBean** XP

In FINAL news (I swear) I got a new phone! Yay! First time in like five years. I have to pay for it myself but at least it's not nextel and I can finally text!!! YAY!!!

I almost didn't write about this. I almost let it slide because I was too afraid that people would hate me. But then I decided that it was too important to not write about and that if someone hated me for this then I will promptly take them off my friends list because they have no right to hate me and I just don't care if they do.

Barack Obama, on January 20, will become our president.

I am insanely happy.

I did a lot of research for school and I can honestly say that I supported him (not voted though...don't turn 18 until February) because he was the right man for the job and not just because my parents are very solidly democrat. I honestly think that this was something our country really needed. I honestly hope that in a year or two I'll still be saying this but I'm not naive. Obama might not have been the right guy for the job and he was just able to spin a really promising campaign. I acknoledge this. But I really hope it's not the case. If he does even half of the things he says he will, I'll be happy. I understand as well that change is slow and much of the next year will probably look the same as the last one but I really think that we may actually be heading in a good direction. The international response is surely evident of that. The United States has been under such harsh criticisms in the last eight years though I might only be more aware of it since my social justice topic has to do with our international image in light of the Bush administration's decisions. I read an article in Reader's Digest a few weeks ago that polled other countries about who they would vote for, if they could vote. The response was overwhelmingly for Obama. And on the news the night after, they were showing the huge celebrations in London, Paris, Dublin. (Of course none as large as the one in Chicago.) And they were interviewing people on the streets in Kenya and an area of Palestine that they didn't specify that were really happy about the results. I think this happiness is going to help America's image. Hopefully we will be able to deserve a positive image in the next few years...(I smell an advocacy letter coming on!!! XP)

So, there's my piece on this insanely historic election. I'm really glad to have been an observer in all of this. It will be nice to say something, that I watched the first african american president be elected president. We're keeping the Patriot Ledger from the day after, but my mom really wanted the New York Times one. I told her to buy it on ebay.

I'm sorry if some people are upset by this but I've been considerably less vocal in my support for Obama because of fears of people not liking me, and I sincerely regret that. I wish I could have gotten over that enough to at least have worn my button on election day. I'm sorry if you hate me, but I just don't care because you shouldn't hate someone for making a different decision than you. Everyone is different. So no hating. This blog has officially become a no hate zone.

Good.

PS: I'm thinking of getting a new journal, because I want a new username. What do you guys think? I'd transfer all my entries and friends and stuff but I really don't like my username anymore. Any suggestions?

So, I'm being a terrible person and updating LJ instead of doing the work I'm sure I have. But hey, I have an entire hour free. Yay!

Not too much has been going on that's interesting. I started doing NaNoWriMo but I'm not sure if I'll finish it or not. To be honest, I'm not trying to terribly hard. I just have so much other crap going on that I can barely focus enough to write when I do have free time. And usually when I have time to write I'm writing college applications. I'm almost done with them though! I just have to write...all the essays.

Reminder to self: FIGURE OUT WHAT TO WRITE ESSAY ON

I wish I had been better with updating livejournal recently. I remember how good I was last year when I was all concerned with remembering everything after I go away to college. The other Tuesday (yes, random Tuesday) I went out to see High School Musical 3. (To date the only one I've actually seen.) I was actually quite depressing. They were at the end of their senior year, which was nice since now we know what to look forward to in terms of stress but it dealt with the whole 'I'm leaving' thing, which was hard. Since I'm looking at colleges so far away, I know that I'm going to have to say goodbye to absolutely everyone. Which is another reason I have to get better with updating livejournal. How are people supposed to know what I'm doing when I'm all the way in Washington?

Another thing I want to do before I leave for college is collect all my favorite pictures off facebook and print them out in real pictures at CVS then put them in an album or something. I know it sounds cheesy but it will make me feel better. XD

There are random moments nowadays when I actually feel like a senior. (And I'm not talking about those 'Ah freshman, I am more powerful than you' moments.) They usually occur after I've actually completed something, especially to do with college apps. I actually have moments of...gasp...high self esteem!!! I know!!! Crazy!

Hehe, I'm watching everyone run the mile. That's a reason I'm really glad I did cross-country. I'm actually fit though I have to take care to keep it that way now that XC has ended. I've been going to the Y which is fun. Since it's fairly close to my house, I can walk or ride my bike. Fun times...

Well, I'm going to stop my bored ramblings because it's lunchtime and I am hungry. XD

I don't know what it is, but today turned around really fast.

I started out having a completely crappy day. (No thanks to that asshole TOM) But now, I'm feeling so much better. And not just about the day, but about life in general. XD Maybe it was checking my naviance college list and seeing that instead of the 'Reach' I expected next to UW there was a 'Likely'. IVE BEEN UPGRADED TO LIKELY!!! I've spent so much time worrying over the fact that it's an insane reach and I'm crazy for trying it. Now, I feel soooo much better. (Just got to work on those essays now.)



Btw, that's the picture I'm going to show people when they ask me why I want to go to the University of Washington. XP

It is 3:52.

In the morning.

I've been working since 4.

IN THE AFTERNOON.

I have to get up at 6.

Two Hours and Eight minutes of sleep.

Thank you, Theology and English.

So, I just got off a red eye flight. (okay, it was like ten hours ago, whatever.) From Seattle.

I AM GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON IF IT KILLS ME!!!!!

Seriously, I was amazing. I loved it so much. I haven't downloaded the pictures yet but as soon as I do I will not have to answer the question, why do you like this college so much? I will be able to show you. It's a picture of the main library. Oh my God. It's like a freakin' cathedral. I love it soooo much. I actually think I annoyed my dad a bit saying "I really, really like it here". U of Oregon was nice too but not as nice. And I didn't really like Eugene...it was kind of in the middle of no where. I'm just thinking of having to get home. If I go to U of O, it would be a wicked long bus ride, then a wicked long plane ride. If I go to UW it's like a fifteen minute shuttle, then a long plane ride.

The red eye flight this time wasn't as bad as my last one. (From California, via Washington DC) I didn't even try to sleep on either flight. I did homework. Yes, I was that freak who has the light on for the entire red eye flight, reading a book on Ghost Planes and the True of the CIA Torture Program. (It's for a research paper, I swear.)

I'm going to try writing in my livejournal more. I've sort of gotten out of practice. Maybe I need a new layout...

Speaking of writing, I'm on the fence about doing nanowrimo this year. I mean, I'm already signed up and I have a couple good story ideas but I'm just so busy with school work and I have to get my UW application in by December 1 for financial aid consideration. Plus the several other colleges I have to apply to, for almost no reason. (Seriously, I have zero intention of going to St Anselms' but for some reason I'm applying.) What do you peeps think I should do?

Now, I really got to get back to my paper. I have four more books to read and I have to find the Geneva Conventions up on the internet somewhere. (I'm doing my social justice project on "War and Human Rights" Which basically means torture, with a focus on the prison conditions of not only high publicized prisons like Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib but also the secret CIA prisons and the CIA rendition program. (When the CIA brings suspected terroists to prisons in Egypt and Syria, where they know they are going to be tortured and then they use the information later in legitimate trials in Guantanamo and other more public institutions.) Okay, I'll stop writing my paper online. I gotta save it for the real thing.)

ttyl

School's good.

Organization is fun.

I'm seriously sick of hearing about Twilight.

I think all the obsessiveness has ruined Twilight for me.

Why are all the pieces of flair on facebook so conservative?

I just added like three Obama/Liberal ones, just to spite the thousand McCain/conservative ones out there.

I really hope Obama wins.

I wish I could vote.

I understood what my physics teacher was talking about, purely because I watch Numb3rs.

I think Numb3rs was the only reason I passed sophomore math.

My room is almost completely empty.

I'm moving into our office on Wednesday.

Wow, a piece of flair just called Barack Obama the anti-Christ.

Wow.

Sometimes I hate politics because people think that having a different opinion gives them the right to insult you.

Maybe it's just me that feels insulted.

Some of these pieces of flair are really rude though.

I should stop looking, I'm only going to piss myself off.

Okay, now I'm being 100% honest. No one can attack me for the next statement.

I'm also really sick of the God pieces of flair.

Oh, I'm gunna get hell for that.

How are people making the connection between Obama and Hitler?

I should have titled this the "Finally bitching about politics that have been making me angry for weeks" entry.

I'm going to stop before I say something that leaves me with zero friends.

I've been out of touch with everyone for what feels like forever. I just never feel like doing anything. I've just been sitting around my house, reading and watching TV. I got two seasons of NCIS (my new fav!!) and CSI: NY (Which, to be completely honest, I like better than the original CSI at times. The characters are more interesting.) I just finished reading A Thousand Slendid Suns. Not quite as amazing as the Kite Runner but it was still really good. (The ending made me cry.) Needless to say, I haven't started my summer reading yet. I am going to get them tomorrow!! 

I've also been doing some research on majors and possible careers and I have come to this conclusion: I have no idea what I want to do with my life. 

It's currently between majoring in English, focus on Creative Writing, or International Studies, with a minor/double major in at least one other language. On the English side, I would either want to work in the film industry or publishing. With International Studies, I could do something cool like translate or a bunch of other things. I love creating and writing (English) but I also want to make a difference in the world (International Studies). My parents aren't helping. My mom doesn't like International Studies because she "doesn't know what I'd do with that". Basically she's just saying that because she doesn't like me being involved in politics or something. Dad's never said anything bad about majoring in English but he got pretty excited with the International Studies thing. He was like "You could be a fighter pilot!" (He was in the Air Force, and being a pilot would have been a consideration but I'm fairly certain that you have to have 20/20 vision to be one, and I don't.) 

So if anyone has any advice, please comment!! I need help here!!!

I'm so terrible at updating during the summer, since like nothing ever goes on. Besides how I got to see my baby cousin on Sunday for the first time. XD She was so cute. She slept nearly the entire time. Also, just a random story that no one will really care about but the other night when I was washing dishes a glass exploded in my hand. DX It was wicked freaky. 

Tomorrow night I'm probably going to see Hellboy II with my brothers. (Though I might ditch them and re-watch Wanted. It was the GREATEST MOVIE EVER. MY BRAIN ESPLODED. **cough** James McAvoy is my new hero.) And sometime next week I HAVE to see The Dark Knight. The trailer was almost enough to esplode my brains. (See top of post.) 

Yesterday I did nothing besides watch almost the entirety of Arrested Development. I love summer. XD