Fat Tuesday

Our Winter Homecoming has come and gone yet it still feels like yesterday I was going deaf at the rally from a bunch of screaming girls.

Our theme for this homecoming was TV channels which was a good idea but spirit days were kinda boring cause I didn't see many people dressed up. Seniors had Nickelodeon, Juniors had CartoonNetwork, Sophomores (my class) had MTV, and Freshmen had ESPN. Spirit days in order were: PJ day, Safari day, Celeb day, Jersey day, and Mardi Gras colors day.

To be honest PJ day is the most useless spirit day EVER in this school. When they say PJ day, they mean "the Sobrato pajamas" that you have to buy. Guess how many people actually buy them? Not a lot. So on Monday I see people in those ones-ies that are oh so comfortable and the yard duties send you to the office and force you to go home and change. Also, it counts as an absence. Ugh.. ASB really needs to rethink their spirit days.

Celeb day was really hilarious cause two of my friends Travis and Lovisa dressed up as the Olsen twins. Not. Kidding. Travis had a bra, hair extensions and girls' clothes on. I'm surprised that he wanted to do something like that but it was amazing! I wish I took a picture but I didn't have my camera on me at the time.

And of course the day of the rally was quite eventful. Freshman skit: not as eye catching. Sophomore skit was pretty okay. They started singing 1985 by Bowling For Soup to represent old school MTV (when it was good) and then switched it to what they have now in the 2000's (which is now crap [sorry I don't like MTV with what crap they have on]). The dancing didn't amuse me all too much except for my friend Jon. If anything, he knew how to shake his butt better than the girls. And that's saying something! Junior skit was very, very good. They did dances from the old cartoons like Scooby-Doo and the Powerpuff Girls. I saw my friend Sara dressed up as Velma in the skit and she looked adorable and can run in heels! Senior skit was.... so-so. God I don't even remember it. Oh wait yeah, they made a remix of the Rugrats opening and I felt sad. And.... Yep it's all a blank slate.

That night I went to the school's annual Mardi Gras dance. Yep, instead of a Sweetheart Dance for Valentine's Day, we do a Fat Tuesday Dance. Mardi Gras is supposed to be the best dance out of all of them and they're right. In this dance they have a chocolate fountain where you can put in strawberries, pretzels and all sorts of other goodies in, and they have Black Jack tables, Roulette, Craps, and a Wheel of Fortune. And of course at the other end of the gym there's the DJ and "dancing" but I spent my time playing Black Jack and eating from the chocolate fountain.

I know how to play Black Jack and let me tell you, it's quite addicting. The second round I was playing I got two aces so I played the two separately, and guess what I got when I hit both of those once? A Jack and a Queen. How lucky can you get to get two 21's? Pretty damn lucky I figured. That was only the beginning of my luck. As I was waiting for Jamie to stop playing Wheel of Fortune, a random guy came up to me with all these chips in his hand and he went, "Hey, do you want these?". In disbelief, I said, "Are you serious?". Turns out he was and I took about six thousand dollars in chips from this very generous guy. Now THAT is just plain freaking lucky. So I split this massive amount of chips between me and Jamie and we keep playing to our hearts content! By the time all the games closed there was not much else to do so I went home and watched a bit of Sweeney Todd before going to bed.

As for today, my room looks the neatest it's been in ages. I was able to get the old TV set that's been sitting in my room and collecting dust out and get some pictures hung up. I really wanna have my own artwork displayed and I tried using these adhesives that are some sort of clay/Silly Putty material that stick to the wall and stick to whatever you're hanging up. Yeah, they don't work. Not just because the paper I created my artwork on is heavy, but those adhesives just eventually fall off. DON'T. BUY. THEM. They suck. Well anyway my room looks neat and like a human being lives there so that's a good thing. Still have some clothes to sort out and find which pairs of jeans I have still fit me. But overall, I say it was a success.

Now my mom is decorating and cooking for tomorrow's Superbowl party! We're gonna have about 30 people come over along with some small fluffy puppies who will be running a-muck the household. I guess who's cheering for who is whatever but the bright side is that the cake will be decorated in red, white and blue icing so we don't have to choose sides. Still a disappointment that the 49ers didn't make it to this Superbowl. Oh well.

Time to chill for the rest of the night in my favorite comfy pajamas.

XOXO,

Liz

Vacation my love! It's been too long!

So finals week is over and thus Christmas Vacation has begun!

All my finals were ridiculously easy which I find quite surprising seeing as how I thought they would be a challenge. Out of boredom and curiosity I looked up the finals that were posted online. English I got an 85% on which kinda surprises me cause I thought I did a bit better. Think I'll go into regular English for next year since this is the only class I get a B on and it's a bit challenging. Anyway, I got a 94% in Algebra 2 which I only think I got some wrong with definitions that I were totally clueless on but I'm glad I aced that final. Spanish was an 86% though I really thought I did better on it. Probably had some difficulty on the listening part... ugh.. Hate stupid CDs I can't understand to save my life. And a 90% in Dance for performing a tap dance with a group to a rap about the play Othello. Weirdest song in the universe.

Good news is this is MUCH better than last year's finals which I got C's on that I wasn't too proud of. Hopefully my Chemistry and World History Finals get good results too.

So now it's vacation. Other than the New Year's trip to Costa Rica and a get together with friends not much else is happening. Drama club's planned a Christmas party tonight and it'll be nice to hang out with friends before going into the jungle for a few days.

I got a package from my dad today with presents for me and my sister. Marina got a book by Terry Pratchett and I got two journals for writing. Y'know it's kinda funny who I'm so passionate at writing but when people ask what I write I instantly get shy about it. I don't know why that is. I've been writing since the eighth grade and only shared my works with few people. I dunno, I just wish I could be more comfortable with telling people about my passion without feeling like an idiot when telling the plot of the story I'm writing.

Well anyway that's that. Think I'll end this post with some quotes that are on the journals I received.

"All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream." ~ Edgar Allan Poe
"Peace is always beautiful." ~ Walt Whitman

It finally works!!

I mean the Home Access that allows me to see my grades. It's been down for about a week or so, so some people aren't able to log in. But luckily it now works so I finally get to see my report card! I got all A's and one B that's from Advanced English. I'm really proud that I'm doing well especially in Algebra 2. It's much more easier than I thought it would be... Let's just hope that won't be jinxed cause that'd be really really terrible.

So this past weekend I went to my friend Jamie's sixteenth birthday party and had a lot of fun. We played (violent) ping pong, made pizzas, and walked to Starbucks.... Some of us were cosplaying at the time which was quite fun but luckily we got no weird stares or anything. After getting Starbucks we went back for present time and cake. And let me say this: It's not everyday you get Happy Birthday sung in four languages on your birthday. That's why I love my friends. While being sung in English, it was also sung in French, Spanish and Swedish. And God was that the best chocolate cake ever!

So for this week.... Crap I just remembered I need a shirt for Wednesday to make a shirt for GSA. Well other than that I made an Anime Jeopardy! game to be played tomorrow and hopefully this Thursday for drama we figure out what to do for tech stuff. Oh, and it's Anti-Drug week so people dress up and stuff again.

XOXO,

Liz

No Vacation till November

Yeah doesn't make me for a happy Liz. Heheheh. Our next day off is our three day vacation for Veteran's Day.

My friend Nora's birthday party was the best. We played The Beatles Rock Band, devoured pizza, and played some drama games. Best birthday party so far!

So back at school, started some choreography in dance, test in Chemistry, more Antigone in Advanced English 10 and of course the irritation of people who don't seem to care if they need to repeat Algebra 2 or Spanish 3.

Today was the first anime club meeting which I've been anxious for since school started. We did elections and began discussing what we'll do this year. I feel like this will be a great year for the anime club.

Tomorrow is Back to School night where the parents get to meet the teachers and find out what is being done in our classes. Will be a little crazy since my step dad will be too busy to help us divide and conquer so we'll just have to jump back and forth between me and my sister's classes with our mom. I feel like we'll go more to Marina's classes than mine since she's a senior and leaving once she's done with high school but then again I am staying here so my classes are just as important.

And today I went to the library and I finally got the book Th1rteen R3asons Why by Jay Asher. I heard it was a good book. It's about this boy named Clay as he listens to the tapes created by the late Hannah who committed suicide not too long ago and finds out the events that lead up to her death. I'm already almost halfway done and close to tears. It's a really really sad book but really great to read and opens people's eyes to some of the harassment that some people face and feel Hannah's pain. Definitely not a book you wanna read during school if it makes you really sad during class and makes you cry. I feel like that'll happen to me. Heheheh. But again, really awesome book. Check it out the next time you're at a library.

XOXO,
Liz

It's official!

I'm back online thanks to my uncle Chris!

Now that all is kosher, here's what has been going on in my summer since my Yosemite trip.

After Yosemite I wasn't really doing much of anything. Since the computer died all I had to do was read, play video games, watch Scrubs, and take an occasional walk around the neighborhood. And of course Fourth of July. Went out with my family and some friends to see fireworks at a golf course and then went to a block party a couple days later.

Afterwards, my friend Mikayla's sweet sixteen came up, so obviously I went. My sister's present was belly dancing at her party for her which a lot of people got a kick out of. Even her boyfriend, Garrett, dressed up so Marina wouldn't feel like the only one left out cause it was a formal party and everyone else was dressed up in fancy dresses and what not.

The weekend afterwards, my friend Jamie invited me to a Potter Party at her church, and am I gonna pass up an offer to hang out with my friend before school starts? Of course not. It was really fun cause we played a fun version of Quidditch, went out to Taco Hell for lunch (dressed up), and watched all of the first seven movies. Quite literally. I passed out three times during this marathon of Potter madness. By the time we finished the first part of Deathly Hallows it was like seven in the morning. Totally worth it though.

After going to our friend Jenn's 40th birthday party, we went to San Francisco and picked up Uncle Chris. His first meal in Cali consisted of Togo's and Jamba Juice which he loved. Did a ton of sightseeing which included Monterey Aquarium, Japan town (mostly in search in food), two rose gardens in San Jose, and the small beach side village near Santa Cruz called Capitola. I had a great time hanging out with my uncle. He even got me and Marina a Bamboo tablet for drawing and stuff which I'm psyched to finally be able to use. And me, Marina, Garrett, and Chris got to battle each other in Super Smash Bros. Melee which is the most fun thing ever.

I'm kinda sad though cause Chris had to go back to Indiana today and I'm gonna miss him a lot. Oh well, hope to see him again someday soon.

As for the rest of my vacation, it'll mostly likely consist of more block parties, playing video games, reading, and, of course, finishing my summer projects... And I'm now NOT psyched about that. Heheheh...

XOXO,
Liz

So much foooood

So today was my step dad's birthday party. Had a ton of friends over which also included five fluffy dogs. My mom outdid herself again making great lasagna and getting an ice cream cake from Baskin Robbins and all sorts of other side dishes. T'was a pretty good time.

So as usual, nothing's going on. At least until this weekend. That's when me and my family go to Yosemite for the weekend. I just remembered I need to get a new camera chip for this trip since the one I have temporarily only holds seventy pictures. I hear it's nice in the summer so a new camera chip's in order.

Started on my summer assignment a few days ago, going to the library and gettingAnimal Farm. I already know what happens since I saw the 1991 film in the seventh grade when we were talking about the Soviet Union, but it's obviously better to read the book. And I also need quotes for what I need to do so it's not like I can just pull stuff out of my butt and expect an A. Still got a couple months so no pressure.

I seriously need stuff to do that doesn't involve me being alone all day playing Super Smash Brothers Melee. That is unless I have some friends over to play with. Probably should do some of the library stuff for the teen summer reading program and meet some people. Well anyway I'll definently think of something.

XOXO,
Liz

I'm no Superman

So this week off has been a bit boring. But I've had some good stuff happen as well. All of vacation I've accomplished:
1. Watching all of Titanic
2. Finish reading The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
3. Finish reading Witch and Wizard
4. Start and finish Current Event for this month for Biology
5. Finish movie for Spanish
6. Help throw a surprise party for my mom
7. Go to a baby shower
8. Bowl

I think that's in the wrong order but whatever.

So my mom's turning forty tomorrow and we threw her a huge surprise party yesterday. Of course she had NO idea that was coming. My step-dad, Isaac, had been planning for about three weeks for this. Ex-marine that he is, all went according to plan. Me and my sister were going to the "movies". Which of course meant going to neighbor's house to set up for party. Balloons, posters, signs, you name it, we had it. All of our friends came over of course with presents and food galore. Come 2:30 we all crammed into one room and waited for my mom to come in.

She thought she was just going to the neighbor's for a nice early dinner. We all shout surprise when she was in sight, and she began to cry. And more tears came when she saw the guest of honor: Her friend Carrie from Indiana. Carrie came the night before and stayed at one of our friend's house. All arranged by Isaac. It was a great party. Ate to my heart's content and started to get a tummy ache when I began eating the cake. Was so exhausted when I got home. And it wasn't even eight yet. So I got on Netflix and added eight out of nine seasons of Scrubs. Didn't add the ninth season because of course if you're a sane person you know as well as I do that it sucked without all the cool characters.

As for today, we went to a friend's house for a baby shower. I played with the kids mostly and turned them into cats. Hahaha. Of course not literally. The adults played some games. My family won a cookie cutter shaped like a duck. And now I'm at home blogging and like any other person in America now watching the Oscar's.

List of dresses of celebrities I wish to steal:
1. All of Anne Hathaway's dresses
2. Amy Adams
3. Helena Bonham Carter
4. Nicole Kidman
5. Natalie Portman
6. Every other actress that has a cool looking dress

XOXO,
Liz

Let's go 2011!!

Happy New Year's everyone!

I went with Jamie to see Voyage of the Dawn Treader today. Pretty awesome movie. Sadly I still haven't seen Prince Caspian. So now I hope to record it on DirecTV or go to Blockbuster.

So 2010's drawing to a close. This has been a roller-coaster of a year. Finishing 8th grade, moving across the country, starting high school, making new friends, the whole she-bang. Bit of an emotional roller-coaster I should add. At least the world isn't falling to total ruins and it feels like 2012's gonna happen. Hahahaha.

So I think I should come up with a list of resolutions for 2011.

1. Catch up with Maximum Ride books before Valentine's Day.
2. Finish writing and uploading stories and share with friends.
3. Go to Fanime
4. Raise money for a laptop
5. Become cosplayer extraordinaire

Okay, not exactly the biggest resolution list but it's what I got. Gonna go to a party in less than 2 hours. Have a great new year everyone!

I get a thousand hugs from 10 thousand lightning bugs

A few days ago me and my family went out on a little adventure. Mostly consisting of going out to wineries. Actually all of it consisted of going out to wineries. It was a really good time for me and Marina. Crazy photographers we are. Just love how beautiful it is. So this blog is more of a photography sharing blog post.







Yeah, my vacation days have been sleeping until ten in the morning and watching T.V and what not. Tomorrow we're going to a friend's house for a New Year's party. Argh, I'm so tired..I don't even stay up that late...that is unless midnight is considered late. Well I'm gonna go back to talking to people, watching Scrubs, and then passing out in my bed.

XOXO,
Liz

You'll Shoot Your Eye Out Kid.

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy whatever it is you celebrate in the month of December.

Most of my Christmas was celebrated yesterday. I got a pair of socks and a journal. Marina got socks as well along with a gun. A gun for baking that is. You can put cookie dough in this tube and make cookies with it. Or you can use it for icing to decorate cakes. It was pretty funny. My mom also gave us some money so we can go out shopping. We usually do stuff like that in the recent years. We just get some money for shopping so we can get what we want and we don't have to stand in the return line. It's not fun to be stuck in one of those after Christmas.

We also went to a Christmas party yesterday. Saw a lot of friends, old and new. God, such yummy turkey and ham. We did some dancing and I played with the kids. Gah, they're all so cute! Had a really awesome time. Passed out a little after midnight when we got home.

Not doing much today. Watching 24 hours of A Christmas Story on TBS. Gonna go to the movies later. Yes it is one of the few places open on Christmas Day. Going to see Little Fockers. And that's pretty much my Christmas. Happy Holidays everyone!

XOXO,
Liz

Does he have a tampon in his mouth?

Explanation of post title: My mom was cleaning the garage today and the cat went in the garage and came inside with a unused tampon in his mouth like it was a cigar.

My family hosted our second breakfast for dinner party. We had about 40-ish people in the house. Lots of kids. I met a girl named Aubrey who loves Pokémon. Made me super happy. Played with the kids a lot. Mainly the tickle monster which involves covering yourself with a blanket and attacking little children. Yeah, that was fun.

Nothing else really happened much. We've been getting a bit of rain lately. In fact we had a storm last night and it made the power go out. It came back luckily. And also we've spent our day watching Sunday football. Like any usual Sunday afternoon.

My parents bought a ping-pong table and some rackets and balls. We actually colored the six ping-pong balls we had. I made mine into a Poké ball and that was fun. Kline seems to have a nice interest in ping-pong. That's gonna be a fun YouTube video.

XOXO,
Liz

Wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy

I don't know what P. Diddy feels like in the mornings when he wakes up but I hope it's like me on a Saturday morning. Tired and groggy from a night of dancing with friends for 3 hours.

This has been a pretty good week. We've just been prepping for finals for next week. So now my brain's a bit dead. Especially earlier this week from my sugar rush from hell. I was still hyper by Wednesday afternoon and then I crashed at nine at night and I woke up at one in the morning and didn't get back to sleep until three. I don't even remember falling back asleep.

Friday was a good day. Other than me eating a lot of ice cream and getting called the break up girl in Biology, it was also our winter formal. I got my hair straightened and my mom made me look so pretty. Jamie and Akane came over and we made Akane look like a Japanese Lucy Liu. She looked so cute! And it was her first formal too! We chowed on some pizza and took some pics and after Marina's friend, Mackenzie, came over we went to the school for some dancing.

Other than people looking all fancy schmancy, this dance wasn't so much different than the back to school dance. Yeah...there were people grinding on each other at this one too. Don't know how anyone thinks that's attractive but...okay..? Oh, and there were people outside the gym sticking their tongues down each other's throats. Cause that's hot in any way, shape, or form. I danced with my friends (obviously no grinding) and ate some food. Man, my feet hurt so much that night. Better I wore flats than heels, right? I dunno.

I was so tired when I got home. I only stayed up for another hour watching Babies (best movie ever by the way) and then I went upstairs and passed out at midnight. Then, I slept for ten hours.

I'm going to a friend's birthday party today. So this probably means I'm gonna pass out by like eight tonight. Hahahaha.

XOXO,
Liz

I feel so hypertastic!!!!!!!1!

Okay so today was the anime club's Christmas party. It was really awesome!

There was pocky, hello panda, and cake! We would've eaten that cake the original way by cutting it up but since we didn't have access to a knife at the time we just did it family style. And in case you don't know what that means, it means everyone grabs a fork and shovels away! It was so much fun! Our president even added pocky and hello panda to the cake which made it SO much gooder! We also did some dancing and mucking around. All sorts of crazy stoof...And now I'm on the biggest sugar rush in existence!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!! (Insert me running into a wall in your imagination)

I'm gonna sleep well tonight peeps!

XOXOXJHFLASDKJGKASF,
The superfantidilyhypertastic LIZ!!!!!

Whole World Has Fallen To Ruins

And poor Chessur's off his tea..Hahaha..Sorry if the title made it seem like I was sad or something. Don't worry. I'm as happy as can be!

School week was a bit boring. Not much new happening. Jamie created a cosplay group and we hope to do all sorts of crazy stuff.

Me and Marina had our Halloween party yesterday which was a great success. Ate some good food, danced like monkeys and watched Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. Had a great time with my friends.

Nothing new I think is happening this week. Day of the Dead project in Spanish and usual stuff in all my other classes..Oh! It's also Jamie's birthday tomorrow. She's gonna have a party on Saturday. I'm making her a birthday card with a few anime characters on it. Then Sunday is Halloween which is also Trick-or-Treating night. Yes I am going to do that cause it's free candy every year. I'm gonna be a ghost. Not the most original but hey, I'm poor. Hahaha

XOXO,
Liz

RAIN!

Finally David Bowie answers my prayers for rain! Being from Indiana, I'm used to it raining about every other day. Being in California, now I'm limited to rain at a certain time of year. Well today was the day it has decided to actually rain and not sprinkle. So I'm very happy for that.

Last week in school, it was the school's homecoming week which was pretty cool. The only interesting days were twin day, camouflage day, and mismatch day. The other days were represent your class and school colors so..yeah. Mismatch day was a lot of fun cause it gives you a reason to dress ridiculous and no one questions it. I got to wear knee high rainbow socks with blue converse which made me really happy.

Had a field trip to a wetland place of sorts (don't remember name hahaha..). It was really cool other than seeing a decapitated rat in the middle of a trail. Dissected an owl pellet (sorta) and got to see some freaky stuff through a microscope. Loved that so much more than I probably would have back at school. It was the day of the homecoming parade which I heard wasn't any good and everyone was forced to watch it. Guess it's a good thing I went on that field trip. Didn't go to the homecoming game cause I have no attention span for high school football. That and if you boo you get in trouble and if the entire crowd boos the entire team forfeits..which is a really pointless rule. Also I went to a birthday party.

Birthday party was for our friend Jenn's sister, Giselle. Me and my mom brought salsa, mango salsa, and guacamole...all magically disappeared probably within the first hour we came in with it. The cake was chocolate with raspberry sauce and it was awesome. Got to meet this two adorable kids named Kuliano and Nyala...and yes those are their names..Kuliano's a boy and Nyala's a girl...Now I regret not kidnapping them cause they were so cute!!

Aah..nothing like spending your Sunday inside watching the rain fall and watching football...that is unless you're like my friend Raven who's ticked cause she can't watch the Simpsons. Saw the Eagles game and the 49ers game and am about to watch the Colts game. WOOT!

XOXO,
Liz

Techno Twister Shin Dig Boi!

As the title of this post says, me and my sister had our little party today.

We had a lot of our friends come over and of course we played a few rounds of ghetto twister, which again is twister with electrical tape on the carpet. We had intellectual chats for whatever reason which is always fun. Got out my mom's belly dancing stuff and danced to Lady Gaga. Ate some quesidillas and drank two liters worth of Pepsi and ate all the cupcakes we made. Yep, that was a success. That's usually how all of our parties go. I still find it funny that a lot of people said I would have fun at some stupid football game hanging out with friends.

Back story on that...So apparently my school does this El Toro Bowl thing which is a major football game. And a nice majority of the school goes to said football game and a lot of people don't even pay attention they just hang out with friends. To be honest, I could do that anytime, anywhere but a football game? No..Sorry but football just bores me to death and I don't really want to sit out in the cold talking to friends when I could be at home watching the Rocky Horror Picture Show discussing with friends why this movie is just plain bizarre. Anyway...

School starts again on Monday...won't have a major party until next month with our Halloween party where of course we go out and trick or treat in some awesome costumes. And yes I do love to trick or treat still and I probably will never grow out of it cause who doesn't like dressing up and getting free candy every year?

Well..Night me lovelies!

XOXO,
Liz

Anime/Manga Club

Weekend's gone which means school's up and running once again.

Went to the mall this weekend with Jamie. We spent most of our time reading manga in Border's where I just so happen to have gotten a nosebleed. It was a bit funny cause my friend came out of the manga section for tissues and when she asked a couple guys for tissues they stared at her for a bit and pointed her towards some napkins. Very funny moment there.

Today being Tuesday, it officially makes it Anime/Manga Club day! It's just full of awesomeness. An entire thirty minutes of lunch devoted to talking to psycho otakus about our favorite anime and manga. Makes one happy Eliza! And the pocky helps the cause as well.

Can't wait for Saturday. That's me and my sister's Techo Twister Shin Dig(name created by some of her friends). True to its name, it's a party with techno music and the game Twister..well Ghetto Twister that is. Instead of using the mat thingamabob, we use colorful electrical tape and tape it to the carpet and the person who's supposed to use the spinner turns evil and doesn't use the spinner and calls out whatever color and body part. It's gonna be crazy cause we got orange as an extra color.

That's it for now, so I'm gonna eat some of my mom's cooking for the first time in a few days and watch some T.V.

Ciao, me lovelies!

XOXO,
Liz