WAISTeD WaY

Blog? I have a blog?

2005-08-02T20:23:00.000-07:00

Well, yes, I am forgetful. But I have been busy, and trying to squeeze in all the time I can with my two friends and the rest of my family before I leave for Arkansas on the seventeenth. Getting closer now. Today was my last day at work. Will miss the gang there. Worked on the WTR today...got most of it done, supposed to finish it tomorrow. Hope mom does not kill me, or worse, take away my internet privileges :P G'night!

Remember the Alamo, Save the Whales

2005-06-27T09:17:00.000-07:00

Am now back from San Antonio. Managed to get the family to go to the Alamo THREE TIMES. Okay, so, well, one time was only because my little sister left her camera there, but hey, it’s still cool. However, the place truly gives me goosebumps...the idea of people having fought and died on the ground I’m standing on...quite sombering, really. Went to the zoo as well, and Sea World. I got to pet a dolphin, which is quite cool. My dad thinks Shamu is just the coolest thing (and he is). We saw the Shamu show five times, no kidding. There are some really cool shows there...love the Beluga whales.

And now I am home. Good to be home, but I could totally live in San Antonio. (Even if we did have to stay off the streets because the Spurs won and my word, those people are almost psychopathic about their basketball team). I now have a pressed penny collection...I only have five of them, but it’s a start. Got a cool t-shirt at the Alamo (and four pressed pennies), and my sister got me a cool little ceramic jar with the Alamo on the outside and “Courage” painted in black. It’s really cute. Also bought a keychain and a stuffed seal at Sea World. All in all had a great time.

Wow. I'm really bad at this.

2005-06-20T19:33:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted in here in six days. I'm almost as bad at this as I am at writing in my REAL journal. Anyhow, not much is happening. I got my iPod on Friday...I'm very impressed with how quick Apple got it to me. I ordered it Tuesday night and it was here by Friday afternoon. And I didn't even pay the extra ten dollars for two-day shipping. Very cool. It's a blue iPod mini, and it came with free engraving so I got James 1:3 put on the back (most of the verse, anyhow.) It says "The trying of your faith worketh patience." It was really a bear trying to find a quote that would fit in the little bitty space. They give you two lines, twenty-three characters on each, to work with, so there's not much room. But I like what I have, so it all worked out.

I have named the iPod "Barrie" (my family is odd, we name all our computer stuff. My laptop is "Chomsky", my desktop hard drive is "Asimov", my USB thumb drive is "Wells", my digital camera is "Cavelos"...They're all named after authors. (Sir James Matthew Barrie, Norm Chomsky, Isaac Asimov, H.G. Wells, Jeanne Cavelos).

On a side note, I've been made assistant editor of this newspaper on my favorite role-playing site. Very cool. (Site is at www.lotrplaza.com - I'm now assistant editor of the White Tree Registry in Gondor).

Not much else going on...I'm here at work waiting for everyone else to finish so I can go home...Peace out.

These are hilarious...

2005-06-14T17:15:00.000-07:00

I laughed at these for an hour. They're apparently screencaps of subtitles from some bootleg version of the Fellowship of the Ring. Half of what's funny, though, is the person's comments about them:

http://users3.ev1.net/~eekfrenzy/captionspage/badfotrcaptionsx.html

The big, cruel world...

2005-06-13T05:55:00.000-07:00

Getting ready for work...Well, now I’m ready, but I was getting ready. I mean, I’m not interrupting my getting ready-ness so I can post in this blog. As you can tell, I’m not fully awake yet, either.

Had a lovely time yesterday. Will have to go over there again sometime, I think.

My muses are finally cooperating, and I’ve done a good bit of writing in my latest story over the past few days.

My best friend is in Missouri. She’s babysitting for her brother (her brother’s kids, I mean), and she’s not coming back until the end of June. And then, she’ll be here about a week before she goes to her mom’s in Dallas. So basically, my best friend isn’t going to be here for but a couple weeks before I leave for college. Life is cruel.

Well, my duck is stuck in a tree. I know that sounds weird, but she is. So I have to go help them help her get down. (Basically by shaking a bowl of corn at her and hoping she gets smart enough to come down.)

Title? Who needs a title?

2005-06-12T09:31:00.000-07:00

Woke up rather late this morning. About a half hour ago, to be precise. I should be ashamed of myself, really. But hey, it's the weekend and I have to be at work at 8:30 in the morning. We're going over to some old friends' house this afternoon for some church time stuff...Really, truly am looking forward to it. I was kind of upset because Dad said they might start doing church things with these people more often, and here I am about to leave...Then he told me there's a good church I should check out up in Arkansas...about an hour and a half away from Clarksville, so I wasn't so unhappy anymore. Now, if I can just talk someone into giving me a ride since I *cough* won't have a CAR *cough* Two months one week til Arkansas!

S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y!

2005-06-11T09:38:00.000-07:00

What's that? Oh, yes, I concur. I really must stop naming my entries after the days of the week. After all, there are only seven of them, and I'm going to run out soon. I'll try a song title next time. A song title that doesn't include the name of the day of the week. Very bored here in Dallas. Should like very much to go home. (To my beautiful MAC. I despise Windows. Evil library computer.) I have my laptop with me, but I have no internet connection on it, so I am forced to use this P.C. (Which I have decided stands for "Piece of Crud.") Should be getting my iPod soon. I'm stuck between blue and silver, though, color-wise. Polled seniors (are we still seniors now that we've graduated?) but I got two responses...One for blue, one for silver. So, now I'm back to square one. If anyone happens to be reading this, please, leave your opinion.

Mom's birthday is tomorrow, but we celebrate it today...whenever we get home. Suppose I should go find something fun to do...

It's Friday, I'm in love...

2005-06-10T08:54:00.000-07:00

Okay, so maybe I'm not, but it's a great song...

Going into Dallas today. Little sister's taking the ACT. (I am secretly thrilled that I didn't have to take it. I did fine on the SAT, and I'm glad Ozarks is accepting that. :P) First I have to go to work, though..woo hoo, payday. Supposed to get to go shopping while we're in town...somewhat excited. (Like, hey, we're going shopping...fun-that kind of excited, not like "OH MY WORD, SHOPPING!!!!" and going into convulsions excited.)

Mother duck now has six eggs, possibly seven soon because she's sitting on the nest right now. Little girls are thrilled. Two months nine days til I head off to Ozarks.

I made a quiz!

2005-06-09T13:47:00.000-07:00

Well, I finally finished my quiz! It took me about three hours (Quizilla. Dial-up. Need I say more?) to make, but it's finally done. Go ahead, take it!!!

http://quizilla.com/users/waistedway/quizzes/What%20song%20on%20my%20playlist%20are%20you%3F

David Bowie is ELROND!

2005-06-09T11:58:00.000-07:00

Friend of mine just showed me this, and I couldn't help myself. I had to post it. I didn't make it, it was done by someone on www.council-of-elrond.com. But it sure is funny.

X-Files time...

2005-06-09T06:19:00.000-07:00

Finished Elite Force II with little sister yesterday...Kind of cool. But now I don't know what to do to hang out with her. (I'm trying to do that more before I leave this fall, but it seems we have a shortage of common interests).

Tipsy, the mother duck, has laid five more eggs so far in the corner of the garage. We expect more to follow...after all, last time she laid ten. Parents are less than enthusiastic, we kids are thrilled to moderately excited, varying as age increases. :)

Weirdest thing. I was cruising Google looking for Star Wars quizzes when I came across one in someone's blog. I recognized the name in the URL from something, and I was about to look around for a bit when *bang* it hit me. That's James' e-mail address. Is that not the strangest thing? I mean, I'm looking around for something totally off-topic, and I come across the blog of someone I actually KNOW. In real life! Will wonders never cease.

EVEN WEIRDER ~ He's using the site I just moved over here from (YESTERDAY) (it was too complicated. I just want to write stuff down) Anyway, I'll have to leave him a message...make him think I'm stalking him, see what he says. :P (kidding, totally kidding).

Well, for lack of anything else to post, I'll post a poem I wrote a while back. (I've gotten better since then, I promise) And I'm still not sure yet whether I like it or not. If you ask me, it sounds kind of pathetic. Anyhow, here it is.

Anything

So you came out of a clear blue sky
And I don’t understand why you’re leaving
Just when I’ve begun to realize
How very much I need you

And you broke through, and you touched me
When no one else could reach me
And quick as you came, you flew away
On what could only be angel’s wings

And what am I supposed to do
Now that you’ve left me where I stand
I’d do anything you asked of me
Just to keep you here with me

‘Cos I’m anything but okay now
Anything but all right
Anything but happy now
Since you fell out of sight

And there never will be anything
Ever again, like your smile
And I’m broken, ‘cos you’re anything
Anything but here with me

I’d go the distance, walk the miles
If I knew you’d welcome me
But I’m not sure if there ever was
Anything between

And I’m anything but living now
As I go from day to day
I’m anything but smiling
Since you flew away

And there never will be anything
To replace your smile
And I will wait as long as I have to
Until you return to me

I really can spell...

2005-06-08T13:02:00.000-07:00

First off, I really am okay at spelling. WAISTeD is spelled that way on purpose. It's an acronym which happens to sound like a form of the word I wanted to use. So yes, I know it's the wrong "waste." But it means something. If you're a friend, you might know what. If you're not, well...get to be my friend and maybe you'll find out. Anyhow, this is my blog. I'll probably post some of my stories, maybe some poetry...random stuff I happen to think of...links and pics and stuff. Later, that is. Enjoy!