My hands smell like socks and chlorine. I just did laundry and so the socks smell the worst which is why my hands smell like it. And the chlorine is from the non-bleach stain remover I put on my sweatshirt. Just thought I'd let you know that because I was kinda grossed out when I went to scratch my nose and got a whiff. Lovely, huh?
Well today is my day off which is why I'm doing laundry. I really should be doing a number of things right now with my free time, but decided to blog instead. These include cleaning my room, putting the number of books laying around my room on my bookshelf (this is not included in cleaning my room because it's such an extensive chore and deserves its own mentioning), reading Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, and reading AP Bio.
Honestly, I'm pretty sure I have more books in my room than my stupid town library has in their whole young adult section. Or at least I have just as many. Maybe one day I'll count them... It pains me I can't take them all with me when I go off to college. =( They're my babies! From Stephenie Meyer's books to Chris Paolini's to Brandon Mull's to Jeanne DuPrau's to Scott Westerfeld's to Michael Ende's to C.S. Lewis's to Lois Lowry's to..... to..... to..... *breathe* Yeah...the list goes on and on for ever. I actually call my bookshelf my library.
And the newest addition to my shelf is Catching Fire. Well, it's not on the shelf yet, as I just got it today and am currently reading it. I actually kind of sort of went through a form of withdrawal because for a long time I did not have the second book after finishing Hunger Games. It was such a painfully long time......my fingers itched for the continuation of the series. (SPOILER ALERT! DO NOT READ ON IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE BOOK YET!! I'LL GIVE YOU A FEW SENTENCES TO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT COMES NEXT. BLAH BLAH BLAH...WHY ARE YOU STILL READING THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE SERIES? I'M TELLING YOU TO STOP RIGHT NOW. I MEAN IT! GAH. YOUR FAULT NOW. DON'T BLAME ME FOR RUINING THINGS FOR YOU IF YOU READ PAST THIS. AND FOR ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE READ IT, AND YOU'RE JUST READING THIS BECAUSE IT'S IN ALL CAPS AND TAKING UP A LOT OF ROOM, THEN I GIVE YOU A HIGH FIVE FOR READING THIS ANNOYING MESSAGE. OK ENOUGH OF THIS. WE WILL NOW CONTINUE WITH THE FEATURED PRESENTATION) When the two of them were in the cave, I believed that she does like Peeta. And I'm still sure she does, but she just doesn't realize it yet. And then when Peeta found out that Katniss was just doing it as a strategy, I could feel my heart breaking as well as Peeta's. I'm not saying I'm gay for Katniss. But I put myself right into the scenario and felt all the emotions Peeta must have been feeling. And I could practically feel the emotions jumping out of the page. I loved that book so much. In that ridiculously long period of time between I got the second book, I found myself replaying scenes in my head exactly how they were carried out in the book (in my imagination, that is). It was so vivid to me. And that break between the first book and second nearly made me go crazy. I didn't know what to do. How long was that break, you ask? Just over 24 hours. Jeez, that was a long time. I finished it Saturday morning around 10:00, and then went to band until the evening. And when I came home, I didn't know what to do. I had nothing to read. I saw tons of books laying around that I haven't read yet, but none of them were Hunger Games or Catching Fire. It made me itch on the inside. This morning I woke up and had 2 hours before church and I didn't know what to do. So I read the beginning of Breaking Dawn because I knew I wouldn't get too into it right away. And then I went to church and then went out to Borders and bought Catching Fire. I'm already twenty pages in, and literally had to force myself to close my book and do laundry before the day got too late and I had to leave for Antioch. I really cant wait for tonight so I can read more until late in the morning. I don't have band tomorrow after school, so I'll be sure to spend it reading Catching Fire.
I'm scared though. I heard that the ending of this one is more emotionally tearing than the first one, and I have to wait for forever to get the next book because this one just came out. It's like the freaking Harry Potter series wait all over again. Now that just sucked. I felt like that was my childhood...waiting for the next Harry Potter book to come out. I remember going to the library and taking to the same librarian every year about when the release date was. God, what was his name? ....Bruce or Bryce or something like that. I would get the newest one, read it, finish it, and then ask him when the next one is expected. And it was always like 2 years away, which was torture to me. And here's Hunger Games. And I actually read it during school. I usually actually pay attention, so I haven't read in class since like 8th grade, but I simply could not put it down. I decided to be anti social for a day and read during the 2 hour break on Friday between band practice and the football game. I am full out addicted to these books. I love them.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
wow...i'm sorry
So the reason there's a huge gap between the last post and this one is very simply this:
I forgot about this.
Not only were my excuses in my last post main contributors to why I forgot, but I also never xed out of any internet windows from then til now, and this is my homepage to help me remember to do it. I really love doing it, but blogging isn't on my top priorities yet. Maybe if I get some followers I'll be better at it......*hint hint*
So this is my apology post.
Band season is coming to a end in 3 weeks and then I'll be done for ever. How sad. Senior year really has been getting to me. I'm one of those people who get attached to something that has been around for forever. When my parents wanted to move about half a year ago, I actually broke down and cried right there at the thought of leaving my house and my school and friends and all the memories I made. At how hard it would be to go to a new school during my senior year. Especially because they wanted to leave Jersey and move to Vermont or New Hampshire. I don't think there's anything wrong with those states, but its so foreign to me that the idea of leaving my childhood behind scares me. To an extreme, I want my parents to live here forever so I can come back and show my kids eventually the house I grew up in and the room I spent so much time in. The idea always bothers me that it's not going to always be here. That's why going off to college next year freaks me out. Not because it's the start of something new, but that I have to leave my sense of security behind. I feel like it hurts me more to say goodbye to something that kept me safe and I had great memories with than it does for anyone else.
I don't think this applies to people or relationships though. Sure it hurts to say goodbye to someone, but I've never had a problem with telling people I was friends with or guys I had chemistry with to piss off, even if I really enjoyed their company while it was going on.
But anyway, I'm getting off track...by a lot. The main thing I'm trying to say is that I'm going to miss band, but I'm glad it's over. There are some people in the group that I wish I never met, but others I will remember for the rest of my life. This year has been different because I'm up there on the top of the food chain, and practically everyone talks to me, which makes me feel like I really belong to a family...(except for about 10 people who ruin it. But there's a grand total of like 145 people in my high school marching band, so that's not too much of a problem) And once band season is over, I'll have quite a bit more of free time, which is when I'll blog more. Who knows. Maybe for christmas I'll get a camera and can turn these blogs into vlogs! Oh that would be fun!
Anyway, that's it in this post. I'm going to post another entry right after this because it's of a completely different nature and I felt it didn't belong in this post.
Ok... um....yeah....
I forgot about this.
Not only were my excuses in my last post main contributors to why I forgot, but I also never xed out of any internet windows from then til now, and this is my homepage to help me remember to do it. I really love doing it, but blogging isn't on my top priorities yet. Maybe if I get some followers I'll be better at it......*hint hint*
So this is my apology post.
Band season is coming to a end in 3 weeks and then I'll be done for ever. How sad. Senior year really has been getting to me. I'm one of those people who get attached to something that has been around for forever. When my parents wanted to move about half a year ago, I actually broke down and cried right there at the thought of leaving my house and my school and friends and all the memories I made. At how hard it would be to go to a new school during my senior year. Especially because they wanted to leave Jersey and move to Vermont or New Hampshire. I don't think there's anything wrong with those states, but its so foreign to me that the idea of leaving my childhood behind scares me. To an extreme, I want my parents to live here forever so I can come back and show my kids eventually the house I grew up in and the room I spent so much time in. The idea always bothers me that it's not going to always be here. That's why going off to college next year freaks me out. Not because it's the start of something new, but that I have to leave my sense of security behind. I feel like it hurts me more to say goodbye to something that kept me safe and I had great memories with than it does for anyone else.
I don't think this applies to people or relationships though. Sure it hurts to say goodbye to someone, but I've never had a problem with telling people I was friends with or guys I had chemistry with to piss off, even if I really enjoyed their company while it was going on.
But anyway, I'm getting off track...by a lot. The main thing I'm trying to say is that I'm going to miss band, but I'm glad it's over. There are some people in the group that I wish I never met, but others I will remember for the rest of my life. This year has been different because I'm up there on the top of the food chain, and practically everyone talks to me, which makes me feel like I really belong to a family...(except for about 10 people who ruin it. But there's a grand total of like 145 people in my high school marching band, so that's not too much of a problem) And once band season is over, I'll have quite a bit more of free time, which is when I'll blog more. Who knows. Maybe for christmas I'll get a camera and can turn these blogs into vlogs! Oh that would be fun!
Anyway, that's it in this post. I'm going to post another entry right after this because it's of a completely different nature and I felt it didn't belong in this post.
Ok... um....yeah....
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