February 2011
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Breaking the rules
I’ve never been one to care much about cliche high school things like school spirit and pep rallies and football games. I do care about school dances, but I don’t obsess over them. But the one thing that has always confounded me has been the gigantic popularity contest that takes over in early May when those giant books filled with embarrassing school pictures comes out and into the...
January 2011
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Do you ever feel/Like a plastic bag?
No. No, Katy Perry, I do not. I don’t even feel like a paper bag. If anything, I feel like an eco-friendly reusable bag. Why?
Because I care about the environment, that’s why. And you know what you’re doing? You’re encouraging littering and the use of plastic bags.
Shame. Shame on you.
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Is there such thing as a Tumblr scholarship?
Because if there is, I need to know about it. If there’s any sort of blogging-related scholarship out there, it would probably really help me out. I’d be willing to blog every single day so I’d be able to go to college. It’s not like I don’t anyways.
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Politics according to a 17 year old
Sometimes I really hate living in Texas. Not because of the weather, or the word “y’all” (even though I hate that word), or even the fact that when I tell people that I’m from Texas they automatically ask me if I’m a cowgirl or if I ride a horse to school. None of that matters to me.
What I hate is that when it comes to political conversations, I have to bite my...
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Why I'm terrified of gas ranges
The other night, my house was empty. My brother was staying at my dad’s, my mom and her boyfriend were out for the night. Now, any normal teenager would see this as a perfect opportunity to throw a raging house party.
I must not be a normal teenager, because I sat in my room catching up on Skins and eating falafels. This happens to be a pretty frequent occurrence when I’m home alone,...
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Cha-ching
Oh December 1st. The day I officially finished all of my college apps. That glorious day when I saw nothing but little green triangles on my Common App (ok, there were some yellow squares, but that was because I changed my mind on applying to University of Miami. I’m too pale to go there. Me + Sun=Not a good idea). That wonderful, wonderful day when I discovered the joy of the...
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I feel like I'm lacking in mental ability when...
I put the ice cream container in the microwave and the bowl in the freezer.
I get into the shower with my socks on (yes, I’ve done this before. Don’t judge me.).
I turn the lights on when I leave the room.
I take a contact out of one eye, put it in the case, open the other side of the case, and proceed to search for my other contact in the same eye that I just took the contact out...
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Snooki
Sami: Why is Snooki so ugly?
Me: That's her job.
Sami: To look ugly? No wonder she's so happy, she doesn't have to work too hard.
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Tetris Time
The other day, my mother discovered Tetris. Not really. She had always known about Tetris and was an absolute beast at it ever since she started taking up kids’ Gameboys when they were playing with them during class in the ’90s and playing with the confiscated toys during quizzes and tests.
Woah, weird. Teachers taking up Gameboys instead of cell phones?! Huh. That’s a weird...
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The Life of Brian
Last night, for the first time in my life, I was told that the movie I wanted to see was sold out.
What. What the-.
That sort of thing had never happened to me before that moment. I guess in my naivety I had always assumed there was an unlimited supply of movie tickets and theater seats. The idea of a movie being sold out was always sort of tossed around like, “Harry Potter 7 Part 1 was...
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Sometimes I feel like I want to cry.
And I don’t know why. I’m not weirdly hormonal or emotional or anything. But it’s like, “OH DEAR MY EYES HAVE AN URGE TO OVERFLOW RIGHT NOW.” That was what just happened to me. I don’t know, maybe it was because el novio said they had to go to dinner with sus padres tonight when I asked them if they could do something tonight. I have these days where I feel...
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Let the awkwardness begin! Or rather, continue...
In case you haven’t already noticed, I’m a rather awkward person. Take, for example, my first experience with physical contact of the facial nature on December 9th at 5:01 pm (yes, I know the time and date of the incident in question, don’t judge): the only way I could describe it was that someone was “eating my face” and I even told a friend that it was like how...
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RUDE.
I understand that you two had a falling out. Yes, it was your fault. No, you don’t know that I know. But I know. I’m not judging. Ok, maybe I’m judging a little—a lot—but that’s human nature. We’re not best friends but we don’t really talk a lot. That doesn’t mean we don’t get along. You’re just not my type of person:
You’re...
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What my brother doesn't know (AKA what my brother...
I understand that awkwardness is just ingrained in my genes, that it’s a vital part of my being. So I guess since I’m naturally awkward, it must be something that runs in the family or whatever, because as amazingly smart as my brother is, he seems to be able to turn any situation awkward. Like me, right? Um. Sort of. But different.
Here’s the thing: I know how to take an...
Two churches located across the street from each...
lachaim:
Learningthroughosmosis- you gotta read this
kirkcocaine:
kingdomlights-:
…Do the Presbyterians think Rocks are animals?
guys i’m presbyterian
omg that is actually really funny lol
omg i think i almost peed my pants laughing.
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Sometimes I write things on here.
And I forget that certain people read what I write. And then I remember later. And then I’m like, “Oh shiznits. What if they read that and realize it’s about them and then take it the wrong way?”
Then I just forget about it again. Why worry about it now when it’ll probably come up again later?
Wait. That made no sense.
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Time for a rant, ok? Ok.
Hey, rants are to be expected on here….because that’s like the only thing I post. Rants. Well, that and pictures of baby pandas. PANDAS. *insert giant adorable squishy cute face here* Alright, I think I’m done. This is kind of what happens when I get a hold of Starbucks ice cream. It’s ice cream. With insane amounts of caffeine. It’s like, why don’t you just add...
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It takes talent to fail as hard as we do.
And we failed pretty hard today. Thanks Google Maps, for making us go west instead of east. We had a nice little tour of Bear Creek.
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Dirty.
S: You silly person. What am I going to do with you?
A: Ha. A lot of things, I don't know....OH MY GOD. WAIT. NO. THAT CAME OUT SO WRONG.
S: Wait! I didn't hear it! Tell me what you said!
A: No, because I say things without thinking and then they come out sounding dirty!!!!
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A little bragging is allowed. But only a little.
I never win anything. The last time I won something was at the Orchestra Banquet last year, it was only a $30 gift card to Best Buy, and I won it because they happened to pull my name from the ticket bag. Oh how I love the ticket bag…
I also never win anything because, I’ll admit, I don’t usually enter things into contests. And I don’t enter things into contests because I...
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Geeking out
I think I have a crush. It’s been going on for a while now. We met when I was in 5th grade, you could say that we’ve known each other for a good amount of time. I don’t think I could even call what we have a crush anymore, it’s something even more now. Could it be? Yes, I think it is. It’s love. I’m in love with someone other than my boyfriend.
GASP. SCANDAL...
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Sonnet 142
Love is my sin and thy dear virtue hate, Hate of my sin, grounded on sinful loving: O, but with mine compare thou thine own state, And thou shalt find it merits not reproving; Or, if it do, not from those lips of thine, That have profaned their scarlet ornaments And seal’d false bonds of love as oft as mine, Robb’d others’ beds’ revenues of their rents. Be it...
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Poor Flora Spread.
loopylupin:
BREAD
Haha, the one in the bottom lefthand corner is probably my favorite.
I hate that overwhelming urge to scream "Told ya...
I’d bite my tongue but I’m afraid that my tongue doesn’t qualify as soft food like my doctor told me. Here it goes:
I told you so. Maybe not directly, but it was certainly implied. I’ve told you so. I’ve told you so many times. Even though I feel bad for saying, I. F-ing. Told. You. So.
There. I said it. It’s out there. We all knew it was coming. Sorry, but I...
I just spent 2 and a half hours trying to scan a...
And I’m not mad at you. I’m mad at that stupid computer. Goddamn computer.
Ugh, the things I do for you.
I have nothing to rant about today.
I’m too busy doing a Bio lab. In the meantime, please enjoy this picture (OMG. A RAINBOW. too bad it’s not a double rainbow):
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25 Seasons of Opera
S: Gah no more Opera. 25 seasons of Opera. 25.
A: .....What?
S: That's how many seasons of Opera there are.
A: Why opera? Why?
S: I know. It's absurd. She also has her own network.
A: I still don't know what you're talking about.
S: I saw a commercial for it! THE O NETWORK.
A: Oh, you mean Oprah?
S: ................WOW.
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Pointless Story of the Day
I had to stay after school to finish a Bio lab about mitosis. We had to count the number of onion cells in interphase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase (I feel like I’m forgetting one) and since my group is just me and my friend and she had already set up the microscope, I had to count everything. I started counting the cells in interphase, the stage before the cell starts...
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It's the 200th Post Extravaganzaaaaaa *cue amorous...
It’s my 200th post people. Numero doscientos. That’s Spanish for 200. 200 posts is English for “spending too much time on Tumblr instead of actually caring about school and doing homework”. The fact that I reached 200 posts way faster than I reached 100 scares me. I’d like to attribute this exponential growth of Tumblr posts to a long winter holiday, but I can’t...
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Senioritis: An Underground Fine Art
2nd semester Senior year. We all knew it was going to hit eventually. While last semester, I managed to keep a fairly strong work ethic (nothing compared to what I had in years past, but it was still much better than some people at school), 2nd semester has arrived. I no longer feel the need to think about school on the weekends or even after school. Or during school. Last semeseter, I thought I...
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Day 05 - A time you thought about ending your own...
Dear Day-to-Day posting thing that I decided to do for some reason,
Thanks for depressing me. I’ve never thought about ending my own life. Sure, maybe in like 7th grade when I wasn’t allowed to go over to a friends house for the night or whatever I thought to myself, “GAH I WANNA DIE,” but I’ve never seriously considered it. Like most other 17 year olds, I have had...
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One time, someone told me that my sarcasm was...
It made me wonder what my sarcasm tasted like. It couldn’t have been sweet, because you never use sarcasm out of niceness. So maybe it tasted like lemon…or lime? Oo, raspberries. Those are sweet but tart at the same time. No no no, pomegranate! That’s it. I hope my sarcasm tasted like that delicious pomegranate lemonade that I’m addicted to.
Great. Now I’m gonna...
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Scarf weather
It’s time for everyone’s favorite game! Yes, that’s right! We’re gonna play *cue the cheesy game show intro music* “Hickey or Not a Hickey!”
I hate to have to play this game. I thought that el novio and I had laid down some pretty simple ground rules from the beginning: 1. No extreme PDA: we don’t like to see other people doing it, so why would we do it?...
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Text of the day: January 5, 2011 6:27 pm
i had a dream i met my soulmate. -Sami
Proof that life as a 2nd semester Senior still...
2nd semester has only been around for all of 2 days now and I already have loads of stuff to do. I have no earthly idea of what’s going on in my Pre-Cal class…sin cos tan cot?! Squared? Theta? WHAT THE HELL. These problems are impossible. I’ll just put them off until lunch tomorrow. I miss playing in Orchestra, especially since musical season has started up and we’re...
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Costco was selling a giant pack of microwaveable...
Did I buy it? Hells yeah.
If I have the time to do homework, I have the time...
Day 01 - Your current relationship, if single discuss how single life is. Day 02 - Where you’d like to be in 10 years. Day 03 - Your views on drugs and alcohol. Day 04 - Your views on religion. Day 05 - A time you thought about ending your own life. Day 06 - Write 30 interesting facts about yourself. Day 07 - Your zodiac sign and if you think it fits your personality. Day 08 - A moment you felt...
That awkward moment when you actually have to tell...
lauraefu:
story of my life… people need to learn the way of life.
Winter break is over.
And I want to die. I’m completely unprepared to go back to school even though I spent most of my day there today taking tests. I took my postponed Biology final today and miraculously passed but left myself in the predicament of that borderline grade. Oh the pain. One point away from a higher letter grade, but I couldn’t make it there. I moved on to my Spanish final, which I...
Winter break is over.
And I want to die. I’m completely unprepared to go back to school even though I spent most of my day there today taking tests. I took my postponed Biology final today and miraculously passed but left myself in the predicament of that borderline grade. Oh the pain. One point away from a higher letter grade, but I couldn’t make it there. I moved on to my Spanish final, which I...
It's a status update, not a novel
It’s time for me to rant about my pet peeves. I normally don’t get the chance to do so and seeing as how I try to keep my anger levels to a minimum, I figure that I might as well get something that’s been bothering me for the longest time off my chest.
Facebook status updates. We all see them every day:
The funny ones: “I love you more than the week before I discovered...
Question time!
If I were to ask you what nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and flavin adenine dinucleotide are and what they do to contribute to glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, and the electron transport chain, would you be able to tell me, right here, on the spot without looking anything up on Google or your phone or anything?
Yeah, me neither.
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Nerd Crossing
In my massive pile of texts in my phone (all 15 of them…I lack an unlimited plan…or any plan for that matter), I like to keep the funniest ones. Or the ones I find somewhat relevant. I usually throw out the ones that I’ve sent, but today I couldn’t help but stop and look over a recent text that I had sent to my boyfriend earlier today (LOOK LOOK I CAN SAY...
growingupandmovingout asked: I love your blog! Just thought I'd let you know haha
I can't stop looking at my Facebook relationship...
I seriously can’t stop looking at it. I feel ridiculous just sitting here and staring at the left-hand side of my profile page right under my profile picture where it says “In a relationship with…”. Is it stupid that I’m doing this?
Look who's officially official!
Finally, the unofficial officialness can end. I can finally say that my “special friend” is no longer my “special friend” but my boyfriend. No air quotes either! It was getting a little painful there, really. At last, the 7 words I’ve been waiting to hear left his mouth:
“Do you want to be my girlfriend?”
Yes, it is a bit juvenile sounding now that I...
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Well, hello there 2011.
2011 is here! That means that my first semester as a Senior, despite officially being over the day that school ended, is really over. In 3 days, a new semester starts, bringing me closer to the end of my Senior year experience and closer to the end of this tumblr documenting the happenings of it.
I know you’ll miss it.
But not to worry, you have until May 28, 2011 to enjoy the second...