I actually haven't posted since april
shows how well I pay attention
but i have a good reason!! I opened another account: list_master. 
So this account will be for random dumping of feelings and the other one will be for random listing of whatever pops into my head at the moment.
School starts in 3 days. need i say it? I am really excitednervousanxioushyperandreallyreallyexcited.
*eep*
And i'm also kind of sad because I went to MRSA's open house last night and everyone was like "are you ready for high school?" 
And the answer is... yes. I am so ready. 
I just wish it could wait a few more days so I'd get more sleep. 
Anyhoo, at the open house at least 10 different little kids told me that I didn't go there anymore. Well gee, thanks. Glad to know I'm missed. And how was  YOUR summer? It got kind of annoying because it's like I've gone there for 7 years and now that I've graduated no one wants me around. It makes me grumpy. and sad. and kind of nostalgic but not really enough to make me cry (yet).
And my school's open house was awesome!! It's like... whoa. I think this is the first time I've ever seen so many teenagers together that will actually see each other on a regular basis. The only other time i've seen this many kids is at camp. Except that at camp you only have a week and at school you have like a whole year. or a whole semester. or whatever.
I met all my teachers and found all my classes in 45 minutes. So it was like... now what? I pretty much just ran around the school trying to find people I know and compare schedules. EVERYONE in my grade (that I know) has freshman seminar/english hn, but everyone else has it first period and i have it second. grr. 
And computer apps is my homeroom. so yay. First thing every morning for the entire first semester I get to learn about computers. Like, advanced Microsoft excel. I still don't really get what the point is.
And I have Hn Precalc. Most of my friends are still taking Algebra 2 or geometry. So I'm most likely going to be stuck in a class with a whole bunch of older kids. Or maybe they'll pity me and find a few other advanced kids to smush together in a classroom with me. But for once I think I'd rather be stuck with a whole bunch of older kids. I'm not really sure why.
I have theatre arts. I'm really not sure what it is but the teacher seemed really nice (and long winded. sheesh). she said we'd have to perform in a one-act play for a final grade. I've never actually been in a play, but I've been in a couple childrens' choir musicals, if those count. 
and health/pe. I'm pretty sure they're making all freshmen take it. Again, I'm not really sure what it is but I hope it's not too different from what we did in TKD. Except without the TKD, of course.
and earth/ environmental science. I absolutely hated earth science when I took it in 5th grade. Hopefull this class will be slightly more interesting? It better be, because I really don't CARE what the inside of a volcano looks like and I really don't CARE how to read a topographic map.
and... World history. not really sure what this is but i liked the teacher.

Hmm... LJ is celebrating Easter. A bit disconcerting, but only because the bunny at the top of the page scares me. 

Why is it that I wake up in the morning, trudge downstairs to my bowl of Frosted Mini Wheats, and find myself thinking of Rubik's cubes? I think I might be a little bit obsessed. What really bothers me, though, is the fact that I spend two hours attempting to solve the puzzle, and I end up with about the same puzzle. My brother, however, spends about ten minutes staring at it and solves it in two minutes flat. Wish I could do that. Maybe it's the staring that does it. Perhaps I should try it. 

I wrote a bit of the exposition for the story. I'm having difficulty coming up with a time setting, or a location. My character's speech is far too sophisticated for it to be set in this time, though I do know of a few girls who speak with a Victorian air. I'll have to do a bit of research. As far as location goes, I'm thinking in the United States somewhere, though that's not particularly specific. 

Mrs. Bolick would be proud of me; I only used to be an average of two times per paragraph. They were descriptive paragraphs, too.  

I am terribly bored. 

I believe I have a migraine.

Rubik's cubes take quite a bit more out of me than the commercials would let on. 

I know I haven't posted in, what, half a year? Trust me though, I'm still obsessed with the internet. Whoever invented it was a GENIUS!!!

In other news...
I finished the outline for my potential novel. Just wish I had the patience to actually write it, or the time, or the freedom. Alas, I do not. Goes to show that maybe wishful thinking doesn't actually work. Anyhoo, if I make very few grammatical errors, it might save me from having to write eighty-zillion drafts. I'm only 14, for cripes sake.
We have a book project due in Social Studies. I read The Progress Paradox. As much as I liked the book, I'm having a bit of difficulty coming up with a project to go with it. I don't think I've ever done a project on a political book. Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever even read a political book other than this one. Goodness gracious.

And now I want to go to sleep. Amazing how I can spend 9 hours attempting to solve a Rubik's Cube and reading (read A Great and Terrible Beauty, btw. 'Twas a fantastic novel.), then come home and want to go to sleep. I just relaxed, for nearly half a day, and now I'm so tired of being idle, I'm falling asleep. How annoying!

On the plus side, I finally got to listen to the CD I got for Christmas. What with school, and extra-curricular activities, it's like I have no time for anything but studying. Even during spring break I was reading school books!

Anyhoo, I'm going to "surf the net" for a few more minutes, and go to bed.
Toodly-dooooooo
~~Alyssa

 
that's the declaration of independence. unlike the  constitution, the posters in your classroom are probably about the same size.


the magna carta. well, the sign anyway. it came out all  blurry because my camera does that when there's no flash. oh well, at least i can say i've seen the sign...

i believe that is the first page of the constitution. or maybe it's the declaration of independence. it's hard to tell because my stupid camera doesn't take good pictures without flash.


Camden Yards. that's where the baltimore orioles play, in case you didn't know.


me and my daddy at camden yards. it's not a very good picture of me, but you get the idea.


i somehow managed to get a picture of pablo (eric) smiling. omg.


the entrance to chinatown. in case you didn't figure it out.


The Chandelier at the capitol building. isn't it pretty? i think there were more than 400 lightbulbs in there. or maybe it was more than 40.... something that began with a 4.


there's a mural on the ceiling in the big round room (there's a word for it but i forgot) they're holding a banner that says E Pluberus Unim, but you can't really see it because the picture is tiny.


each state is allowed to have two statues in the capitol building. they all have to be bronze, but some of them are painted to look like marble. the one in the middle is one of NC's statues. i think the dude's name is Vance... The Charlotte high school wasn't named after him, btw.

I'm updating in honor of the 1st of July.
exactly 5 months, 21 days until my birthday.

somehow i managed to find the lyrics to mamma mia in spanish when i was really looking up the lyrics to take a chance. weird, huh? anyhoo, my mom says i should learn it (yes, in spanish), just in case someone needs me to sing a song in spanish. it's very suspicious. anyhoo, in case anyone else wants to learn it, here are the lyrics:
Mamma Mia (In Spanish) Lyrics
Yo por ti me engane, hace tiempo lo se
y ya lo decidi, ahora te dejare

Mirame bien, cuando aprendere
no se por que, vivo tanto esta gran pasion
que me quema el corazon

Si me miras siento tanto placer
si te acercas creo desvanecer

Oh! Oh! Mamma mia, una y otra vez
no se, como resistirte
Mamma mia, quiero y tu lo ves
no se, como evadirte

Tu que me has provocado
luego me has rechazado
Por que te sigo queriendo asi?

Mamma mia, ya lo decidi
porque, no puedo vivir sin ti.

Tu me has hecho enojar
con tu modo de ser
y quisiera olvidar
tantas cosas ayer.

Mirame bien, cuando aprendere
no se por que, vivo tanto esta gran pasion
que me quema el corazon

Si me miras siento tanto placer
si te acercas creo desvanecer

Oh, oh, Mamma mia, una y otra vez
no se, como resistirte
Mamma mia, quiero y tu lo ves
no se, como evadirte

Oh, oh, Mamma mia, una y otra vez
no se, como resistirte
Mamma mia, quiero y tu lo ves
no se, como evadirte

Tu me has provocado
luego me has rechazado
porque, te sigo queriendo asi

Mamma mia, ya lo decidi
porque, no puedo vivir sin ti.

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
it's morning time and technically i'm not supposed to be on the computer on school days w/out permission, but oh well.
yesterday (in school) we had this whole discussion about who would forget who first. the vast majority (that being 6 out of 8) said they would forget Danil first (poor Danil!) Danil, of course, wouldn't forget himself, and I wouldn't forget him because i just wrote this down here and i have blogs and about 10 journals that i write in.

*BIG HUG*
just in case you needed one.
=D =D =D =D =D =D =D =D =D =D and ur share of enthusiasm.
just in case you needed some.

GAAH
my dad was listening to the beatle's cd earlier and now i have eleanor rigby stuck in my head (and have had it stuck in my head for about 2 hours.) not that i have anything against the song, it's just annoying because i'm singing it outloud and robert keeps telling me to stop.
lyricssss:
Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding
has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by
the door
Who is it for?

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from ?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong ?

Father McKenzie writing the words of a sermon that no one will
hear
No one comes near.
Look at him working. Darning his socks in the night when there's
nobody there
What does he care?

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her
name
Nobody came
Father McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from
the grave
No one was saved

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

i updated my journal.
happy?

*is MAD*
apparently, i was home waiting for no one to come online.
"ryan isn't on.
nathyn isn't on.
liz isn't on.
*waits*"
well, i just thought everyone was out for coffee or something, just to find out Liz went SKIING with Nathyn and Ryan!!!!! i mean, honestly, doesn't this qualify as something you SHOULD tell your friend??? i didn't even know NATHYN was going skiing. That's the kind of thing he would tell us. i guess he just assumed we all knew, which we didn't, cuz libby didn't know, either. Richard knew, but he doesn't count cuz he hangs out with Nathyn a lot.
And then, about ten minutes after maddie told me they were skiing, I got a call from my friend's mom to tell me that Amy was in a skiing accident and had to be airlifted to charleston, WV. now she's in the hospital, with her head cracked, and she might be having annurisms!!!!!!(or however it's spelled) so today, we went out ("We" being my sunday school class, which just happened to be me and... me. and my teachers) and got some stuff to make a gift basket for her. all the stuff together cost, like, $67!!!!! but that's ok, cuz it had stuff like popcorn and granola bars and hot chocolate packets and stuff like that. ooh, and a Girrafe stuffed animal that folds out into a pillow. and a notebook with a note from us on the front cover to call me when she's feeling better. i hope she does get better!!! (and she will.)
OMG, i left about 10 seconds ago to answer the phone and she's STABLE!!!!!!!! no annurisms or anything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *is happy* her mom was the one who called, though. i hope she's the one to call next.

gaah!!! my mom won't let me do anything this summer. first, there's tour, then we have to go to FUGE!!!!!!!! (neither of which i mind, btw) so my mom is convinced that instead of letting me sign up for basketball or something (so she doesn't have to watch us all day), she's going to ship us off to miami. i can't even take group TKD lessons with my cousins. doesn't that sound like quality time to you??? i mean, honestly, i would much rather play basketball (and TKD, which, i suppose, doesn't really qualify as "playing") not that i don't like my cousins or anything, but we can spend quality time over the internet, can't we??? i mean, we both have webcams, so i don't see a problem. but, of course, my mom does, so we spend maybe a week in Charlotte this summer (unless i can convince her otherwise. let's hope so.)
in the mean time, i'm really mad. MAD. well, not really. just... frustrated, i guess.

blah!
i finished reading two books tonight.
now i need to start Eldest and finish Children of the Lamp. (there are other ones, too, but those are the only ones i'm obsessed with reading right now.)
my mom thinks it's weird that i can read multiple books at a time. i don't. who agrees??? (with me)
we have school tomorrow. >=( why can't we have breaks more often??? my eyes keep tearing up for no good reason which either means: a. my allergies are acting up again or b. i'm going insane. stupid annoyingly crappy moods... it must be that "hormone" thing my mom keeps jabbering about.
i can't believe they don't have erasers in italy...
i glued my fingers together. i've always wanted to, and today i did. they didn't stick the way i wanted to. maybe next time i'll use something better than elmer's.
typical day: mom drove us to school, we got there, i ignored richard and nathyn, i daydreamed after finishing my journal entry about the declaration of something rather, got somewhere in the 90's on a language arts test, went outside and yelled at richard for stealing my ball when he had a perfectly good one, pretended i knew how to play soccer, wrote lame sentences in spanish class, ate lunch, had music class, slipped three times in the mud no thanks to nathyn, math, science, bus, home, read, dinner, now.
i'm so descriptive.

how can pencils with such good erasers be so horrible for writing with???????

yaaaaaaay today (after the stupid mall. no offense bunny (or possibly ryan)) i called richard. mostly to bug him, but also partially to ask him when the science fair paper is due because i'm terrible at remembering that kind of stuff.
anyway, the conversation went kind of like this:
me: hi, it's alyssa. can i talk to richard?
mrs. Richard's mom: yeah, hold on a second.
richard: umm... hi?
me: hi. d'y- (he cut me off, can you believe that???)
richard: why are you calling me?
me: well, do you want the honest answer or the only partial answer?
richard: the honest answer.
me: well, mostly to bug you. but also, do you know when the science fair paper is due?
richard: umm... no.
me: okie dokie. thanks.
richard: bye
me: adios.
isn't that an awesome phone conversation? well, not really, lol. but liz isn't listening to me on aim, so i'm posting it here so she can read it, lol. lalalala. i'm going to go watch lame shows on tv, arrivederci.

bad day, bad day

my life is getting more confusing

help?

I want everyone who reads this to ask me three questions, no more, no less. Ask me anything you want.

Then I want you to go to your journal, copy and paste this allowing your friends to ask you anything.
this is a modified version of the... survey, i guess.
if you want to see the whole thing, look at 7th_rock_pupil's lj thingy. it won't be hard to find, he rarely updates *hint hint*

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay