Another Year...

Recap of what's been up this last year.

January- Went to Arizona for a week. Ate alot of pizza. Went vegetarian. Worked a crummy job.
February- Quit my job. Bummed around. Went to Guatemala.
March - Bummed around. Went to Vans every Wednesday.
April- Bummed around. Went to Vans every Wednesday. Car got repo-ed.
May- Went to NJ. My grandma died. Bummed around.
June/July- Went to camp for the next three months.
August- Camp wound down. Went to Arizona for a week. Headed back to Florida.
September- Started school again. Turned 21! Still haven't had a legal drink. Quit smoking.
October- Parents went to Guatemala. Got the house to myself for the next two months. Still in school.
November- Started working a crummy job. Still in school. Vans every Wednesday. Started skating Lakeside a couple times a week after school. Tito visited for a week. Had a blast that week.
December- No longer had house to myself. Got hurt wrestling, couldn't skate. Made enough to get to camp in the summer if I get to go. Quit crummy job. Semester ended, got good grades. Bummed around.

2012 hopefullys numbered:

1. Go to bed early. (11-ish)
2. Wake up early. (7-ish)
3. Get good grades. Nothing lower than an A-.
4. Get healthy. Lots of fruits and veggies. Make it to the raw food dinners six times. Exercise everyday, even if it’s just a 10 minute bike ride around the block. Get buff again. Get to the point where I am once again capable of doing 20 pull ups and 100 push ups without stopping.
5. Read a book every month.
6. Re-memorize all the state capitals. And then country capitals.
7. Relearn the bones in the body. Then muscles and ligaments and tendons. Once I successfully accomplish that, learn the organs and their locations. And then nerves. And then other stuff. Basically everything in the body, I want to know.
8. Go to Woodward.
9. Go to the doctor and dentist at least once. Get blood work done.
10. Start saving up for the move to California.

Hopefully alot less bumming around will be done this year.

Testing. Testing.

Yay! There's a blogger app!! Expect more (maybe) updates!!!

"For what troubles a grown-up, will never trouble a child."

Wendy: Peter. You won't forget me, will you?
Peter: Me? Forget? Never.
Wendy: Will you ever come back?
Peter: To hear stories... About me.

I watched Peter Pan today. I love that movie. It is my favorite movie. I could watch it a million times and then a million more. When it first came out I was 13 and I thought that Peter Pan was the cutest boy I'd ever seen. Every time I watch the part where the kids come home and the parents hug them and welcome them back and the father says, "of course I missed you," I cry. I cry again when Wendy asks Peter if he'll forget her and he responds "never." i never understood the whole 'hidden kiss' thing until today. Best movie ever for sure.

The future is looking good!

I've been thinking alot about what I want to do career wise for a few years now and for the last couple of weeks I've really had a chance to weigh my options. I've have officially decided that I'm going to be a veterinarian. That has been the choice since the beginning, but somewhere along the way I started doubting that that was what I really wanted. Now I am sure. I am going to graduate from UCF hopefully by spring 2013 and then go to Western University in Pomona, CA. My cousin went there and she really liked the school. I think the fact that the school is in California might be the part I like the best. I'll be close to everything that I want to be close to. If I still like skating I'll be 2 1/2 hours from camp and super close to a whole bunch of skate parks. I'll be super close to the beach, which is awesome because I love the beach. I'll have super nice weather year round. And I'll be living in California which has been the plan for a while now. The future is looking good!

Killiin' it!

All A's!

 

Merry Christmas Eve!!

Apparently super stoked!

Mom: Puedes apagar la luz?
Me: Guhh. Ok. Fuck! My knee!
Mom: Que lindo lenguaje usa mi Nina!
Me: I meant...ouch.

She & Him - Gonna Get Along Without You Now

Four months down. Five more to go.

David Bowie - Seven

Jonathan Richman - Velvet Underground

I love this dude. I recently saw an interview where he tears up after hearing the poem 'The Lamb' by William Blake and it talks about him being child-like. It was cool. This song is cool.

Now we can see - the Thermals

I know that ive posted this song before, but it's a good one so I think it's okay to post it again. This song was playing when I woke up this morning. It still is morning but can't fall asleep again so I thought I'd do something semi-useful with my time. I'm posting this from my ipod because I'm too lazy to get to a comPuter. If it doesn't work or look good right now, it will later. No worries. Or maybe I'll just leave it up to you to quit being lazy and just follow the link.

I am not a fan of going to a skatepark and just hanging out. To me it's kind of a waste of time. I'd rather just stay at home. That being said, this Wednesday I will probably be doing just that. I'm going to try to skate but I know that within the first ten minutes my knee will give out, I'll yell in pain and then I'll be just hanging out. But at least I'll have skated for ten minutes.

M. Ward - Shangri-La

Jonathan Richman - Everyday Clothes

I remember the first time I ever heard this song, I teared up. I really like it. I like the simplicity, but sincerity, in the lyrics. It's a really good song. And his dancing is really cute.

Talking Heads - Psycho Killer

Mason Jennings - Nothing

Song starts at :22.

"Serial monogamist."

Jeffrey and Jack Lewis - Don't be Upset

The Sex Pistols - Liar

I'm going to be graduating soon and I have no clue what I want to do. All I know for sure is that I want to do something that benefits someone. It can even just be one person. I don't care. I don't want to get rich. I couldn't care less about money. I just want to be happy by making other people happy. I used to want to be a vet and help animals. I wanted to open a clinic that would take people that didn't have the money to get their pets the medical attention they needed. After talking to vets and seeing that it takes money to run a clinic and hearing about all the legal and insurance crap vets have to deal with, I'm not so sure I want to do that anymore. It seems like all the politics crap that occurs in doctor world has seeped into vet world. It's all about making money, not actually helping people or animals. That's something I don't want to be a part of. Lately I've been thinking alot about nutrition and although I know I can make a career out of it, I don't want to be stuck in one place for the rest of my life. I want to travel and meet different people. I want to learn about different cultures, learn different languages and interact with people in their native language. I want to enjoy life and actually live. I don't really know how to explain the concept of actually living. I think it's just... I don't want to be in an office all day. I want to live in warm places. I want to work in an environment where I get to stare up and see a blue sky, not a ceiling. I want to feel the sun on my head. I want to be able to take a deep breath and smell trees, not chemicals or air freshener or paper or dust or anything that resemble any of those things.

Who needs utensils?!

Raw Food Christmas Pot Luck

Yesterday I had the opportunity to go to a raw food potluck. I was kind of hesitant about going because I wasn't going to know anyone, it was pretty far, and it was raining really hard. I'm glad I went though because it was alot of fun and the food was great! When I decide to eat raw I usually just eat some fruit or juice some vegetables. I never really take the time to make a meal. It was really nice to have so many different textures, flavors, and dishes available. I think my favorite dishes were the chia pudding and these sweet raisin-flax crackers made in the dehydrator. They were delicious.
The people I met were really cool. There were people pretty much of all ages there, although there weren't any kids. I met this older gentleman named George. He has his own wheatgrass and raw food business that he started with his wife. When his wife died about two years ago he moved to Rincon in Puerto Rico and stopped the business. He started it again and is doing very well. He travels from his home in Puerto Rico to Florida every weekend just to sell at the farmer's markets in the area. Imagine getting to fly and travel every week!! He said that when he goes to the airport all the staff knows him so he gets to go to the front of the line! He was super knowledgeable about raw food and the benefits of wheatgrass. I talked with him and picked his brain for about an hour and learned so much. I can't wait until the next pot luck!

Pot luckers.

The dinner is usually held at Whole Foods every second Sunday of the month, but this time it was held at an art gallery in Maitland. It was a beautiful gallery. I spent alot of time looking at the paintings and other art pieces of art.

I'm back!

School is over. Finals are over. Winter break, hello.

Antsy Pants - Vampire

The Mamas and the Papas - Go Where You Want to Go

Deactivated my Facebook and am done blogging for a bit. Whatever gets posted has been scheduled to get posted. Finals, here I come!

Paul Simon - I Am a Rock

Don't talk of love
Well I've heard the word before.
It's sleeping in my memory
and I won't disturb the slumber
of feelings that have died .
If I never loved,
I never would've cried.

I have my books
and my poetry to protect me.
I am shielded in my armor
Hiding in my room,
safe within my womb.
I touch no one
and no one touches me.

I am a rock
I am an island
and a rock can feel no pain
and an island never cries

Today..

I woke at around 6:30 AM after about 2 hours of sleep and went to class thinking it would be an important class. The semester's almost over so I figured we'd be talking about the final and getting ready for it. Boy, was I wrong! We watched TV. Talk about missing out on a great sleeping opportunity.

Last meal before I start over-consuming fruit/veggies again. I was going to start today, but had a really bad craving for chinese. I got vegetable lo mein. I got it for lunch, had a couple bites, felt really full and nauseous, and ended up having the rest cold for dinner. It was delicious. Definetly alot better the second time around, after sitting in the fridge for a few hours.

Duck Sauce is the best!

 I went to go pay the utilities today and in front of the utility building there is a big lake with a fountain in the middle of it. There is this sign right in front of the lake. I thought it was funny. You would think people know the environment in which they live and would know to stay away from an alligator.

When I got home, I found chocolate sleeping on my bookbag. Zooo vewy kewt!

I also got a cool new lock screen for my iPod!

The Kinks - Lola

"In addition to medical treatments, physical therapy and rest, certain foods may help your ligaments and tendons heal."

Uhuh?

"Researchers noted greater symptom improvements in participants who consumed the anti-inflammatory diet than in participants who did not."

Meaning?

"...an anti-inflammatory diet is not a diet in the conventional weight-loss or temporary sense, but an eating lifestyle that reduces or prevents inflammation while supporting healthy energy levels and nutritional wellness."

Meaning?

"Fruits and vegetables are a cornerstone of an effective anti-inflammatory diet. In particular, regular consumption of berries, tomatoes, orange and yellow fruits, dark leafy greens, mushrooms and cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli and cauliflower, for best results."

And so we begin...
Again.

The Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning

I officially greatly dislike..

having a bum leg. TV, homework, internet, skate videos, solitaire, reading and eating just enough to function is all I've done for the past two days. I think I'm am officially bored. I don't know how much more of this I can take! I want to move and do something. I want to at least go take a long walk without having my leg give out. I think I'm heading to the doc's on Monday.

M. Ward - Eyes on the Prize

Dum Dum Girls - In My Head

Noah and the Whale

I love Noah and the Whale. I put the middle song, Blue Skies, up like a year ago. Waiting For My Chance to Come is the last song they play in this video. I never heard it before watching this video. I really like it. It starts around 8:18. Watching the dude play violin makes me wish I hadn't given mine away.

Kitty

I killed my knee...

yesterday at wrestling. According to one of the coaches, I probably tore the ligaments in my knee. No more skating, wrestling, walking or even sleeping without pain for who knows how long. I look at the whole practice and think of a whole bunch of things I could've done differently. I could've warmed up better. Or stopped wrestling the first time I felt pain in my knee. Or I could've stretched better. Or I could've just not gone to practice. Or I could've not wrestled a beast that wrestled in college. I'm bummed, but at least I really get to focus on all my homework and exams until the end of the semester! I guess there's always a good side to everything.

In other news...Justin Beiber was at Vans yesterday. When I was skating on Wednesday there was a camera crew setting up and I didn't know what it was for. Yesterday, I found out.

The Modern Lovers - Someone I Care About

Starts at 3-ish.


Well I won't pretend I like a girl if I really don't
And act like she's great when she makes me feel appalled
All I want is a girl that I care about
Or I want nothing at all....
Picture this:
I'm walking with my girlfriend
28 misguided tough guys combined say, "We're moving in"
There's a certain kind of girl that you care about so much
You say, "I don't care what you tough guys do to me, but her, Don't touch!"

Let's complain, shall we?

Today will be my second day of wrestling practice. Yesterday there was a match, so no practice. I went skating instead, which was a hard desicion. If you were in my brain, you'd be exhausted from listening to the whole, "Yes, I'll go. No, I dont wanna.," monolouge that went on for a whole hour before I sucked it up and went to vans.
I gotta tell you, I'm not really looking foward to practice. I am super sore. I don't want to move. I would say that this is the sorest my body has ever felt, but that would be a lie. Oh, and it's cold out. And I have a buttload (we're talkin J-LO status) of homework and laundry to do, and have to feed every living thing I'm responsible for and maybe even myself...if I have time.Talk about a quadruple + one whammy! I'm going to go, but only because I know once I'm there I'll be excited about it. Right now...not so much. Anyway, I'd love to stay and complain a little more, but I, unlike you guys, have stuff to do today (hope this doesn't kill my numbers). See ya!

Margot and the Nuclear So & So's - As Tall As Cliffs

First Day of Wrestling!!

Today was so much fun! I did not think I would make it to practice but I did. I went to bed at 2 am, woke up at 5 am to finish a paper and went to bed at 8 am. I woke up at 4 pm, fed my dog, the chickens and rabbits, showered and got ready for practice. I grabbed an apple on the way out. I got there early and just got to hang out before almost dying. I thought I would be in some kind of good shape because I've been eating better, running, working out and skating a little bit. Boy was I wrong! Just the running for warm-ups got me rethinking deciding to wrestle. My chest and nasal passages are still super congested, so I was a having a super hard time breathing anyway. Halfway through practice I got super lightheaded and dizzy and realized the only thing that I'd had for more than 24 hours, was an apple and 2 liters of water. Next time, I'll make sure I get more to eat before going to wrestle for two hours! I ended up sweating through 2 shirts and my hoodie! My ankle is the size of an orange, my back hurts, and I'm starting to get wrestler's forehead. It was insane. I'm going to be unbelievably sore tomorrow and I wouldn't have it any other way!
I realized a few things at practice:
1. I need to work on speed. Cutting weight and getting back into shape will help that.
2. I need to work on takedowns. Drilling them will help that.
3. I need to work on getting used to wrestling 6 minutes. Drilling, running more, cutting weight, getting back into shape will help that.
4. I need to get stronger. I'm going to have to start lifting hard again. Iron biceps, here I come! Hehee!

Best dinner after practice! Gluten free pasta, vegan cheese, and handfuls...no, a MOUNTAIN of spinach! Nom. Nom. Nom. The spinach is definitely the best part!

Shangri-Las - Give Him a Great Big Kiss

What color are his eyes?
I don't know he's always wearing shades.
Is he tall?
Well, I gotta look up.
Yeah, but I hear he's bad.
Eh, he's good bad, but he's not evil.
Tell me more. Tell me more.
Big bulky sweaters to match his eyes.
Dirty finger nails. Oh boy, what a prize.
Tight tepid pants, high above his shoes.
He's always lookin' like he got the blues.
And when I see him in the street,
my heart takes a leap
and skips a beat.
I walk right up to him,
give him a great big kiss, mwahh.
Tell him that I love him,
tell him that I care,
tell him that I'll always be there.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - Simple Girl

She's a simple girl.
She's governed by simple pleasures.
She wont ever let you meet her family,
but she'll show you pictures.

She's a simple girl
and she's got simple emotions.
She wont ever let you in,
but she wants to keep you in her corner.

I'm always looking for some kind of sadness,
something more than this.

She's a simple girl
and she's got simple feelings.
No one ever let her know that she could get it out her heart, now.

The Ramones - Chainsaw

Wrestling Season Begins

Wrestling season has officially begun! Practice starts Monday. I can't wait to start wrestling again! I've missed coming home all sweaty and exhausted. I've missed that feeling of being completely sore and barely being able to move. I've missed working out in a hot wrestling room wearing 3 t-shirts and a hoodie. It sounds weird, but I miss having cotton mouth after a long practice. It just means I worked hard and had a good practice. I've missed the drilling and the running and the feeling of lacing up my wrestling shoes and stepping onto the mat. The only thing I'm not really looking foward to is cutting weight. I've never really had to cut weight to compete and this year I feel like I have to if I want to do well. I'm not competing until March, but I need to make 105 by the end of December, so I can worry less about cutting weight and worry more about technique and getting stronger.

Favorite snack until I cut to 105.

I like this video. It's really cool.

Being sick has it's ups!

Due to being sick this last week, I've had the opportunity to watch alot of movies. I saw the new Twilight (twice) and almost cried both times, which is kind of embarassing. Watched the Outsiders and cried when Johnny died. Watched Juno, the old version of The Bad News Bears, 4 Gilmore Girls Discs, 8 Crazy Nights, and Going the Distance (which I also ended up crying for). I'm getting better now. No more sore throat or headache and I think I'm actually starting to get hungry! I haven't eaten in two days, which is insane! Another up to being sick is getting alot of sleep. Thanksgiving day I slept all day except for the few hours that I went to my uncle's house. Yesterday I also slept all day and today I slept until 2 in the afternoon. I think I'm good on sleep until the end of this semester!

Lesley Gore - It's My Party

Margot and the Nuclear So and So's -

Darlin' I'm drunk and everything I have loved has turned to stone

Tallest Man on Earth

A friend last summer reluctantly introduced me to The Tallest Man on Earth, and as much as I said I wouldn't end up listening to him, I did. Whoops! Muh bad! Ha I love his music. For a few weeks after I got home from camp, I would fall asleep every night listening to him. It was honestly the only thing that would knock me out so I could get a few hours of sleep. Not to say his music puts me to sleep! Quite the contrary, it livens me up. It makes me kinda sad sometimes, but for the most part it's a happy kind of sad. Its hard to explain and I don't really feel like trying. Anyway...Out of these three songs, my favorite one is the middle one. They're all good, but The Gardener is really, really good. It starts at about 3:07. I've listened to it so many times. I love the lyrics. I know it sounds dumb, but I pretty much melt when I listen to this song. Favorite line? There are a few. But my all time favorite is, "So I could stay the king you see in your eyes, babe. In your eyes, babe."

Neil Sedaka - Oh Carol

I am but a fool

blah blah blah

Today, for a second, I realized I really miss being in Arizona. I was only there for two weeks in my entire life, but it was super fun and I realized I really, really miss it. I smelled cigarette smoke today and I instantly felt like I was there. It was super weird. I miss the feeling of being in Arizona. I miss how the heat feels. I miss the night time summer heat. It's different than Florida heat. It's hard to explain, but Florida heat is sticky, and blah and feels different. It feels weird. Arizona heat feels better somehow. It's like a cozy blanket, sorta? I miss how stuff smells in Arizona. Arizona smells hot. Also hard to explain...The air just smells different there. It feels harder to breathe, kinda. But easier at the same time? Time feels different too. Days feel longer. It feels like you can get way more stuff done in a day. I don't even know what the crap I am saying... Guhh...Basically... I miss it.

Bob Dylan - Don't Think Twice, It's Alright

And it ain't no use in turnin' on your light babe
I'm on the dark side of the road.
But I wish there was something you would do or say
to try and make me change my mind and stay

I currently have the worst migrane known to man. It feels like someone is taking a hammer and pounding it against the side of my head. I've never had a headache this bad before in my life!

Josh Turner - Would You Go With Me

When I was a junior in high school my wrestling coach had this song as his ring tone. Everytime his phone would ring, this would play and it got to the point where I memorized all the words, but didn't know what the song was or who sang it, but I loved it. Every bus trip to tournaments I'd ask him to play it and he eventually just burned me a cd. I went to the library today and saw the CD and had to get it.

If I gave you my hand would you take it
and make me the happiest man in the world?
If I told you my heart couldn't beat one more minute without you girl
Would you accompany me to the edge of the sea,
help me tie up the ends of a dream?
I gotta know would you go with me.
I love you so, so would you go with me?

Paul Anka - Diana

LMFAO - Saxy and I Know It

This has been the theme song for this past week. You have to listen to it full blast to get the full effect. In the car too. With the windows rolled down. And you have to dance like a fool.

Mister Heavenly - Pineapple Girl

Three months down. Six more to go. 

The Drums - Money

I want to buy you something, but I don't have any money.

My morning workout

Lately I've been working on getting back into shape and losing weight in case I can wrestle this winter. I've been eating better (except for today where I had cookies for every meal) and working out quite a bit. This is my morning routine.
1. Jog around the block
2. Stretches
3. 3 sets of 10 8-count push-ups
4. 50 sit-ups
5. 50 lunge jumps
6. 100 squats
7. 50 bicep curls with weight
8. 3 sets of 10 lateral raises
9. 100 calf raises
10.50 dead lifts

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

I was raised up believing
I was somehow unique
Like a snowflake distinct among snowflakes
Unique in each way you can see

And now after some thinking
I'd say I'd rather be
A functioning cog in some great machinery
Serving something beyond me

But I don't, I don't know what that will be
I'll get back to you someday soon you will see

What's my name, what's my station
Oh just tell me what I should do
I don't need to be kind to the armies of night
That would do such injustice to you

Or bow down and be grateful
And say "Sure take all that you see"
To the men who move only in dimly-lit halls
And determine my future for me

And I don't, I don't know who to believe
I'll get back to you someday soon you will see

If I know only one thing
It's that every thing that I see
Of the world outside is so inconceivable
Often I barely can speak

Yeah I'm tongue tied and dizzy
And I can't keep it to myself
What good is it to sing helplessness blues?
Why should I wait for anyone else?

And I know, I know you will keep me on the shelf
I'll come back to you someday soon myself

If I had an orchard
I'd work till I'm raw
If I had an orchard
I'd work till I'm sore

And you would wait tables
And soon run the store

Gold hair in the sunlight
My light in the dawn
If I had an orchard
I'd work till I'm sore

If I had an orchard
I'd work till I'm sore

Someday I'll be
Like the man on the screen

Givers

I really like the Givers. I started listening to them a couple weeks ago. I like all the song they plkay in this video, especially the first one. Its called Meantime. It's really good. My favorite part of the song is from 3:00 to like 4:12. I really like the flute part.

I like..

Falling asleep with my legs hanging off the bed.
Falling asleep on the floor
Taking naps outside in my hammock
Sunny, warm days with bright blue skies
Eating cantaloupe that is super sweet
Sitting by the lake and watching ducks run around
Hanging out with kids that couldn't give a crap about anything but having fun
Getting good grades
Talking and laughing with friends
Being happy

Dr. Dog - The Rabbit, The Bat and The Reindeer

And I'll be dreaming of the day the dream died
Uh huh
No sticks, no stones could break my bones like you can

Jonathan Richman - That Summer Feeling

That summer feeling is gonna haunt you one day in your life.

The Dicks - Lifetime Problems

The Dead Milkmen - The Puking Song

Lorena sized banana!

Fiona Apple - Criminal

Fiona Apple - Used to Love Him

Patti Smith - Words of Love (Buddy Holly Cover)

I love my juicer!!

I bought a juicer a couple weeks ago! This baby makes it so I can drink fresh juice all day, every day! Today I made pineapple juice!! So delicious!

Nom nom...or should I say sip, sip!?



Pretty productive day!

1. Went to school.
2. Went to lakeside
3. Registered for next semester
4. Did some homework
5. Took a nap.
6. Drank some green juice
7. Went to Vans
8. Got a gnarly stomach ache
9. Puked all over my front yard
10. Doing homework and watching Seinfeld.

Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue

Save for a motorcycle or save for camp next summer? Decisions, decisions...

"I say hurl. If you blow chunks and she comes back, she's yours. But if you spew and she bolts, then it was never meant to be."

Started doing yoga and I realized my balance sucks! No wonder I'm always falling and tripping!

"If you don't fall in love you can't get hurt."
"Yeah, but it sure is lonely all by yourself."

Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia

Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing

"I'm not the wallowing type of girl."

The Ramones - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend

John Prine - In Spite Ourselves

In spite of ourselves, we'll end up sitting on a rainbow.

Dead Kennedys - Your Emotions

Modest Mouse - Missed the Boat

Rancid - Olympia WA

Set on posts for the next few days!

Mapping out my week.

Today: Went to Lakeside for a short morning sesh. It was super fun! No one was there! The cement is super smooth and perfect! Now I'm doing homework/procrastinating. In about an hour I have to go to school to buy a book from this guy and then I'm off to Whole Foods for some fruit and then Metro for an evening sesh, which'll probably be cut a little short because the guy that owns it always closes early, but it'll give me a chance to get home early, do homework and actually get sleep before school tomorrow.

Wednesday: School from 7-noon. Laundry. Whole foods for some fruit. Vans til 10ish.

Thursday: I want to go to Tampa. Maybe. If not then Lakeside it is. Then I will try to do all my homework for all my classes for the rest of the semester. I have the complete syllabus for my Government class, so I can read through all the chapters, post all discussion responses and do all the quizzes. I can write my essay for Composition and do my speech for Speech class. I can also read the chapters for the last two modules in Sociology.

Friday: Work from 11 til whenever they need me. Then homework.

Saturday: Work. Homework.

Sunday: Work. Homework.

Monday: School from 7-12. Lakeside skatepark if it doesn't rain. Metro if it does. Homework.

Skating, school, and work make my weeks go by super fast!! It's great! Before I know it, it'll be summer again!

Dr. Dog - The World May Never Know

How can it be that a fish in the sea can feel like it's completely alone? The world may never know.

The Misfits - Monster Mash

Cat!!

In charge of the remote.

Books make a comfy bed.

Dr. Dog - California

Great Day!

I went skating today for the first time in about a month and it was soooooooo much fun! I had a blast! I couldn't go to the skatepark by my house because it was raining so I went to Metro, this little indoor park that is super fun! My ankles are no longer in pain which is the best feeling ever! I use to think that mid tops were the best shoes, but I have come to realize that my Converses which give me absolutely no ankle support are probably the best shoes I've ever had!!
Anyway, back to my day...I tried one kickflip and almost landed it! I sweat alot! I got in for half price because the guy was closing up early!  A kid asked me if I was sponsored which is totally rediculous, but talk about an ego boost!! Some other kid thought my name was Amy, which I thought was funny so I just went along with it! It was an amazing day!On the half hour drive home I listened to this song over and over on full blast!

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Same Mistake

Mushroom ceviche on homemade tortillas for dinner!

The Mamas and Papas - I Saw Her Again (Last Night)

Someone's keeping tabs..

Me: I'm going to go up to the roof and take a picture of the cool sunset. If I scream come find me.

Bert: No! Don't!

I ended up not going up to the roof. I tried, but once I got up there I noticed the roof was pretty unstable. How did I come to this conclusion? I went to transfer from ladder to roof, pushed down on the roof and part of it came off. I'm pretty glad I didn't just go for it. I probably wouldn't be typing this right now. I debated trying to get to the middle of the roof without really putting my weight on the edge of the roof, but decided against it. I have school tomorrow!

Pulling away part of the roof.

So tomorrow, if there's a pretty sunset, I'm going to climb up to the top of a billboard sign not to far from my house and take a picture of said pretty sunset. All for you!! 

Charles Manson - Home Is Where You're Happy

 A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, “What does love mean?”

The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
“When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.” Rebecca- age 8
“When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.” Billy – age 4
“Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.” Karl – age 5
“Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.” Chrissy – age 6
“Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.” Terri – age 4
“Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.” Danny – age 7
“Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss” Emily – age 8
“Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.” Bobby – age 7
“If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,” Nikka – age 5
“Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.” Noelle – age 7
“Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.” Tommy – age 6
“My mommy loves me more than anybody You don’t see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.” Clare – age 6
“Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.” Elaine-age 5
“Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.” Chris – age 7
“Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.” Mary Ann – age 4
“When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.”  Karen – age 7
“Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn’t think it’s gross.” Mark – age 6
“You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.” Jessica – age 8
And the final one — Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child. The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbour was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman’s yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, “Nothing, I just helped him cry”

Last night..

 ..I had a dream that I moved to beautifully warm Phoenix to stay at my dad's, ate alot of Venezia's as soon as I got there and then went to Tempe Park. I woke up, realized I was still in Florida, got bummed and went back to bed.

And then I dreamed that all my teeth were rotting and falling out of my face because I was only eating fruits and vegetables. I had to wash my teeth with baking soda and toothpaste to keep them from falling out. It was scary.

Although Florida's still all sunny, it's been getting kinda chilly lately and when it rains it gets even chillier. Last night it was so cold so I ended up sleeping all huddled up under a blanket, in jeans and a hoodie. I froze. So today I'm pulling out this baby!

It's a Heat Rave!! Keeps me from turning into a Lorena popsicle.

It's only going to be 74 today!

Dr. Dog - Keep A Friend

Well, I'd pawn my heart if I thought you'd break it. Sell my soul if I thought you'd take it. But every smile and conversation lets me know that you're only in it for love.

Cut muh bangs today...

.. after suffering jury duty for seven hours.

On Tuesday I went and did laundry with the bro...

...and found out Little Caesers has pan pizza!

Two months down. Seven more to go.

Running Time!!

Lately I've gotten in the habit of running in the mornings. I like it. It wakes me up and gets me all energized for the day. I used to dread running and now I feel like I need it. I just wake up, drink a whole bunch of water, put my contacts in, put my hair up, grab my ipod and run out the door. I've never had running shoes, don't plan on buying a pair and since my mom has a few pairs I have adopted a pair of hers.

What's my mom's is also mine!

Romaine!!!

My dinner every night for the last week.

Trina - Long Heels Red Bottom

My brother played this song today and at first I didn't know what to think. Halfway through I fell in love. JK...kinda. I like the song. It makes me dance. My brother and I were eating dinner in the kitchen listening to this song and we were both dancing around. It was fun!

10 Things That Bum Me Out

1. Guys that are girl crazy.
2. Girls that are guy crazy.
3. Misplacing something and not being able to find it.
4. People that sit behind me and sneeze or cough. I feel like their coughing in my hair and it creeps me out.
5. Having awesome dreams that seem so real, that when you wake up it takes a few minutes for you to realize that the dream was just a dream.
6. Being late.
7. Songs that make you miss people, things and places.
8. Getting bad grades.
9. Being broke.
10 Feeling like time is running out.

Tomorrow.

1. Brush teeth.
2. Clean out chicken pen and rabbit pen.
3. Feed rabbits and chickens.
4. Let Chickens out.
5. Feed dog.
6. Make green smoothie. 
7. Give dog medicine.
8. Sweep kitchen.
9. Shower.
10. Laundry
11. Check mail.
12. Make fruit salad.
13. Clean kitchen.
14. Buy seeds.
15. Let chickens out.
16. Feed rabbits.
17. Collect eggs.
18. Bike ride.
19. Plant seeds.
20. Feed dog.
21. Eat salad.
22. Start homework.
23. Make sure chickens go back in pen.
24. Continue homework.
25. Watch Diners Drive-ins and Dives.
26. Let dog out and back in.
27. Feed cat.
28. Check email.
29. Sleep.

Skateboards. That is like so 5 years ago!

Skateboards. That is like so 5 years ago!!

Magnetic Fields - The Book of Love

It's full of flowers and heart shaped boxes and things we're all too young to know.

I think...

I want to learn how to dance.

Aaaaand we're back!

Took a short break and now I'm back on this and I couldn't be more excited!!

Home Alone

My parents and uncle went to Guatemala today. They're going to be gone for the next THREE MONTHS! It'll definetly be weird coming home to an empty house everyday. 

The Monkees - Daydream Believer

I'm sitting here in my room working on my speech for speech, wishing I could go home, until I realized I am home. Bummmmmmmmer.

GET ME THE FUDGE OUT OF FLORIDA!

Heart attack scare: Round 2.

Fresh bread!

Hearts!

My little brother had a minor heart thing a couple days ago. He was in miami on one of his business trips and right after making a sale, he noticed his heart was beating super fast, his left arm went numb and he was getting really dizzy. Not knowing what it was, they called up one of the company's bosses, who had experienced heart problems, and asked him what they should do. My brother was told to go to the hospital and get it checked out. My brother went and his experience was nothing pleasant. In short, the people at the hospital took forever to start to treat him, tried to take money out of him by telling him that they needed a $250 deposit while they were sedating him, and didn't do the necessary tests. My brother got pissed, ripped all of the sensor thingy cords off, discharged himself and walked out while he was all weird and groggy from the sedatives. So now he doesn't know what was wrong with him.

Souvenir



The Thermals

I could be having the worst day ever and listening to a song by The Thermals will make me 50 bajillion times happier or I could be super happy and the same thing happens. I don't know how they do it. I get all tingley and excited and start dancing and singing. I wuv da Thermals! I don't really have a favorite song by them. All of them are great! Although, there are a few I like more than others. Here they are!!

I had another dream..

My ankle was busted and I was on crutches. I went to this restaurant called El Paisano where they sold awesome Mexican food. My brother got tacos and I ordered the pizza and it was amazing!! It had a whole bunch of veggies on it and it was soooo good! They had an alley in back of the restaurant where they had a fun DIY skatepark. The restaurant had financial difficulties and was going to close down and since no one wanted to see the skatepark go, people spread the word and the restaurant got packed!!  There was also a car place in the restaurant where they did tune ups and oil changes and tire rotations. I ate all my food and then went home where my brother locked me in the garage, where upon seeing it was empty we realized we had walked home and left the car back at the restaurant.

Then I woke up. This is why you don't watch Diners, Drive-ins and Dives before bed. You dream about food and restaurants all night.

Job or No Job?!

I got a job offer and after being all excited for about five minutes I realized I don't really want nor do I really need a job. I have no bills, I have no debt (except for a student loan), I never pay to go skate anymore...so I don't need money at all. I could :

• Take the job
• be miserable for the next few months
• be super busy with school and a job
• have no time to skate
• forget AZ in the winter but...
• have money to go to AZ during spring break
• meet a whole bunch of new people
• make money
• have money saved up for next summer

...or...

• Not take the job
• just keep going to school
• relax and skate when I don't have homework
• go on bike rides everyday
• forget an AZ trip all together
• and deal with being completely broke next summer.

Decisions, decisions. Not taking the job seems like way more fun for now, but taking the job seems much more...grown-up, responsible, smart? Bahh. I'll sleep on it and decide how I feel in the morning.

Maximum Procrastination!!

I wish I could say that I did everything I had to do today. I wish I could say I used my time wisely and finished my 3-7 minute speech on Italy and read and studied the last three modules in sociology. I wish I could say I finished my essay for composition and submitted it online like I should've done. Unfortunately, I actually can't say I did any of those things. I took a bike ride today though! and went to school! and took a nap! and did a little bit of homework! and even got to play video games!!

Really old game boy? Check!

I have a whole bunch of cool games. Jealous? You should be! 

Maybe tomorrow I'll actually get all my homework finished. At least I hope so...

White Stripes - Hotel Yorba

I listen to this almost everyday when I go on a bike ride. This song is one of my favorites at the moment.

A few days ago, I sat on the floor in a corner of Barnes and Nobles and read this whole book. It was hilarious. I don't think I've ever read a funnier book.

In it she says a whole bunch of things that alot of people probably think, but don't come out and say. One of my favorite lines in the whole book was this one.

You probably can't read it. Or maybe you can. Either way, I'll tell you. It says,"P.S. You know who does have a funny bone in her body? Your mom every night for a dollar." HA! That was part of her response to someone that written a comment somewhere saying she didn't have a funny bone in her body.

Blayze!!

 This is my buddy Blayze!

I think if you hang out with kids, there's always that one kid that ends up being your favorite. This kid is definitely my favorite. He's the cutest, funniest, goofiest kid on the face of this earth!! I miss this kid like crazy. I haven't seen him in over a year. He's so big now. Last time I saw him, he weighed about 30 something pounds and I was giving him rides on my shoulders. I'd hang out with him and his brother at wrestling practices and tournaments and give both of them rides home everyday. I'd take a trip back to Utah just to hang out with this kid for a day.

Busted!!

No more headphones!!

I was going on a bike ride yesterday and was getting ready to listen to music, when I felt my head phones give. I was so bummed. This is the fourth pair of headphones I've gone through in less than a year!

Peaceable Kingdom

I watched this today. It is one of the most heart-wrenching films I have ever seen. Really makes you think alot about the abuse animals go through. I watched this in tears.

Wilfredo Vargas - El Baile Del Perro

I don't know why, but last night I was thinking about this song and how I hadn't heard it in such a long time. When I was alot younger, I lived in New Jersey and alot of Sundays after church, the whole family would pile into my dad's little red Toyota Tercel and go to Elizabeth, a town that was maybe 30-40 minutes away. We would go to Twin City, a supermarket that had a deli type area where they had prepared food. We would get so much good food! My favorite was sweet fried plantain, black beans and white rice with a pony malta. We would also get these cookies that had a drop of strawberry jelly in the middle. I can't remember what they were called, but they were so good! Haha anyway..on the ride there we would listen to a tape that had this song on it. My brother and I would request this song over and over. It's kinda corny, but it's a good song!

Old Man Luedecke - I Quit My Job

Take chances. Tell the truth. Date someone totally wrong for you. Say 'no.' Spend all of your cash. Get to know somebody random. Say 'I love you.' Sing out loud. Laugh at stupid jokes. Cry. Apologize. Tell someone how much they mean to you. Tell a jerk what you think. Laugh til your stomach hurts. Live life. Regret nothing.

I had a dream..

..that it was already time to go back to camp. And I got to see everyone I love and miss and I was happy. The first night there I rolled my ankle and almost cried it hurt so bad. On the way back to my cabin it magically went from night to day, so we drove 2 hours to what was supposedly the town I lived in to buy new shoes, because they were on sale. We went into an asian store where they had a whole bunch of skate shoes, but the only size they had was 3. I was bummed because they weren't going to fit, but after I tried them on. I realized my real shoes size was 3, not 4.5. But they didn.t have any shoes I liked. They were all half-cabs with the lakai logo on them and I didn't like lakai...

Then I woke up.

Welp, good thing I'm done with that!

I quit a week ago. I've actually quit a few times. I lost track of what attempt this is. I think I'm over it now. Hopefully this time it's for good. I watched this commercial today and honestly wanted to ralph watching it. Enjoy! 

How dare you!

How dare you try and scare me out of eating pizza!!

A mini pizza I made a few days ago! Half spinach, half pepperoni!! My brother doesn't like spinach, so I got the whole spinach side to myself! Winning! I hate to toot my own horn, but it was delicious!!!

P.S. it was a little pizza, so half a pizza wasn't much.

because I'ma crazy, crazy, crazy, pazzo, pazzo, pazzo, crazy, crazy for my pizza

I love my pizza, my pizza pie.

Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta

I heard this song today on the Thermals station on Pandora.

Is it June yet?