Santiano

According to the one person I look forward to seeing in French, the guy on the hill is hot. I think he has a weird nez...

And the "Hisse et ho [Hisse et ho], Santiano!" part is stuck in my head. 

But that's ok because it's not a bad song.

I hate adults who...

Patronize me. If you want to seriously get on my bad side, do this.

So I may have mentioned the SAT (or not) but anyways, starting this year my state is paying for all high school juniors (grade 11) to take the SAT which is a standardized academic test that most colleges and universities will require you take. (There is also the ACT and most schools around here will take either one, but others prefer on or the other.)  Am I the only one who thinks this is a fantastic idea? Usually it's like 80 bucks to take. The catch (I guess you could call it that) is that because the state pays for it, it will take place on a school day instead of a Saturday. And because it's such an important test, juniors will be the only ones in the high schools that day. Did I mention this only takes up a day? Good. Now you have the basic background.

So I'm scrolling through facebook and an adult, who has one high school student who is not a junior, is complaining about it. In her original post she says "blah blah blah (for those who plan on taking it)" And so to me it looked like she didn't quite understand that it is now a state requirement. So I simply explained that it IS in fact required by the state and since they are paying for it, it's likely that there will be a lot of students taking it that wouldn't otherwise have a way to pay for it. Again, it's 80 bucks. That's not very cheap. And then she comes back with a completely patronizing comment: "Ahhh but you see , dear one, normally, you go on a Saturday or some such time, and go take the tests. See.. if you want to go to college.. you need to learn to get off your backside and do it yourself. Go..get what you want. We are too busy... teaching you guys that it will be provided for you. WTH? since when? We are taking a day away from school for 1000 other kids to make it easy for 400 others. Yeah.. like that happens in real life.. others than on welfare."

Now let me highlight the parts that I felt to be patronizing. I really should have just highlighted the whole thing. Would that have made any of you this mad? Because I pretty much deleted my comments (that were NOT laced with any sarcasm or rudeness) and then made it so that none of her stuff will show up on my feed. And now, I use a lot of ellipses when I write (especially on the internet) but hers just piss me off even more. And surprisingly, this is an adult I usually look up to and get along with quite well. Now, let's just say, I won't be volunteering to go over to her house anytime soon. 



Oh, and by the way, not only do I have SATs this week, but I have the usual AP Bio and trig homework AND the school play is this week. We still have people who don't know their lines and our platform has started to collapse. All I want is for this week to be over. So that I can go shopping on Sunday with some friends. And then next week is prom, which means I get to party all night with some awesome people ^_^ and then crave grilled cheese sandwiches after the dance haha
After that, Gracie and I seriously need to get a hangout time scheduled. Oh, and I also have my senior project to work on. 














Time for French music and homework. And momma's cookies. And water. I'm thirsty. Then sleep!!

Horrible day. Brought to you by fathers who don't understand anything and instead of just supporting you they just act like jerks and complain. Made better by Merwan Rim's music.

Ok, so I'm stage manager for the school play as always. We are doing Of Mice and Men. The biggest difference between a company play and a school play is how much time we get to prepare. If we got 6 months to prepare and didn't have to plan set building around other events that require the auditorium, you better believe we would have perfect plays. But we get like 2 months and we have to make sure that before we start building the set they don't need the stage for choir or band concerts. The auditorium isn't for the theater department only. I really wish it was. But we have to share.
So, because I'm at my dad's this week I've been getting rides home from rehearsals from my step mom and then today we had a Saturday rehearsal so my dad dropped me off while they were on their way to Costco. Rehearsals were at 11. He dropped me off at 10:30. Wouldn't be a problem except then my drama coach (aka the director) sent out a text saying it was moved to 11:30 because he was having car troubles. So I was pissed at my dad already for being a jerk on the way over and saying things like "I don't understand why you guys have to practice as much as sports teams" "Is the set actually going to be done this time"* "If they have their lines down they shouldn't have to practice so much" "Is this going to be the last rehearsal before the play starts?"** And so yeah, needless to say I was already pissed off when I got there. Then I had my mom pick me up so I could cool off and we did a bit of shopping around. I've decided that from now on, when there's a school play happening, I'm staying with her the week before AND week of. I don't care what my dad feels. He just pisses me off and stresses me out.

So where does Merwan Rim fit into all of this? Well, I logged into twitter and saw that he had been doing some chatting with people and so then I remembered some lyrics to one of his songs. It's a song in English and it's one of those songs that every girl wishes some guy would say those things to her ("If I gave you everything and all the stars, would you feel alright? If I brought you wings to fly up to the sky, would you still be down?" Is that sweet or not?). And then I remembered THIS song that is from now on my New Years Eve/Bad day song.

I couldn't find a good English translation, so you'll just have to deal with only understanding the English parts. But that's ok because those are the parts that make this my feel good song. 

Tu sais, que je
Suis arrivé au bout
Les yeux ferléq je ne tiens plus debout
Je sais, tu sais
J'ai bien failli tomber
Ils ont voulu
Me voir abandonner

Hold on you're fine
When they cut you to size
Then you turn round ans smile just a little
Say Happy New year
Coz this is the end
Of all that was broken
Let go of you fears

Say Happy New year
Un nouveau départ, Un nouveau défi
j'ai vraiment tout donné, vraiment tout donné
J'oublie le passé enfin je respire
C'est un nouveau jour

Get up get up take a second to look
Take a third take a fourth
And you'll see that you're good
Enough enough it doesn't matter at all
When you feel like you're surrounded coz you
Stood too tall

Je sens, mon coeur
Qui se bat
Et je regarde au loin vers le soleil
Sau Happy New Year
Coz this is the end
Of all that was broken
That you needed to mend
Let go of you fears

Say Happy New Year
Un nouveau départ, Un nouveau défi
J'ai vraiment tout donné, vraiment tout donné
J'oublie le passé je respire
C'est un nouveau jour

Je n'ai plus peur des silences
Des coups durs, des absences
Every heart is open tonight

So happy New Year
Coz this is the end
Fin de l'histoire, je réalise
Je sais que demain, je sais que demain
Est un nouveau départ, Aaaah
C'est un nouveau jour, une nouvelle vie
J'ai vraiment tout donné, vraiment tout donné
Je sais que demain, est un nouveau jour






*The last play we did, we had Drama Competition and the variety show right before the play and so we couldn't build the set pretty much until the week of. But we DID get it done on opening night and the play turned out really well. It's just my dad is too thick-skulled to understand that it wasn't entirely our coach's fault that we didn't have it done sooner.

**Seriously?!?! That question just pissed me off. It's not like people don't have to work to get good. And it's not like we just go and learn the lines and then the blocking and whatever else comes naturally. Or that we can go over it once and remember every little detail. We put just as much, if not more, work into our plays as the sports teams put into making themselves good.

Free 3-legged, obese cat to g---ANY home.

I hate this cat. Seriously. She's my stepsister's. She is the devil cat. First of all she is a *enter bad word here* to my other cats. Second, SHE JUST FREAKING ATTACKED MY HAND FOR PETTING HER! And not like "Oh, let's play!" No, she tore a chunk of skin out. So now I have a band-aide on my hand and it stings. Two band-aides actually...the first one's gauzy part wouldn't stay down. And you know how usually once cats attack you like that they'll pull back as you do and then just glare at you or run off? Not this stupid cat. She's too fat for that. So she just sat there and hissed at me. I went to slap her and then realized I like having at least ONE hand working. So I threw newspapers at her which would normally scare off any cat. Nope. Then I threw the kleenex box at her. Still no. So I finally grabbed her by the nape of the neck and tossed her off the couch and chased her into the bedroom before nursing my wounds. I WANTED to throw her out into the middle of the road.
Now, I know that makes me sound like a horrible person, but so would you if you had to deal with her. Now I know why my dad calls her the w[b]itch cat. She truly lives up to her name.

So, please, I don't care if you are in Japan. If you would like an obese calico cat that is going to die soon anyways, and has three legs, leave a comment. I'll even pay for shipping. Not sure if she'll last. I'm not planning on poking holes in the box.









I DO NOT ABUSE ANIMALS. I JUST HATE THIS CAT WITH THE PASSION OF A THOUSAND BURNING SUNS.

Why so serious?

I mean, really, why does everyone have to take things so freaking seriously all the time???

Ellen Degeneres posted this picture on Facebook:

And everyone starts freaking out. I mean, 80% of the comments are things like "That's not funny Ellen!" "That poor dog is being attacked by that raccoon!" "This has to be fake, no one in their right mind would let a raccoon do that to their dog!" "That dog is not ok! He's in a totally submissive pose!"
Only about 10% of the people are smart enough to realize "Hey, in some states it's legal to have things like raccoons and skunks as pets, it's probably just a pet" and "It's probably a pet, so it was raised with the dog, if he was really in trouble either he would fight back or the owners would take care of him."
And the other 10% are like me and just think it's a funny and cute odd animal friendship. And we therefore agree with the first [read as smart] 10% who isn't blinded by the stupidness of PETA. Ugh. Even just typing those letters makes me want to gag. Now don't get me wrong, I'm totally against animal abuse and I agree with the majority of the ideas that PETA is built on, but they do stupid things that really just makes people hate them.

ANYWAY:  This dog is not being hurt people! If the raccoon was actually attacking him, I can assure you the owners would not have gotten close enough to take this picture, and it would be a lot more graphic. Heck, DOGS PANT WHEN THEY'RE HOT PEOPLE!!!!! HE IS FREAKING PANTING! DO YOU UNDERSTAND MEEEE?!?!!

Now. Stop being so freaking serious all the time. Seriously, it's seriously annoying. I mean, seriously people. Seriously? Why can't we just look at a picture and laugh without having all these seriously annoying serious people from PETA and crap?








EDITORS NOTE: I agree with PETA on this: Abusing animals = BAD
I disagree with them on this: Hunting animals = BAD and Fur = BAD those two things have kept the human population from dying out. I have nothing against vegetarians and vegans, but those are alternative lifestyles that until modern times would not have been possible. Now we have access to food that grows on the other side of the world and synthetic fibers. But back before Walmart and Burlington, people had to hunt to get food for the winter and to have warm coats. So I therefore support the things that have kept humans alive for ages. I do, however, feel that hunting needs to be regulated because humans have been known to wipe out populations. Did you know that there was a giraffe like animal in North America before humans came from Asia and killed them all off?
Oh, and fur can be quite tacky. But if I were living in Alaska or Antarctica (I'd work at the post office), you better believe I'd have a fur coat! 


Ok, so PETA and I have like ONE thing in common...

End of Spring Break

I'm ready for it to be over. It was fun and all, but I need to see people.
Tomorrow is the first day back to school, and I'm so happy that it's finally here! I don't think you guys understand, I NEEEEEEEEEEEED to see people. And it gets me away from  my dad's house during the day. It's not really the house that I want to get away from...it's the people. I like being in a house where everyone knows that it really truly is possible to quietly close all of the doors in the house. And where the couch is comfy. And where it's ok if I feel like laying in bed for most of the day and listening to music. Or having a pajama day. A place where 9 year olds understand that it's PERFECTLY FINE if you go play by yourself, and it is NOT perfectly fine to say "I don't get it" after about 90% of the commercials on TV. If you don't get it, fine, but I don't care. And dang it! I LIKE watching Bones and House and CSI and all of those other grape-jelly-and-rubber shows while eating dinner! If you don't, too bad because it's a new freaking episode and I'm going to effing watch it!

*SIGH* Ok....vent done. Now I'm going to be excited about tomorrow.

YAY!!! I get to see friends again, and people I like, and people I LIKE, and even the people that I want to punch in the face!!!!! And it's a b-day, which means French class (XD) and Biology :)...and math :C< But that's ok!
So what good things happened over spring break? Well I got my semester 2 job shadow done. I shadowed/volunteered for a few days at a police station. It was pretty awesome. I got to do a ride along with 3 officers. The first ride along was ok...nothing really happened. Then the second guy was the local student resource officer (yes, I said THE local SRO...it's a small town) and he also showed me some pictures of when he went to France. He was a fun and nice guy. Then the third guy (who has a mysterious southern accent and no one has any idea of how he got it) showed me pretty much all of the speed traps and told me some funny stories. Then he arrested a guy. That was exciting.
I also did some work around the office such as stamping dates on files, rearranging their bulletin board so that you could actually see the majority of the papers, cutting my finger--uh I mean old tape recordings.
Oh, and I got my prom dress and shoes! So excited for prom! Now I just need to survive the SAT O.O


So yeah. I'm kinda glad to be going back to school. Actually, it wouldn't be like this if I had spent the WHOLE break at my mom's... but yeah.