Realizations of the week:
1.I am 1134 pennies tall
2.In the Crappsville school system not caring has no effect on your grades
3.You can BS your way through any school presentation here
4.Edit, Undo doesn't work in real life
5.I've been a lot quieter in the past than I realized
6.It's late
7.Painting is alot more fun if you care about what you're painting
and finally
8. Caffeine for lunch is better than sleep.

Today I had a pretty low key day, went to school came home and slept till 9. When I got up I told my mom that I thought I'd go in to town and get a movie. She looks at me and goes, Amanda it's late. I couldn't believe her, it was 9:30! SoI told her that, and went anyway. I went into the video place where Leila works, and Martin was there as well. The three of us talked for a while before Martin left, and he told me that that was the most he had ever heard me speak. Strangley, I think I believe him. I rarely spoke to people I didn't know well until last year. It's a good thing I got that out of my system before college.
Speaking of college. I think next year I"m going to be sick of making new friends every year. Last year I had very different friends from the year before, this year I have a bunch of new friends again, and next year I'm hopefully going to makea bunch more new ones. The problem is, I'm havign trouble keeping people straight as it is. I can see why people usually only stay in contact with one of two of their high school friends. It's sad, but kinda necessary.
Anyway, back to the realizations. So after I got home, I was watching "Thirteen" and working on my new painting, when I screwed up on part of the new one, and I immediatly though 'Edit, Undo'. But you knoww hat? That doesn't work on paintings. Go figure. I couldn't believe myself, I just dropped my brush and though Oh wow. I don't know if I mentioned this yet, but I finished the wheat painting!!! Yey, finally.
And I really have to get to sleep, because I'm working the Affair of Tables tomorrow, but I wanted to ask you guys a favor. My friend from Ukraine sent me this e-mail today:

hello my dear friends!
it's good to be writing u again :)
u know what i wanna ask u for a favor! i have a huge prayer request!
as u know we're gonna have an elections of the President of Ukraine this Sunday, Nov, 21. and the things that are happening in Ukraine now just terrible to watch. i mean Ukraine has 2 candidates: Yanukovich and Yushchenko. Yanukovich is looking on Russia and actually not much cooperation with the western countries. besides he's in policy only a few years, because before he was in prison for 2 times! i am a patriot of my country and say the truth i don't like his policy at all because he's trying to get us into some kind of union with Russia again and i don't want some kind of prisener to be a president of my country. and i feel like it's about time for Ukraine to be independent for real!
the other one Viktor Yushchenko. i really like his policy. first of all he's smart he knows what he's saying and ppl know his policy for 11 years now. and our present president is afraid of him and his policy. because he wants to low the taxes, get rid of bribes and he wants Ukraine to be European country! but someone was trying to poison him once and now he has a very ugly face, he almost died. the's no commercials about him, only about the other one. i mean u have to be afraid that smth bad will happen if ppl know u vote for Yushchenko. and it proves me one more time that there's smth in his policy that present authority afraid of!
this is the most important day in the history of independent Ukraine! it depends on the results of elections in which direction Ukraine will go starts with next Monday!
PLEASE! PRAY FOR THE TRUTH DURING ELECTIONS. AND SO PPL WILL KNOW TRUTHFUL RESULTS AFTER.
AND IT'S ONLY MY PRAYER NEED BUT PLS PRAY FOR YUSHCHENKO TO BE A WINNER! I KNOW GOD HEARS THE PRAYERS!
THANK U AND GOD BLESS U!

and I was wondering if you would pray for her/the election as well. I'd greatly appreciate it. And I know she would also.