I finally got my picture from the Theater scanned in, so I'm going to post a few here. enjoy.





Old Books!



















Okay that's more than a couple, but I jsut spent a long time fixing/sizing them, and I want to show them off. Hooray for the healing brush, how I love thee!

Frightening, my mom just whiped out my prom dress pattern, and wants to get started on it. It has 7 pages of instrucitons, and we only have um lets see four months to comeplete it. I forsee last minute bargain prom dress shopping in my future. As Wonder Woman so kindly pointed out, "There's going to be a lot of tears and bloodshed over this dress." Most likely mostly mine, bloodshed any way. But it'll look cool if we get it done.

see, I'm doing the right style in Mint green.

You know, I've relaized as of late that I'm become a gigantic pansy. I mean where did my cold and soullessness go? I still can't cry, but becoming a pansy is like the first step. I couldn't watch alot of parts of the matrix on Monday, because the sentinels freaked me out, and the bug in his stomache freaked me our, and alot of things in that movie freaked me out, not to mention the massive amount of choking people that happens. For some reason my neck thing has become super sensitized also. What the heck is the matter with me? Maybe it's because I'm 6% slut, or maybe it's the 48% blonde? I really don't know.
But anyway, last night we went to Mahinda's house for an improptu get together, and it was mucho fun. Mandalf and I recived permission to talk with Marklar's friends on msn because he wanted to play the football game on x-box, so we encountered a crappsville football/basketball player, who shall remain anonymous, and we pretended to be a girl form EGF, and he didn't like us very much, and informed us the Crappsville doens't have a library. Huh, I never knew. And he really didn't like it when we sang "If you were gay" to him. So he blocked us, but we had a good time for about an hour. One of the best moments though was some girl he was tlakign to goes "I cna't believe she did that in the middle of the studnet section" and the ten seconds later "Ooops wrong conversation" We burst out laughing, much to Mahinda's dismay as her parents were sleeping. Sorry Mahinda. And we convinced another girl that we were drunk and sent her home with chicken hamster soup in a glad ware container with one green and one red lid. It was a good time. But I msut clean and paint an memorize, so farewell for now!

So, a lot has happened since my last post, well we had christmas for one. We started at my aunts house, and that was as eventful as a funeral home. Though my grandma did have a few good quotes. I'm pretty sure she's becoming senile, because she didn't used to be funny, but now she is. When she first walked in, she waslks up to me and goes Wonder Woman! and I'm like, grandma, I'm Amanda, and she goes oh! Amanda! Then we were opening presents, and she got wicked wahine soap and silk pajamas from my cousin, and she goes "Silk pajamas, and wicked wahine soap, I can just see all the men in town running down the street" This is more funny when you know my grandma, she's a very very very conservative lady. Then she started to open one of her presents out of turn, and we're like grandma, it's not you turn, and she goes "Well I just don't have as much time left as you young folks." But the worst part was, my dad walked into our hotel room, and I was half asleep on the bed as I was already ready, and he goes "Wonder Woman, how was your breakfast?" I gave him a few seconds to realize it was me, and then I'm like "Dad, I'm Amanda!" and he goes "Oh, I guess I dind't look the closely." Sigh, so much for an identity.
My mom was driving me nuts though, she decided we were to be seen and not heard this year, and as she was explaining what happened when I got sick this summer to all my relatives over lunch, she completely exaggerated it, and I tried to interject, and correct her, since it's my disease and all, but they just completely ignored me not once or twice, but three times, so I finaly gave up. And then the next day I tried to join in the converstation, because she always tells us how anti-social it is of us to just sit and stare at our relatives, but as soon as I tried to join, she kicked my right back out. So I went downstairs and slept for two hours until it was time to go. But enough venting.
So today Leviathan took Wonder Woman and I to the theater, and gave us the photo tour, it was so fricking cool. I aboslutely loved it. Felt a little sick form the mold, but that's nothing a little zyrtec won't cure right? Wonder Woman and I went shopping today too, and I got a really big brush, and some deep green oil paint, so I am happy, and have to start on that tomorrow, right after, or maybe even before play practice, probably while I'm washing my clothes. But any way, We stopped at the DBR also, and I felt so silly, because I was just browsing, and I saw a magna-doodle, and I was like "Oh cool a magna doodle!" so I started to play with that, and then grabbed the etch-a-scetch. I found a cool quotes game, and a vintage U of M sweatshirt, so that was exciting, and then when we got to the car, I'm like where are my mittnes? and so I went back in to the store to look for them. I look by the clothes, and in the changing room, and then I walked by the toys, and sure enough there they were. I felt about 6 again. And did you know that Target doesn't sell paddle balls? I was very upset, because I was playing with mine, and the stupid paddle snapped in half. How cheap is that? Well about 25 cents, but shhhh.
Ok, this is getting really long, so I'll let you get back to more important things. Have a wonderful break!

Well happy Christmas to you all. It's currently Christmas day, I got to open my stocking this morning, and got some really nice paintintg supplies, including a pallet knife that I don't know how to use, that could be an interesting experience. So The family is working on getting off to small town North Dakota, for the family get together, and grandmothre's birthday party. Two days of relatives, augh. My mom is already flipping out. She just yelled at me because I didn't know what games to bring with. "Just pick something that you'll have fun playing!!" she yelled at me. So the message of this christmas morning is you better have fun, or else. Don't you just love the christmas spirit. Wonder Woman also got a nice scolding for not gassing the car when mother said to do it if she had time fill it up, so our peacmaking father is in town right now filling it before we have to leave. I think there would be major hair pulling if we didn't have him to mediate. I think christmas went pretty well, our immediate family did our gifts yesterday, and I got a tripod!!! Yey! Leviathan and Wonder Woman both liked their paintings, so that made me very happy, and I even got Leviathan's done on time. Well, off to the joys of family socialization for the next two days. Maybe my cousin will have her fun forgeign exchange student with her again. That would rock, because I didn't get the picture I took of him last time. Sad. Have a wonderful christmas season, see you on tuesday I think.
Isn't it cool that Jesus's birthday warrents a whole season?
~ *heart* Mandar

So, today is Teusday, and tomorrow is the last day before Christmas vacation. That's a gigantic relief. We had our Christmas party for Student council today, we did the secret santa thing, and An got me a really cute present, it's just a bunch of fun toys. I like it. It even had a paddle ball in it. Any one who has seen the tennis video from last year will understnad why that's so amusing. Though paddelball is quite dangerous, I don't really see how they can legally market it for small children. It's a very elasticized string. I've hit mysef in the head numerous times. You'll bounce your eye out kid....
WE also had the knowledge Bowl party, and I got my pictures for webpage taken. Excitingness. Today was a big treat day, in Student council we had donuts, and in yearbook we had specila K bars and cupcakes, then in KB we had cookies and punch. They're trying to fatten us up, just like Hansel. Oh, and Wonder Woman and I took a picture on Santa's lap today. It was very very special.
Oil paintig update. I'm doingthe pants tonight, and hopefully I can make corrections tomorrow and be done then. We'll see. But I must go paint. I have precious little time.

So, this afternoon, I laid down, and took a really nice nap, as Wonder Woman kept me up until 3:30 last night, and I had to get up at 7 for church and ss. But during my nap, I drempt that I was outside while it was raining, and it was so pretty, because it was light out, but it's not like the sun was out, and I was in my front yard, an there was a fountain, and as I snapped the picture the water was flowing over the edge, like just about to splash all over me, but not quite, and it was raining, and there was a play ground in the back, and it was so frickin cool. and then I woke up, and I'm like crap, I can't ahve that picture, because it was in my dream. I really want ot paint itno, I'm think ing about changing my masterwork, and doing that in surrealism. Oh! I should make photo edges on it! that would be so cool!
It's getting really late, I should really get ot bed soon. but have no fear, frappucino is here! And there's always cappucion at lunch, hurrah for caffeine! You know, I think every day for the next year I should thank God for Caffeine, because with out caffeine, I'd be really tired, and my grades would struggle. But I must be off to bed, because I, unlike some people have school tomorrow, but I finished my pre-calc all by myself! Though my painting is still drying, and I finished most of my 13 days worksheet, so I can actually watch it tomorrow. Arrivaderci Amigos!

So it's currently techincally the 19th, but I'm still on the 18th, because I have yet to go to bed. But Wonder Woman is expected home any time now. She flew into Great Spoons this evening, and I'm waiting till she gets home. AndI need a break from painting, I painted for almost 6 hours straight. ugh my upper back kills.
This afternoon Leila and I went in, and decorated our sunday school room, for our birthday party for Jesus. We're going to make birthday cards for Jesus, and sing happy birthday to him, and then we're going to play stick the baby in the manger. (Leila and I thought of different levels for this this afternoon too, level 1 is normal, level 2 is soft objects in your path, level 3, various obsticals, tables, cushions, people in your path, and level 4, I think should be full contact. ) Then we're going to have cupcakes, and hand out presents. Hooray for fun.
I also need to note that Leila was abitious and made herself a blog. I've linked her on the side. Props to Leila, you're ripping Wonder Woman already.
So painting update, my oil people is nearing completion, but I really need the paint to dry, soon. I have the stupid blue shirt that keeps smearing all over the rest of the canvas, that I really want to dry, and then the ball needs to dry before I can make shadows on it, and the pants needs to dry before I can add black over the top, and the eyes need some serious help, she now has eyebrows, but looks enraged, not the effect I was going for. Well, Mr. S can probalby help me monday. But I really want to have this done by end of the week. Then on to my masterwork over Christmas Vacation, major painting time going on then. I'm excited though, we might have painting parties at Leila's house, exciting. I will be buying my own white oil paint though, the classroom is running dangerously low, and I don't appreciate that.
Also, I found out it was Vabner's birthday yesterday, so happy Birthday to you Vabner, even though you probably don't read this. There are just tons of Birthdays around Christmas now, this is the firts year I've really had any, and it's crazy.
But I had best be getting homework done, if I do it now I can nap tomorrow between church and Stable Communion, and I expect you all to be there, as Leila is Mary, and her boyfriend Joseph (perfect no?). Blog later, and hope Wonder Woman arrives soon, so I can sleep. Love you!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOLA (YESTERDAY) !!!!

So it has been a slow week so far. But too fast at the same time. I need to get my butt painting. We have 15 school days left of the semester, and um one a half paintitngs left. Umm, we've only completed two this year so far. Aaaah Freak out! But not to worry, I'm painting people Christmas presents too, so no biggie right? And peple tell me I'm a masochist, sillies.

So Monday Mahinda convinced me to try out for the One Act play, and guess what? I made it. I play Heide, Mahinda is Jay, and then we'l just call her her character name, Suzie is also in our scene. Character descriptions: Jay, the leader of the group, serious, an intellectual, wears a beret and black converse sneakers. Heide, more demure and a follower, wears matching knee socks, and penny loafers. (we're all three catholic school girls) Mahinda runs over a chipmunk, and I try to console her, as Suzie trys to get her to explain Moby Dick's symbolism to her. So I spent my evening, trying to construct a fake dead squirrel/chipmunk. I ended with a lump of brown fur and eyes, and one good cut on my thumb. Not too bad I'd say. Leviathan also made it, and he plays Marty, a big bayb, wired and anxious, (has taken speed), is driving. He is terrified, singing to himself, dumming his fingers manically on the steering wheel.

But I must go paint, Au revior.

HAPPY BIRTDAY ADEN!

Even though you were a poo while shopping today. I don't know why I put up with you sometimes. But moving on, Get this, I went to a dance on Friday, and I didn't absolutely despize it. The DJ struggled, but I've been to much worse. And I thought my blog could us a little more humor as of late, so I'm going to post my quotes from school this year. I have some doosies.

~Did we gain our independence from Great Britain or Germany? asked while we were taking a citizenship test in social.

~What the Hell is kelp? in Bio

~Drug Use: the only AP class offered in Crappsville. A colaberative effort by Leila and I

Mahinda's section:

You know, a star is an Euler curciut.

His hat says 10/6, and that reduces. It's 5/3, 5/3!

So Cabana, it's a state...

(Mr F.) It's like the FBI, CIA (Mahinda) 411

Dawn Treader? That kind of sounds like down trodden.

You hurt my brain. (To Aden)

My eye's twitching. You Manda, make my eye twitch.

~I don't think I've ever been more confused in my entire life, and I'm taking math! A Yearbook staff member, learning page maker.

Now I have a collection of rory's:

Street only has 1 t silly!

I'm gonna pick your nose or something.

(losing chess) Your King just had a heartattck!

Beam me up snotty

~It's yellow, and blue, and you start it with gasoline.....a bonfire!

~I'm not depressed, I'm just sober. (the essence if Crappsville, comes in 8 and 10 oz bottles, pick yours up today)

~So Aden's asian? I always though he was Korean.

~Is Korea an island?

~So take the first right.....on your right.

And Leila wrote a limeric:

There was a ballet called "Giselle"

That was burned with a curse from Hell

People siad it'd be the same

So nobody came

And our audience by 350 fell

So that's a little taste of Crappsville for this year. Hope you enjoyed.

So it's been a while since my last post. Buckle in kiddos, it could be a long ride.
So monday, I wen tot GF to develope my Giselle picture, and I did get soem good ones. I was pleased. though on the way home, it was really slippery, and I was only going like 45 on the higway. but regardless, I hit some major ice, and spun out, and landd in the ditch. Some very nice people helped me get out though, it's wasn't hard, since I was only in the median. But I was terrified. I don't believe I'm gone over 40 on pavement since then.
Yesterday I was majorly dumb, and proved it in Knowledge Bowl, remembering that Sir Ector was King Arthurs gaurdian in youth, 12 questions later. Came home, and tried to scan my negatives, but sure couldn't make that work. Went to bed for a nap aroud 8, and woke up late for my student council meeting this morning. Good thing I didn't have any pressing homework.
Last night I had a crazy dream, I was escaping somewhere in a helicopter, and we had to stop, and I talked to a doctor, and he told me I wouldn't live past 60, and that my neck wasn't going to last much longer, I'd have to get it replaced soon. (Funny, I never had neck nightmares until I started getting tortured about it. *ponder*) Ironically Thrivent denied my life insurance application today.
So I got to work on painting things for two and a half hours today, which was wonderful, but I was working on stretching my canvas for my masterwork, and I had it I had it stretched, and on the frame, but as I was gessoing it, it started to warp, and it warped by like 4-5 inches. It was insane. Rory's did the same thing, except Mr. S let her remove staples to fix it, and mine is a guinea pig, to see if it will dry flat. scary.
Ok, this wasn't as long as I expected. Have a good night children. Or maybe I should do the blog trend and say good night bitches. Nope, not liking it. Children it is.

Alrighty, I have another dream to add to the crazy list. I was at church, and it was like this afternoon I belive. We suddenly were invaded by either Ukrainian or Russian, soilders, dressed like Popeye (meaning they had the same type of clothes, they weren't in costume). They put us all in the basement, and we weren't allowed to leave. I had baby Abigail, who I took care of in Ukraine, with me and she was really really heavy. Well, I realized once we were locked there, that I probably woulnd't be able to make it to the Ballet, and I needed to tell Aden that. Now my backpack was upstairs, and it had my copy of Main Street in it, which has Aden's phone number on my book mark. So I asked the soldier guarding the stairs is I could go get my book, and he didn't speak any english, but he eventually let me up the stairs, and I grabbed my book. When I got back down stairs I was trying to call Aden, but the phone wouldn't work. Wow, I remembered that one in a lot of detail.
Side note. I dont' know if anyone else's parents do this, but my mom always tries to have hear to heart conversations with me at like 7:00 in the morning. This is a very bad idea, I can't think until after I've had a shower. You think she would have figured this out after I told her that I had 60% minutes to get ready one day. Well, next year I kind of doubt that will happen, I'm guseeing she won't call me at college to have heart to hearts that early in the morning.

Hello All. Today was rather uneventful. Filled sandbags for Leo Club, and missed the first tiem we've actually done something in social. Shocker. Actually pretty much understood my pre-calc, even bigger shocker. Finished my site for Web-page. Hardly got anywhere on my painting. Slept for forever during ym nap. sucked it up at knowledge bowl.
But moving on. I've been having decidely messed up dreams lately. So I have to get a lead in going fo the first one. Yesterday during my Bio presentation Paco and Aden thought it would be funny to grab their necks through the whole thing just to freak me out. It was not very nice. Though Paco apologized. Which I appreciate. Aden on the other hand..... So last night I had a dream, I found my self in a desert called cyber land. It was hot, my canteen had sprung a leak, and I was thirsty. Out of the abyss walked a cow, Elsie. I asked her if she had andy thing to drink. And I'm sorry major RENT tangent. Any way. I drempt that Paco and Aden were vampires, and they were chasing me around this crazy black room trying to bite my neck. And it was wierd because I could see myslf, and it was like I was watching through a wierd perepective shot.

nonetheless it was terrifying. Then this afternoon during my nap, I had a dream that I was friends with all my mom's friends, and Mr. D's wife strangely enough. I was at one of thier little gatherings, and they were serving insane amounts of food. I was supposed to pick my brother up and get him home by 4:30 so he could call the DNR, but I had dropped him off the the post office for some reason, and I couldn't find him. As I was leaving, Mr. D's wife was talking to me, and my ear really hurt, and so I pulled my camera out of it. And no one thought this was wierd. I woke up with a sore ear. Wierd right?
Well that's all I have for you today. Enjoy

So Today is Teusday? Yes, it is never mind. Knowledge Bowl started today. Foreshadow of the season, I missed the first practice, but I got myself an 8:00pm gymnastics lesson, so we've fixed that problem. But we have yet to deal with Speech and Drama schedules. Ack. But not worrying about them yet. They're not here yet. Current worry, Christmas presents. I am currently short four people, and I haven't a clue where to start for them. Tow people are also partial presents.
Exciting news, Wonder Woman will be home the 18th. There will once agian be sanity in the household. wierd right? And this weekend is Giselle. I heart you dancers. I wish I could make it better, but I don't have that power. I'll take pictures though, and then you'll remember the pretty parts, right? I already got some pictures of pre-show practice. I'll post some of them. Because I like them.


The Leila dramatic pose!



Just say no.



And if I'm flying solo at least I'm flying free.



Leila the Airplane!



Rory's sexy toe shoes. We heart toes shoes





Guess who's feet. Ok, I"ll give you a hint, it starts with and M, and ends with a ahinda



same feet

And it's about time for bed. Wish me luck getting any sleep tonight. Though as soon as I get ot my bed. It'll be no problem.
Oh side note. I officially hate oil paints. They're ruining my brushes, my clothes, my skin. I got green all over my face yesterday. It was rather amusing, but tstill I don't enjoy them one bit. I don't even like the way they paint. I'm going back to acrylics asap. And I'm out. Lovely evening to you all.