Ad Canvassing Fail?

So I hate my journalism teacher.

It's like, definite now.

First, he makes the entire class stay after school until six o'clock once a month and expects everyone to arrange their own rides home. Even though not everyone can drive. And I don't know about everyone else, but my mom is losing pay so she can leave work early to come get me.

Second, he gets mad at one of my friends for not being able to stay until six o'clock because she has to watch her one year old sister. Very cool.

Third, me and a couple friends formed a group to go ad canvassing - in other words, to go around shops and ask managers if they want to take out an ad in the school paper - at a shopping center near my house. These friends can drive, and I can walk to the shopping center.
Does he even give us a chance to suggest this?
Naw.
He gives us a shopping center near the two friends' houses, and neither of them want to give me a ride.
Of course, they don't tell me they can't give me a ride until eleven o'clock, which was when we were supposed to be meeting.
And now one of those friends is vehemently denying the fact that we decided on the easier shopping center, but whatever.

It really doesn't matter, I guess.

Just a bunch of bullshit.

I hate that teacher, and I'm really starting to hate the class.

~J*~

I'm Buying Plane Tickets to Illinois for June/July 2010. Mkay?

Yeah. I think I'm going to save up about $275 for a plane ticket to Illinois to visit my bestest friend that I've neverever met before.

Anyway.

So I went Black Friday shopping with Boyfriend yesterday, and it was just like any other weekend at the mall. The crowd wasn't that bad. It was only bad for the people on methamphetamines that went at like, five in the morning.

But I got two people Christmas presents, and I have like... two more to go.

And I still have like, 55 bucks to spend :D Woo!

I'm gonna get myself a resistance band jont to work out. Because um... there's this amazing boy that has an equally amazing body that I feel very out-of-shape next to.

And I just ate one of the most fattening things in the world, so I need to go on like, a twelve hour walk.

FUCK MY STOMACH PUDGE.

:(

~J*~

This is My Post For Tomorrow

So Thanksgiving was not bad. At all.

I went to my dad's for the first time in eight months. And it was as if nothing had ever happened. But I think I trust him a little more now. More than I did for a while. Which was not at all.

So now that that bullet has finally been bitten, I might start going over there again. And Boyfriend isn't entirely thrilled with that idea. Honestly, I'm kind of anxious, too. But I guess... we'll just see what happens. Which has been my philosophy for life lately. We'll just see how things go.

So yeah. Turkey Day is over, and I get to see Boyfriend tomorrow, all day. I miss him. Which sounds odd, considering I see him every day at school and talk to him every night. I dunno.

But yeah.

So everything was pretty... okay.

~J*~

HAPPY
THANKSGIVING

I hope everyone's holiday is absolutely wonderful.

And I hope you all have something amazing to be thankful for.

My Thankfulishness

-Samantha Jean PENGUIN (Last name has been changed)
-Lilian Nichole VOMITEY (last name has been changed, and I probably spelled the first two names wrong :D)
-Megan SLUTHAUSEN (do I really need to keep repeating myself?)
-Francescaaa Gurllll.

-My Amazing Boyfriend-

Have fun devouring your poor, innocent turkeys, you all.

I know I... won't.

Haha.

I can't wait to be a vegetarian.


~J*~

A Bit of News

I guess posting twice in one day makes up for my lack of posting yesterday.

Um, I'm kind of cheating on Blogger a little bit.

Joey's Tumblr

...

Yeahhh.

I'll still post here!

Probably more personal stuff will go here, and then just other random things regarding movies, music, and just little ramblings will go on Tumblr.

I kind of like it better than Blogger, actually. The set-up is much more... organized.

><

I love all you Blogger people still.

And I'm not going anywhere!!!

But for all you class of '09ers that I've discovered love my little annoying rantings and ravings, you might wanna follow that jont, too.

Mkay?

I'm not letting this fame get to my head, am I?

:)

~J*~

The FAME.

(Totally ignoring the fact that I'm horrible at this NaBloPoMo nonsense and didn't post yesterday.)

So apparently, I'm a wee bit for famous than I thought.

THE CLASS OF 2009 LOVES MEEEEEE.

:)

Today is, as you know, the day before Thanksgiving, and we have one of those bullshit half days high school students haven't really seen much of since their pre-secondary-school days. So a lot of --

BREAKING NEWS

I just received a tweet from Semi-Precious Weapons that today is their LAST DAY IN THE RECORDING STUDIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMGOMGOMGOMGNEWALBUMNEWALBUMNEWALBUM SQUEEEEEE.

--graduates came to visit their favorite teachers. In second period journalism, a girl whose name I WISH I knew (sorry, mysterious fan D:) told me that a LOT of last-year seniors read my blog. Like, a LOT. And they get all excited when I update.

DO YOU KNOW HOW FAMOUS I FEEL?

GAHHHHHHH!!!

YAY CLASS OF '09! YOU'RE SO MUCH COOLER THAN THE CLASS OF '10 BECAUSE THEY'RE A BUNCH OF ASSHOLES MOSTLY KINDA!!!

I wish I was a junior ><

Anyway.

So yeah, that takes care of that :)

Um, would someone mind telling me why I have a really weird taste at the back of my throat after I eat or drink anything? Because I'm a little concerned.

But yeah. Uhm. No school for two days :) But something very scary/exciting is happening tomorrow.

I'm seeing my dad for the first time in almost eight months.

I'm going to his house for Thanksgiving, and I'm really anxious, but I think I'm ready.

Wish me luck?

And then the rest of this little mini-break should be chill. Boyfriend's house Friday, and then ad-canvassing for the school newspaper with cool people on Saturday or Sunday. Hopefully, I'll be able to do Christmas shopping one of those days. My BFFL tried to get me to agree to wake up at like, four in the morning to hit all the Black Friday sales.

Pardon my French, but EFF THAT.

So yeah.

That's... about the height of it.

YAY.

~J*~

PS: You need to check out "Monster" by Lady Gaga. NOW. It's like crack.

Ohhay, Let's Take a Sick Day Out of a Two and a Half Day Week.

Of course, last night, I felt like shit, and this morning, I woke up feeling worse.

So I didn't go to school, and I only have two and a half days of school this week.

Plus I'm just not a happy camper right now.

Suffice it to say that I'll never make anyone happy, and I'll probably die a miserable old cat lady.

With a penis.

Anyway.

On with the Music Monday.

Regina Spektor

Okay, so this woman is pretty much perfect. She mixes her upbeat melodies with beautiful ballads, and all of the lyrics are incredibly clever and have a deeper-than-what's-on-the-surface meaning. The music is just fantastic, and Spektor is very good with her fingers - on the piano, that is.

My favorite album from her is called "Begin to Hope," but the one pictured above is called "Far." They're both amazing, as is her older one, "Soviet Kitsch."'

(Don't sue me if I got the spelling wrong. But I'm pretty sure I didn't.)

Definitely check Regina Spektor out. Her new... I don't know if it's a single, but there's a video for it... well, whatever, it's called "Dance Anthem of the '80s." It's very cute. As are most of her other songs. A song that I find very powerful from her "Begin to Hope" album is called "Samson." Definitely listen to it - it'll tug on your heartstrings.

~J*~

Boring Friday, Exciting Saturday

Okay.
So you know how I said my mom was at a concert Friday night and I was supposed to hang out with Francesca.
Yeah. Didn't happen. 'Cause Cescie girl lost her phone.
-_-
*Smacks a bitch*

So I was at home. Alone. For all of Friday night. Talking to Nikki for about three hours about how pissed off we are for being in similar situations. I ordered myself a pasta bread bowl from Dominos and watched I Know Who Killed Me, and I don't care what anyone says - I love that movie.

But yeah.

Last night was oodles of fun though. KaraKabob had one of her numerous, epic parties. And I kissed a girl. And I didn't really like it. And I kissed a boy. And it was kind of amazing. But it's been that way for about... 11 months and 7 days now, so I'm not TOO surprised. Haha.

I'm so hungry right now, though. I want another bread bowl. But it's 10:03 AM. And we're going to the store. And I really don't want to. So I might not.

OH MY GOD I'M GETTING MORE GUM TODAY!!!

THANK JESUS. I'm running so low.

~J*~

My Lollipop Just Cut My Lip D:

So my mom is going to a Bruce Springsteen concert tonight.

And I don't know if I'm getting out of the house or not.

But I really need to. Because I can't be home alone all night. So, probably I'll be with Francesca :)

I know this is such a bullshit post, but I just really wanted to whore the new Gaga video, for those that haven't seen it, because it's really effing epic.

Lady Gaga - Bad Romance

Seriously.

EPIC.

~J*~

I Have No More Stamps D:

I have two stamps left.

I need three for my UMD application.

...FUDGE.

Now it's going to stress me out until like, this weekend, when I get stamps and I can friggin send in the application and GAHH.

Honestly, I don't think I'm going to apply to any other schools. Like, the three in-state ones are fine. Everything else is just too much money.

So I realize that I have forgotten Music Monday yet again. And I know it's like, three days late. But... here ya go.

La Roux

I don't really listen to this techno-poppy duo all that much, but I DO have the above-pictured album, and I have heard most of it. Their songs are very catchy, and the beats just make you want to get up and dance. The lyrics of some of their songs are really pretty, but mostly, they're just good dance beats. The singer's voice is definitely unique. I'm not talking Semi-Precious Weapons unique, but it's different.

Anyway, this is a very good dance-type-music band, and they're definitely worth a listen.

~J*~

Towson U.

I applied. For Towson University. And now I'm really anxious.

And, of course, I need to apply for more schools, but for the applications alone, it's forty-five-freaking-dollars, and another ten to send them my SAT schores.

WHAT THE EFF IS THIS SHIZ?

Does it really cost money to receive an application online? No. What about receiving SAT scores online? Shouldn't cost money for that, either.

So, again - WHAT THE EFF. Isn't it bad enough that colleges range between $15,000 and, like, $50,000 a YEAR? Do we REALLY need to pay for applications? NO.

Ugh. Everything should just be free. Money makes everything so difficult.

So I started my Salisbury application, and again, I need to pay forty five bucks before it can get sent in, another ten for my SAT scores to get sent in.

I don't want to ask my mom for this one, because I'm going to apply for at LEAST three more after this. Maybe I'll ask my dad. Who I actually spoke to yesterday, and it was not that awkward at all.

But yeah.

I'm going to try to finish most of this Salisbury app tonight, and get UMD done tomorrow... hopefully. Those are all my in-state schools.

THIS IS TOO DIFFICULT.

And, on top of that, I need to take pictures for photography, walk a dog, and... JUST GAH.

~J*~

C O L L E G E.

I know I'm horrible at this NaBloPoMo shiz.

But I have a really good reason.

At least, it's really good to me.

I went to Boyfriend's house on Friday, and stayed until about 10:30 last night :) Well, I didn't STAY, because me, him, and his mom went on a visit to Salisbury University, and... well, it's changing my mind a little bit about college.

I wanted to go to the local community college. It's one of the top ten in the country, and it's just... cheaper. But visiting a college, it's making me want the whole experience. The whole, four-year college experience.

Problem is, I'm going to need a LOT of grants and a LOT of scholarships.

And loans. Ugh.

The only thing about going anywhere farther than the twenty-minute-down-the-road state university, or the other twenty-minute-away college, is being far away from everyone I care about.

Namely, Boyfriend.

After the visit to Salisbury yesterday, I started thinking about how hard it's going to be for us to go to seperate schools - probably. Hopefully, we'll end up at the same place, but probably not. I don't know. I just... don't know. I'm really scared college is going to break us. You know?

Yesterday was our eleven months. It was one of our few month-iversaries that I got to spend with him. And it was absolutely perfect. I don't ever want to lose that.

/saddness.

But yeah.

Anyhoozits.

I need to get out of my house. Like, now. I need to just move out and live with people that actually care about me and don't treat me like shit, like my friends, or Boyfriend, or something.

I need to go to C O L L E G E.

~J*~

Ahem.

Sorry about yesterday.
It was a pity party over here.

Anyhoozits.

This NaBloPoMo is kinda killing me. Just a touch. But coffee cake takes away the pain.

So, Saturday, I'm going on a college visit. "But, Joey, you're a SENIOR. Shouldn't you have done that LAST YEAR?" Well, yes, kind sir or madam, but you see, this is my BOYFRIEND'S college visit. And it's our eleven months. And this was already planned, so this is all we could do together. But yeah. :)

Except for his mom's going to be there.

But oh well. So's his best friend. Which is cool, I guess, 'cause we're pretty close. Ish.

But yeah. There was a lot of drama for me to be able to go. My mom threw a hissy fit because she thought she or my dad should be the one to take me, which, yeah, it's true, but this isn't MY college visit. It's a college I might possibly look into after two years at the local community college, but this isn't MY college visit.

And yet, still, drama. Drama. Drama.

My mom's not exactly the best.

(Understatement of the century.)

But, brownie points for her that she's letting me go. So yeah. It's kinda a special day. And yeahhhhhhhh.

I have nothing else to ramble about right now. I have to walk an 80 pound chocolate lab in the cold, windy rain. So I guess I should get crackin' on that. UGH.

~J*~

I Just Want...

...to be happy.

Is it too much to ask?

How Can Anyone Even Think That Infidelity is Okay?

Like, it boggles the mind.
Why on earth would you cheat on the person you're with? Like, if you're not happy with them, then get out of the relationship. Don't betray their trust. I don't care if they're a straight-up bitch. Then GET OUT OF THE RELATIONSHIP. Infidelity should never be an option.

I'm not saying it's totally unredeemable, but it makes you lose a whole lot of brownie points. Like, I'm sure there are some cheaters that are nice people and good friends, but it just makes them completely untrustworthy.

I just can't understand the mindset, you know? Like, what would drive you to do that? Just get out of the relationship. I just... I can't understand, and I can't imagine how bad that would hurt.

And it's mostly boys. Boys are such jerks.

Anyway.

I have to go back to school at seven tonight for some financial aid workshop for college. Ugh. I don't understand why it can't just be free, like public school. Why does getting somewhere in life have to be so ludicrously EXPENSIVE? Ya know?

But yeah.

Well, at least I get some time to actually stuff my face, unlike yesterday, where I went hungry for almost twelve hours D:

Ugh. Eff senior year. It's wayyyyy too expensive. I like the class of '11 better, anyway.

Please don't jump me.

~J*~

So I Effed Up NaBloPoMo For Two Days

Okay, let's start off with Music Monday.

POMPLAMOOSE

They're so CUTE.

Boyfriend introduced me to them. They're on Youtube and MySpace and they're a really cute duo, and not really well known. On their Youtube, they have countless covers, as well as original "videosongs," which is, basically, a music video in which you see every single instrument used in the song at least once. As I've said, they're not really well known, and I'm not sure if they're on any download software except Limewire, but they're really cute, and really catchy, and you should check 'em out.

Anyway.

Next order of business.

THE FOURTH KIND.

It was pretty creepy. But it wasn't terrifying. But it was really creepy. Like if you think about it, it's creepy. 'Cause I believe in aliens. And this one girl at school was like "I think it was demons." But no. Shush your Christian self.

<3

Anyway.

Uhm.

...

I need to think of something to blog about to make up for my two day absence, but I can't sooo...

OH WAIT.

Three hours after school today.

NOT FUN.

Well, it was actually a little less, because I left early, but it was for journalism, and it was actually kind of productive, but still, I was effing STARVING.

And now my head kind of hurts.

So now I'll leave you to your regularly scheduled programming.

~J*~

Fastest Post Ever (So Far)

Okay, this is going to be a five minute post, because Penguin - yes, Penguin, remember her? - have to go pick up her little sister from the bus stop.

HELLO. HAPPY DAY FOUR OF MY UNOFFICAL OFFICIAL NABLOPOMONESS.

I barely made it. But I did. So take that...self?

I'm kind of irritated, once again, about journalism. I wrote an article about Paranormal Activity and they took out my really cute last paragraph, and put in another paragraph about how the actors were on the Leno show. I mean, I don't mind, but like... Iunno. I liked the way I ended it. And they cut it out. And it was really cute D:

Oh well.

Anyway.

Yeah.

Okay.

Gotta jet.

<333

~J*~

NaBloPoMo is Very Hard to Do When You're Grounded From the Computer.

But, luckily, the lady whose dog I walk has a computer.
So take that, overbearing, controlling mother :)

So I'm kind of irritated.

The head of the journalism class or whatever at school is kind of on my ass about not having enough quotes. And paste-up is on Monday. As in, the paper is coming out next Friday. And she's JUST letting us know. Furthermore, no one would reply to our emails, and no one was coming to where the club that me and this guy were writing the article about, so we couldn't exactly talk to them, now could we?

UGH.

This is so irritating.

I should've dropped the class when I had the chance. I'm tired of people being on my D!CK.

Anyway.

So, yeah, um, for today, I'm kind of groundedish from the computer because I was on it last night when I wasn't supposed to be, but my mom didn't say anything, so I figured it wasn't a big issue, right?

But, then, about half an hour later, she decides to flip a sh!t on me for being on the computer.

Wtf, mother.

Quit being bipolar and stop screaming at me when I haven't done anything wrong.

Okay, so MAYBE I told her to hop off. But, really, she tells me to do something twice while I'm in the process of doing it. The eff is that? Really? I'm not stupid.

UGH.

PARENTS SUCK.

I can't wait to have my own kids. I'm going to be an amazing parent. And I KNOW it. So take that.

Anyway.

I'm exhausted. I should probably nap, but I need to read, but I don't know. I just ate lunch and I'm still hungry and THIS POST IS SO RAMBLEICIOUS.

I'm shutting up now and letting you go about your day.

Mkay?

Bai.

~J*~

OH MY GOD I FORGOT MUSIC MONDAY.

OH SHIZ.


BEFORE I FORGET EVEN WORSE.


Okay, so the Music Monday band of the week is....


*drumroll*

*hunts desperately for an amazing, not-so-well-known band*

Okay, you know what, I was gonna save this for a little later, but eff it, I love them so much, and really, they should've been the FIRST Music Monday.

Semi-Precious Weapons

Oh, yes.

Yes, yes, YES.

Okay, so they're not that pretty.

And, okay, so his voice is uh... unique, to say the least.

But their glam-rock, clearly-from-the-New-York-Village-style music always makes me feel better. I could be in the shittiest mood, and listening to them makes me feel like OHMYGOSHI'MSOAMAZING.

Yeah, they're kinda vulgar. So if you're prudish or whatever I'd recommend you don't listen. Especially since they have a song called "That's K*nt."

But yeah.

Uhm.

They're really original and unique, and they're opening for Lady Gaga (an absolute GODDESS) for a couple of her shows, and I'd kill to see them live.

Seriously, go on YouTube and look for their live shows. It's INSANE.

But um. Yeah. I love them so much. And yeah. Mkay.

~J*~

2012 Might Actually Be the End of the World, If I Looked THIS Good In a Picture.

Ahem.

I'd like to inform you that, although John Cusack has another role in a movie, the end of the world is NOT coming in about two years.

And mythology class has given me proof.

Apparently, there's some tablet thingy that archaeologists found that shows that, while the Mayan calender ends at 12/21/2012, there WILL be a future to planet Earth. Around somewhere in the 4500's, I do believe, is the last date that was found.


So, that's one little piece of evidence against all you OHMYGAHTHEWORLD'SGONNAENDDDD wackjobs.

No offense. :)

Well, actually, that's about all the evidence that I know of. But I know some theories. Wanna hear 'em?!

No?

TOO BAD.

Well, really, I only remember one. Okay, so think of the Milky Way like a pizza crust, right? And think of our solar system as like... a pepperoni, I guess. Now, speculation due to alignment of planets and stars and junk dictates that maybe, JUST maybe, come 12/21/2012, our pepperoni will start to descend into and below the pizza crust. But no one knows what'll happen if that happens.

SO INTERESTING, RIGHT?!?!?!

*snore*

Moving on.

So yes. The second part of the title.

Ta-daaaaa!!!

Fabulous, no?

I'm sorry, but this picture was so amazing, I had to post it on something other than Facebook.

Girly on the left is Beatriz, my journalism/TV production/photography BFFL. And the person behind the camera is her cousin, Sasha, who's pretty amazing(ly erotic but she just doesn't know it yet).

So yeah. Um. I'm not ashamed to say that I kind of look incredible, and I'd bang Bea in a heartbeat kthnx.

:)

I've really got to stop posting when I'm this tired.

BAH.

~J*~

I Tire of Garlic Salt on my Mac 'n' Cheese.

Don't ask.
Please.
I'm so tired.

So I'm not going to lie. I saw Paranormal Activity on Sunday and it kinda scared the $#!t out of me. As in, I had to sleep with my light on that night, and a blue glowey lighting-thingy light last night. This is kind of disconcerting, because movies don't usually bother me like this. Except for The Strangers. So creepy.

But for real, for a $11,558 movie that was pretty much just bangs and stuff moving, it was really scary. It was so realistic, and there was no like, soundtrack and it was just... really scary. So yeah.

The full moon looks really creepy right now D:

Anyway.

I feel like I had something really interesting to say, but I don't remember what it was.

OH YEAH.

Okay, this has the opportunity to be really epic. At least, it would, if I had more readers.

So, I was checking my Facebook newsfeed, and I saw a status from Liam Rawrd (DiageoLiam) that kinda caught my interest. I've heard this question before, but I've never really given it any serious thought.

But enough with the suspensing. The question is: If there was a pill to make you go from gay to straight, or straight to gay, would you take it?

Hopefully, I'll get a lot of replies or some such thing with answers and explanations, but I'm not getting my hopes up. But I'll give my honest answer.

Yes, I would.

If I were "normal," I honestly think I would be a lot happier. Of course I'm happy with my boyfriend - immensely and indescribably - but I think I'm starting to kind of get a taste of how difficult this life may be to lead. Granted, by the time I get "out there," in the real world, it'll be 2014, and God knows how things may have changed by then.

(Assuming, of course, we make it past December 21st, 2012.)

(Note to self: Make a 2012 post tomorrow.)

But... I guess we'll just see how things play out, won't we?

Hopefully, everyone here knows this isn't some kind of a choice. No one chooses to be gay or straight. I certainly didn't ask for all of this familial drama, and if there were anyway to change it, I probably would, and I might be happier. But I guess we'll never know.

So, please, don't be shy. Leave a comment, or even post an answer on your own blog.

:)

~J*~

OH. I ALMOST FORGOT.

I'm unofficially becoming a sort of member of this NaBloPoMo nonsense. We'll just see how it goes.

Mkay. Bye now, lovelies.