In The Summertime

So this has been a terribly exciting summer so far. This is my second full week of being a graduate and I haven't done much. I've been really sick since Saturday and it's driving me nuts because it just won't go away =[ All I do is sleep, watch TV, eat small amounts, and sit in my room in the dark on the computer. Even the light makes me hurt. Plus it's hot outside and we have to have the air conditioner inspected before we can use it so blaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

Plans to go to Azkatraz have not developed. No one's mother will let them go without adult supervision, which is ridiculous because they're all 18.

I'M LOSING MY MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIND!

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Now playing: Judas Priest - The Hellion
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Now playing: Journey - Don't Stop Believing
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School's Out

So that's it...I'm officially a high school graduate! I have the snazzy diploma to prove it and everything. My graduation was last Thursday and all in all it went pretty well. Getting ready, on the other hand, was not so smooth haha. For some reason halfway through doing my makeup I started to panic and almost passed out. It was really awesome! But I pulled through and made it to the ceremony. Afterwards I went out to dinner with two of my best friends, Maggie and Christina. After thaaaat, we ran back to my house, changed, and headed over to the school to go to Grad Nite! Now, for all of you underprivileged [non-existent readers] who don't live in the Southern California area or didn't attend a school that participated, Grad Nite is an event held at Disneyland where the park is open only to graduates and their friends from midnight to six AM. Tons of kids from all different schools go and it's pretty crazy but awesome at the same time.

So we got to the school, I ran to 7-11 for a Red Bull and chugged it which resulted in a crazy energy burst, and then we boarded the buses. The one crappy thing about Grad Nite is they're super strict...no clothing identifying your school, no gum, no liquids, no purses bigger than a certain size, on and on the list went. They search your bag and pat you down before they let you in and apparently they don't do a good enough job because I still smelled pot around the park. We went on a few rides, had some food, did a little dancing (they set up dance clubs around the park), checked out the hourly fireworks show, and had a pretty good time. Pirates of the Caribbean did break down for 20 minutes while we were on it but it was all good. One of my favorite things about the night though was getting to see the sun come up while I was on Big Thunder Mountain. Not everyone gets to see the sun come up at Disneyland, let alone while they're on a roller coaster, so it was pretty amazing.

I made it into bed a little after 8 AM and slept for a good 7 hours and was fairly delirious for the rest of the day. Saturday I went to Universal Studios with some friends and had a really fun time despite the random rain in the morning. Sunday I had my first rehearsal for the Women Who Rock show at S.O.R. and that went about as well as a first rehearsal can go, haha. Today is pretty much my first day to myself in over two weeks and I've had a fairly nice time. I wanted to get a bunch of cleaning done, which I did clean a little but I also spent a good chunk of time watching TV and eating. I do love staying in my pajamas all day though =D Anyways, I'm either going to go clean some more or find something else to watch, so ciao for now!

Hot Stuff

Two men I have recently discovered (or rediscovered) and I think are completely gorgeous?

Matt Lanter


and

Oliver Reed


I discovered Matt Lanter through my extreme love of the show 90210, which he is [I believe] becoming a regular on. After seeing him on the show, I also realized that he was in WarGames: The Dead Code which I had on DVD but hadn't seen yet. I watched it today and even though the movie itself isn't the greatest, he's still gorgeous as usual.

Oliver Reed on the other hand...I fell in love with him when I was 5 or 6 the first time I saw Tommy. I remember that my brother accidentally left the VHS here and I watched it over and over again just to see this beautiful man. Eventually, however, my brother took the tape back and I forgot about Ollie. A few weeks ago, however, I realized I had the Tommy DVD but I hadn't watched the movie for a good 12 years, so I popped it in. I immediately remembered my prior fascination with Mr. Reed and it came back even stronger than before. After finishing the movie I looked up his info. online and was very saddened to see that he died 12 years ago...actually I watched the movie about 2 days after the 10th anniversary of his death.

I think I'm even more infatuated with Reed than Lanter, but I think Lanter's adorable and I figured it would be good to have at least one person who's still alive on this list. These also aren't the only celebrities I think are gorgeous, just two recent additions.

My friends and family think I have odd taste in men, but who cares? More for me =]

Love ya, Ollie!

Summer Nights

So prom was last Saturday, yayyyy! I wasn't quite sure if I was excited or not beforehand because I didn't have a date or anything, but it turned out to be amazing. I went in a Hummer limo with like 20 people, and we stopped at the beach beforehand to take pictures, but we didn't stay very long because it was freaking cold. Then we got to the venue, took our pictures, and had a little food (mm...cream puffs). They had blackjack tables, roulette, and craps, so Christina (my "date") and I spent a looot of time at the blackjack table. We had a ton of chips and we felt like dancing so we blew them all to go to the dance floor. It was only after that did someone tell us that there was a raffle and how many tickets you got depended on how many chips you had. Needless to say, we were pretty pissed. We did some dancing and then went back to gaming. I won back a fair amount of chips and turned them in for tickets. Everyone also got a paper voucher for 100 chips worth of tickets. I turned in mine, one I found on the floor, and 4 from friends who didn't want theirs. I went back to dancing and then someone asked me if I knew they were doing the raffle inside (as there was an indoor and outdoor dance floor and the outdoor guy was playing way better music so we stayed out there). I made it just as they were raffling off the grand prize. Called one number...no one came. Called another number...no one came. Finally, the third number they called was mine, and I won a brand new black 8 GB iPod Nano and a $35 gift certificate to Target, so that was pretty awesome. After that a bunch of people got together to do karaoke, and we did a 6 person version of Summer Nights from Grease. Eventually midnight rolled around and we had to leave. We rode back in the limo and then Christina and I drove over to Denny's (which we do after every dance) and met up with a bunch of people for food and fun. It was an awesome night and I'm sad it ended so quickly.

In other news, my Macbook took a dump. I had to send it out for service and I won't have it back until next week. Blahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh =[ I did get the Sims 3 though, so that's pretty sweet.

Fun, Fun, Fun

Sunday, May 24th, 2009.  I got up at 8 AM after about 5 hours of sleep.  Got ready, left the house at 9, got down the street and then remembered I left my phone at home.  Went back, got it, drove into Hollywood to see a taping of a new show called Most Popular, hosted by Graham Norton.  Got out of the taping at about 3.  Headed over to my rehearsal, which started at 4:15, but got there super early.  Ran through some songs, learned Creep on bass.  After rehearsal, headed over to hang out with my friend Sam for a bit.  Left the cafe at about 9:30 PM.  Stopped at the gas station, put some gas in my car, and waited forever to use the bathroom.  Got on the freeway, traffic was moving very slow so called up my friend Maggie to chat.  Didn't even make it to the next exit before my car died.  Tried to restart it.  Would not move.  FREAKED THE FUCK OUT.  Tried to find my hazard lights and ended up turning on my rear windshield wiper in the process, which I couldn't get to shut off again.  Turned on the hazard lights, called my mom.  Called AAA.  Was on the phone with AAA lady when a cop pulled up behind me and came up to ask what the problem was.  Figured out what the deal with AAA was.  Cop used his car to push mine over to the side.  Waited a good 20 or 25 minutes for the tow truck to show up.  Cop was nice and waited in his car behind me.  A passerby took a picture of me while they were driving by.  Tow truck got there, hooked up my car, then pulled off the freeway and had to turn my car around and hook it up the other way so the transmission wouldn't get ruined.  (My car is a 1992 Nissan Pathfinder, by the way.)  Got towed about 20 miles to a shop near my house.  Finally made it home at about midnight, got to bed at 2 AM.

That was a long day.

Monday, May 25th, 2009.  Memorial Day, and my last official day off in my compulsory education career.  Was woken up at 10 AM.  Went to the world's largest auto center, Cerritos Auto Square.  Stopped at Ford briefly, spent a very long time at Honda.  Got a free hot dog & water bottle.  Went over to Nissan.  Spent an even longer time at Nissan with the guy from Honda calling and calling.  Finally decided to go with Nissan.  After all the paperwork and having the car detailed, finally got to go home at about 8 PM.

To make a long story short, I GOT A NEW CAR!  Not just because my other one broke down, we had already started looking for a new one last Wednesday as a graduation gift for me.  So now I have a 2009 Nissan Versa SL and I love it to death!  It's amazing.  As soon as I get my Pathfinder back from the shop I have to try to sell it, unless of course I can find a job and pay for the insurance on it.

I'm trying to decide on a name for the Versa.  The Pathfinder is called the Jonesmobile because it feels like you're riding the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland.  I'm considering naming the Versa Oliver, because of my current Oliver Reed obsession, but we'll see!  Ahhh, I still can't believe that beautiful brand new car in the driveway is mine.  This is so freaking exciting!

Yesterday

I've been watching a lot of old home movies the past couple of days.  I really enjoy looking back, but it's depressing at the same time.  I HATE change so this whole growing up thing isn't really gelling with me but whatever, I guess I just have to learn to deal.  I do have to say that I think I was a pretty damn adorable kid, hahaha.

In other news...I like the schedules at school right now.  Last week and this week is the state testing, which seniors don't participate in, so things are kind of altered for us.  Like today, most seniors don't have to be at school until 11 AM, but because I have no 1st period I don't have to be in until 1 PM.  So that's pretty awesome.  Then the rest of the week is nice too: Tuesday I go in at noon, Wednesday at 11 AM, and Thursday and Friday at 10:15 AM.  Other than that...I finally got my new cellphone!  I'm now a proud CrackBerry addict.  The Storm is amazing.  I know a lot of people don't like it but whatever, that's their problem.  I think it's fantastic.

Oh, and today, out of the blue, my parents introduced the possibility of me getting a new car as a graduation gift.  I never, ever, EVER expected them to buy me a car in my entire life unless they like...won the lottery or something.  But apparently it's now a viable possibility.  It can't be anything insanely expensive, but right now I'm kind of looking at a Toyota Yaris with some nice features, and quite a few other similar cars like the Honda Fit and the Nissan Versa.  Hopefully I'll get to do some test driving this week.  Now I'm off to try and get some sleep.  Yay for not having to get up until noon...on a school day, none-the-less!

I really hate everything about my life right now.  Dammit.

Putting weight back on, everyone has a prom date but me, everyone I know is leaving the state for college, I have no plans for my future, and my mother is LYKE TOTALLY BFFS with my ex who I hate profusely and wish would fall off the face of the Earth.

I really want to crawl into the '90s and never come back.  Did I mention that my entire senior year has been a boring waste of my existence because all of my "friends" have better things to do than hang out with me, and that the only thing I was looking forward to doing was going back to film camp this summer after my mom offered to send me as a graduation gift only to have her tell me that she miscalculated and actually can't afford it so instead I got a nice leather purse that I was thrilled to death to get until some moronic kid got mayo all over it and stained it the second time I ever used it?  Yeah.  Fuck my life.