The Life of a Rodent

Today I'm going with Justo to get his tattoo. He's getting a peace sign with a bible verse on his chest. I may get one too... I'm still not sure. If I do it'll be on my hip or a bow on my right ring finger. I'm probably not getting one though. I want to wait because I think I want my first tattoo to be "Shimmer" across my left forearm. 

I considered getting "shimmer" today but I think I want to wait until after school is over so that I don't have to worry about covering it up at school. I want to get "Shimmer" because it reminds me of my oldest brother who i lost about a year and a half ago. That was one of his favorite songs (by Fuel) and it reminds me of cruising around in his truck with him. My mom told me today that getting a tattoo on my forearm/ wrist is a bad idea because I can't cover it up very well if I ever want to look nice in a dress. She used my wedding day as an example but honestly, I'd like it to show at my wedding. If he can't be there with the rest of my family then I'd like to know he's on my sleeve. I don't know, I'm definitely getting it eventually, I'm just not sure when.

I'm going to see Justo and his friend Nick at noon so I have to go get dressed now. Bye guys :]

Ok, I didn't have time to tell yall this story last week because I was too busy with midterms but I finally have time to do it. So, here we go...

Living in Louisiana, we're below sea level, which means we get floods anytime it rains real hard. We're all used to this but when you are unaware that a massive rain storm is coming your way, it sucks! Kaley and Blaine and I had just gotten out of school when it started to rain. At first it was no big and we decided to get some food. Literally the second we walked into the restaurant it started pouring. We waited about an hour and left as soon as the rain held off enough for
us to drive through it. When we headed back to my house it was terrible, the low streets had been overcome by two feet of water- and rising. We were in Blaine's car which is really low to the ground. For a while we didn't think we were going to make it, but finally we got the bright idea to drive on the sidewalk- which apparently is legal if you can't see the road. We did this until we realized the water was only getting higher so we parked Blaine's car on top of a mound of grass on the sidewalk- perfectly placed right in front of us. 

We had to climb out of the passenger side of the car because the car was tilted to the left. We ran into the deli on the corner and called my dad for help. Thankfully my dad has a big truck that can surpass 2-3ft of water with no problem. At last, he came to our rescue. We waited at my dad's house for about an hour until the water drained out the streets. Then, we had to jump start Blaine's car :P

At the end of the day though we made it home!!!

My brother and I have a friend, Bubba, who has been in the Navy for the past few months. He's practically our brother, before he left for boot camp he ate with us every night, slept at our house every night, and watched ESPN with us every night. We've missed him so much but he's finally home. Last night he came out to Pujo with some of us and we were all excited to see him again. He lost a lot of weight when he went in to boot camp so we kept picking on him calling him skinny. The group was my brother- Ryan, our dad, and our bartender Brittnie (who is one of our best friends). Bubba came in with his uncle who kind of takes the place of his dad, and Bubba's new fiance. We all sat outside and ate Brittnie's awesome spinach & artichoke dip with crab meat. 

Downtown, where Pujo is, the city offers carriage rides. The horses are so sweet and so pretty and they always make a quick stop at Pujo. Brittnie feeds them every day when they come by so I got to do it with  her this time. She ran to the kitchen and found the last carrot and he ate it up hehe. He was so cute, he looked like a mafia gangster with the carrot hanging out of his mouth like a cigar. I gave him a kiss on the cheek and said "Hey you're a vegetarian like me!"

It was a good night, we were all happy to get to see everyone.

Ryan, Bubba, and my dad :] He looks so cute in his uniform hehe. 

xoxo

Re Rat

Not really, I've just been busy. Let me explain.... briefly.

This past week has been hectic. Midterms were consuming all of my time and sleep. On the day before our first midterms, Kaley and Blaine and I got stuck in a flash flood. That's another story for another day (i'll post the journal tomorrow). 

The weekend however has been dedicated to Flesh Eating Monsters pt. III. I'm doing make up yet again :]

I'd love to continue this but I'm in pain, tired, I just want to watch Watchmen.

Goodnight, and I'll elaborate on these details tomorrow since filming doesn't take place until four.

Someone just reminded me that I never posted the photos of the Russian ballet my cousin was in :P So, here's a few for you guys.

I have more but I'm so exhausted that I need to take a break for the night. I'll post the rest tomorrow.

One of the girls I go to school with lost her father yesterday to Leukemia. I actually used to be really good friends with her but in the past two years we've grown apart. She's still a friend though and I've felt bad for her. With this subject on everyone's minds Blaine and JD and I were talking and realized all three of us have difficulty showing emotion with the situation of death. Is that weird? Are we heartless or something?

We feel for our friend and her family because we've all lost someone close, but we brush the subject off so easily, as if it were common place. JD also told us that yesterday was the anniversary of his cousin's death, and his family got together for it. He said his aunts and uncles and cousins were all fussing at him because he was the only one who wasn't in tears over the matter. So what, he loved his cousin, it was like his older brother. I think you can feel the same emotion without showing it, but does the rest of the world think this? I've been here too, my oldest brother actually passed away from alcohol poison about a year and a half ago and people find it "scary" and "disrespectful" that I can speak so cavalier of the matter. But they don't realize that I'd rather not be sad about him and that I'd rather laugh at how much of a funny dork he was. Blaine said the last time he cried was at his funeral actually, JD hasn't cried in 3 years. 

You see, we just don't see the point in crying or being sad. Some people are comfortable crying their eyes out over anything and some people can have the worst things happen to them and just let it be at some point. So what do you think? Does it make us bad people?

Is it just my school? Or does every school give you a shit loud of projects the week before midterms? What's their deal man! I always have projects in Art, that's all that class is so I mean that one isn't a shocker. In English we read The Canterbury Tales and had to draw a picture of one of the characters based on the descriptions. That was easy, but it still took up time that I don't have. Then I had a Psychology presentation on Stendhal Syndrome due today. Oh and my Creative Writing midterm is to decorate a box to look like us... not physically us but like if you're a fun person then put fun stuff on it, that kind of stuff. 

Needless to say, this week has been stressful and tiring. AND ITS ONLY TUESDAY! Things are starting to look up now though. I turned in my presentation material and will be presenting to the class tomorrow, I'll turn in my portrait and finish the dress I'm working on in art before Friday. And this weekend I'll work on my box. Ew, then next week I'll have funnerific midterms. WOO! BUUUUT as soon as thats over we have winter break :D 

So, yes, I've been busy with unfun things. Well, ok not gonna lie, they've been fun because they're easy and just art related but the fact that its so much in so little time, its become stressful. Here are me and Blaine with our English portraits though, I think we did a good job :]

Apparently when Miley was in Miami recently the paparazzi snapped some shots of her sporting a tattoo. The tattoo can only be seen if Miley is in a bikini, its text under her left breast saying "Just Breathe". From what I've read the significance of the tattoo is for her friend who died from Cystic Fibrosis. A lot of people are saying she is too young to have a tattoo. I disagree, I know plenty of people under the age of 18 with tattoos. I think people are just freaking because of its location and because a lot of people aren't letting her grow up. Note that I don't want her to grow up too fast but at the pace of everyone else. I really don't care for the girl but I'm going to take her side on this one. The location is a bit odd, but perhaps because its "close to the heart" or because its near the lungs even. I've read that another reason people are frowning upon this is because they're afraid of her turning out to be like her brother. Reps for Miley still haven't stated whether or not the tattoo is permanent but I'm assuming it is.

What are your thoughts on this?

Friday I had the first ever snow day of my life. I'm a senior so I already get out at 1:00 so I mean it wasn't a big deal that our school got a phone call saying to dismiss us before noon. But still, the fact that it was because of snow was awesome! However the snow didn't fall until 6:00 hehe. Tod and I had a BLAST! He came over and we ran around my little apartment. We covered all the bases: catching snowflakes on our tongues, check. Snow ball fight, check. Running down the sidewalk recreating It's A Wonderful Life, check.

kitty had to stay inside :P

"Look Re, they're Christmas colors."

Then Saturday night my mom and her boyfriend Charles and I went downtown to our Civic Center where the town's Christmas tree was set up. They had a little celebration outside for the lighting of the tree. My school's show choir played too- my friends are in it and so is my cousin (which is why my mom and charles were there). We bailed when it turned out to be something way too kid related. Our town kind of sucks when it comes to organizing these things. They had a guy dressed up in a really shitty alligator suit tell The Cajun Night Before Christmas... the recording that played was AWFUL it sounded like the narrator was underwater. Then when that was over the girl scouts started to get on stage to sing. Thats when we decided to get in the car and just watch the tree light up from there. That part was nice, it was way too cold for tone deaf girl scouts hehe.

My Saturday night ended with Blaine coming over. We watched Star Trek and made cookies, s'mores and hot chocolate (even though I don't actually like it).

OH! Guess what else happened Friday. I got a new phone :D I got the Palm Pixi and I love it. I suggest buying it for those of you Sprint customers looking for a Christmas present. I've only had 3 phones, they look kind of cute next to each other.

This is unnecessarily long. I'll end it now with a photo from Bonnie and I. We took this a year ago :P

We were going for that cheezy Wal-Mart look that people make their kids do.

In Louisiana it NEVER snows. Probably because its just humidity here and its always hotter than Hell. BUT our local weather has been saying that tomorrow between noon and the evening we have an 80% chances of snow :D AH! This is awesome! 

But, for every party there must be the poopers. The god damn WEATHERMAN said "Gosh I hope we don't get snow, that would just be awful." ... Ok dude, shut the fuck up!!! You KNOW everyone in LC would freak out if we got snow. He isn't the only one complaining though, I've heard kids at school being downers on the whole deal. "Its going to suck if it snows, its just going to be really cold, frozen rain. It will be miserable." What is the matter with these people?

Last year was the first time that I had ever seen snow in my LIFE. It was fantastic, I think I could have cried. It was about 3am and my (at the time) boyfriend called me saying "RE! WAKE UP! GO OUTSIDE ITS SNOWING!!!!!!" It was then that I reverted to a 6 year old state of mind and ran outside. I didn't care that it was cold and wet and that I was in my boxers and a t-shirt. I stood out there for the longest time and even caught a snowflake on my tongue. The next day at school was fun too. Most of the snow had melted by morning but we all still had it on our cars. So naturally we all acted like 8 year olds and had the very first snow ball fight our school has ever seen (that is documented with photos at least). I've never been so happy to have a chunk of ice hit me in the face.

If this happens again I will be so excited. Screw the negative people out there, this is practically a natural phenomenon people!

Truth be told, I don't like the girl. She annoys me and every character I see her attempt to play (though it has been few) has seemed poorly done. She also gets on my nerves when I watch her in interviews. I can't tell what it is: if its the way she looks like she doesn't give a shit, or the way she seems disrespectful and immature when people ask her questions, or what but I do not like Miley Cyrus. 

I really don't mean to be a hater. I give everyone a chance. A lot of people say I don't like her because I hate Hannah Montana but I hate pretty much everything that Selena Gomez has been in but I still think she's cool. I'm giving Miley one more chance though to redeem my respect (even though it was never really there to begin with). Miley's latest role will be as Ronnie in Nicholas Sparks new film, The Last Song. Now, I may not like romance novels (in fact i almost hate them) but every now & then I'll read one. I think this one will be my yearly romance read :P Why not go out with a Sparks mushy gushy BANG right!? With that said, after reading a book I like to watch the movie and see how they portray what I've read and what the author wrote. So if I read The Last Song I'll want to watch it too. Buuuut I'm not sure how psyched I am about Miley being the lead. 

What are your thoughts on this? Do you think Miley will do well- whether you like her or not?

Wow! That's all I have to say about this year. It is truly fabulous! The Black Eyed Peas music goes so well with the girls. Speaking of which I love their outifts, the green dress Fergie is wearing right now is so awesome. The stage this year is so awesome! I love all the commotion going on in the center with the performances and the girls walking around it all is great!

The models' outfits have gotten even more outrageous and I'm diggin' it! If there's two things I love in my life its crazy outfits and underwear :P So I'm loving this show just as much- if not more- than the past years. I don't really care much about the "road to the runway" segment they have going on, but whatever, its interesting I suppose. Their marketing really works, watching all this makes me want to go to Victoria Secret and buy a bunch of sexy underwear to prance around in... I'm 18 now... I can do that. (that was me making a funny)

I can't wait to see Marisa Miller in that MILLION DOLLAR bra!!! I just want to see a bra that is worth more than my whole city. Oh and I love her freckles on her tummy. I think they're the cutest thing in the world hehe.

Who's your favorite Victoria's Secret model? Mine is Miranda Kerr. She is just so precious with her dimples and sweet smile. She sure does sell me bras and underwear :P

Now excuse me while I go back to watching this fantastic show. Tah tah! I'll try to make a blog tomorrow about my favorite parts.

Tomorrow is December 1st and my mom and I have just put the last touches to our Christmas tree. 

I think she's quite a looker ;] Some of those balls I actually painted/ glittered myself. It took us three days to get this job done (it doesn't look like it though hehe) but we finally did it! I wanted more ornaments to make it straight up obnoxious and fun but my mom said to tone it down :P 

Ah yes, it was a lot of work but its done, and NOW the holidays may officially begin. I can't wait to go Christmas shopping. I have presents to get for a few people. JD wants a Snuggie (no lie). I always give Bonnie underwear and ear rings because well.. what girl doesn't want those things? Blaine wants a movie; either I Love You, Man or Star Trek. Tod didn't specify what he wanted but I found a book called 101 Uses for a Dead Cat and cracked up so thats what he's getting. And my cousin Hannah is getting Where the Wild Things Are (the book obviously). For myself I just want movies or gift cards so I can get clothes. My dads trying to get me a teeny printer and a new phone if he can get a good deal. My mom wants to get my brother veneers :] I hope she can afford them because it would be so nice to see my brother have a pretty smile. 

What do you want for Christmas and what are some fun gifts you're getting for your friends and family?

Yesterday my mom and I went out to get a Christmas tree. It's lovely! I'm thinking of a name to give her. We weren't able to decorate it yesterday because we had a dinner to go to and then I went to a party. Today however was our decorating day! I spent all afternoon spray painting and glittering all of our old ornament balls from the past years (a great and inexpensive way to reuse your old ornaments.). Yall, I kid you not, I was covered in glitter. It was all over my feet, hands, face, EVERYWHERE! ... I'd be lying if I said I didn't slightly enjoy it. We turned our gold and red balls from forever ago into different shades of pink and a few silver. We had some pretty blues left over so we threw a few in the tree just for accent. To top it off my mom made some huge ribbons to cascade down the tree- they look awesome!

We aren't quite finished yet, still a few more things to do. When its finally finished I'll take a photo of it to show everyone :] Thats enough decorating for one day I would say hehe. Now I'm off to have supper with my dad, not sure what he's cooking but I know it's going to be awesome.

FA LA LA LA LAA LALA LA LA!

Today my mom and I are getting a Christmas tree. We have to get more ornaments because we want a new color scheme this year. I want pink and purple or variations of pink. She's lame so she wants a boring tree. I believe I'll take matters into my own hands >:] I'm the fucking Martha Stewart of Christmas. I can't wait to go to the craft store for ornaments, ribbon, glitter, the whole jazz of it all!!! I want to decorate the whole apartment but thats rather difficult as you can see. 

Invisible Children had a garage sale today but I missed it x[ I woke up way too late. Thats what happens when you stay up all night watching Goodfellas and Mission Hill hehe. Send me pictures of your trees when yall decorate them. I like to see what everyone does to theirs.

Love and mistletoe,

Re Rat

Forgive me but this is rather late- I've been busy x[ Oh well, with this extra time I've had it's given me more time to realize all the awesome things I've experienced in November :D 

Number ten is coffee on ice. Probably the best thing in the world right? Bonnie and I tried out the new coffee shop down town recently and we fell madly in love... with the coffee shop of course.

Just because the weather has gotten chilly doesn't mean I'm ditching the dresses for pants :P NO WAY JOSE! I've been throwing on a nice pair of distressed leggings under my skirts and dresses. I simply love them.

The weather here is starting to get cold here, I'm sure its the same all around. When I was at Target earlier this month I came across sweatshirts for $6!!! Can you believe that?! What a steal :D I defo took advantage of that and loved it! So number eight and seven will be together as shopping and sweatshirts :]

In case you haven't noticed I'm a huge fan of Target. I'm pretty sure half my pay check goes to them hehe. Another one of my loves however is Rodarte, so naturally I flipped tits when photos of his new line for Target were leaked. Ahem, number six....

If you didn't know, I'm a big nerd. One way I'm going to prove this to you is by freaking out over how awesome the new Star Trek movie is!!!! AH! Its out on DVD now and is totally on my Christmas list :] Not only is JJ Abrams showing off his fabulous talents but come on, have you seen how sexy Kirk is????

Have you and your friends been to a bonfire yet? Yall should because roasting smores with your friends is my kind of night. My friends and I have had a few already :]

As an artist and an avid reader, graphic novels are a must have in my life. One I'm dying to read is Batman: The Killing Joke. Alan Moore has written my favorite book ever, Watchmen, and since he's the writer of this one I'm crazy about it.

For my birthday I, Re Rat, became a Mac :D since then I've been rubbing it in the faces of all PCs :P

I think we all guessed what number one would be. Hehe who doesn't love Thanksgiving? The food, the fam/ friends, the football... the giant Pikachu in New York. Ah yes, a happy Thanksgiving to all, and to all a good night.

This Halloween the gang set off on a magical drunken adventure. Yes it was just like living out Oregon Trail- if instead of a covered wagon you and your pilgrimaging crew set out in a half dead Lincoln Navigator, and you were dressed as Tigger, a hippy, Little Red Riding Hood, a Twister board, a soldier, and a nerd.

Our day began at 4:00 when we headed south of town to Trick or Treat for Invisible Children. In that one night within a couple hours we raised over $500. All the other groups stopped after an hour, but Blaine and Shawn and Lauran (the two invisible children roadies) and myself said "No! We can keep going!" with bright smiles and energy! Because of that extra hour we raised double our original amount and wound up with $200 in our jar :] Thanks families who donated! (not that any of them are reading this but just thanking them). 

We were done just in time for me to get dressed into my Little Red Riding Hood costume to meet Hannah and Carol at their friend Christine's. All the others were leaving to go to a party but my crew decided we'd rather beg for candy door to door. That's when JD and his two friends Joey and Kyle set out with Hannah, Carol and yours truly. The guys were a wee bit drunk. JD wasn't bad, he could drive with ease, sides I bet that kid could navigate with his eyes closed :P Joey wasn't totally out of it but well... he was still drunk. Kyle was a different story hehe. He was gone, happy as a clam, but gone. 

And off we were in search of neighborhoods. Then all of a sudden we remembered there was a trick or treat curfew that had passed. Upset we could not watch the boys drunkenly trick or treat, JD drove us to Sonic. Then for some reason JD and Joey thought it would be the best idea ever if we went to Wal-Mart. Not gonna lie, that was fun. Hannah, being a debbie downer all the time, sat in the back with Carol and bitched about how awful of an idea this was. Pfft please stupid cousin, its all gravy! I went with the boys to make sure they didn't die or kill anyone and there were just fine. What made this trip so adventurous was that we all acted in character: JD hopped around like Tigger, Joey danced around like a hippy, Kyle (attempted to) march like a confederate soldier, and I skipped about as Little Red. 

We were only in Wal-Mart for a few minutes while Joey talked to everyone he came in contact with. Then JD drove us to a park in his grandparents' neighborhood. I made Joey carry me because my shoes were thin and the grass was wet with deep puddles. Eventually he just threw me over his shoulder (for all to see my undies under my skirt) :P We later pointed out to Kyle that it was a full moon and that was when he decided to moon all of us. It was probably the funniest thing we saw all night.

After that little peep show we headed back to Christine's when she called saying the party there were at got busted. Christine decided to bring a small portion of the party (roughly 40-50 people) to her house where we partied it up in her back yard. The costumes were really cute, but I wasn't able to get any pictures of anyone. There were cops, bees, story book characters, Einstein, cowboys/girls, witches, Harry Potter (hehe), Roman warriors, athletes, EVERYTHING! We all had a lot of fun :] Here are a few pictures from that night.

Carol as a Twister Board

Kyle as a Confederate soldier... a Confederate soldier at a gay bar/ vegas

JD as Tigger (not just any ol' tiger!) and Hannah- who was probably bitching- as a nerd.

Carol looks weird in these photos, not sure what's up with that.

Just seconds before Kyle mooned us hehe

Not sure what was going on here

And after that I stopped using the camera for some reason. Hehe I hope you all had a lovely Halloween!

A few years ago, Bonnie told me about The Invisible Children that she had read about. If you haven't heard about this organization yet then I'll give you a quick summary of it. We (should) all know about the war going on in Uganda right now (if you didn't then you do now :P). Well there are Ugandan children being abducted from their homes and brainwashed into fighting this absurd war. Ten year olds are being forced to battle which means they are told to kill others and even get injured or killed themselves. This has been going on for too many years now and there is a group of people out there to help rescue these children.

Take a few minutes out of your time today and go to their website www.invisiblechildren.com and learn some more about them. Watch their videos, check out their shop, and see what you can do to help. A lot of people say they are unable to help but believe it or not helping is very simple. Even just spreading the word (like i am now) is a small step towards help for these children's safety, education and future. Tell your school about them too and see if their roadies will come visit with you and your school. My school was their most recent visit and everyone in my school was moved by their mission. 

My school is now involved in the Schools for Schools program with the Invisible Children (and yours can be too :D !!) and we're starting TOMORROW. Halloween brought up a great opportunity for us, which is why tomorrow instead of trick or treating for candy we're asking for donations instead. In return, we'll be giving information to those willing to help. The schools who raise the highest amount of money will be given the chance to send one of their students to Uganda to help first hand. 

So, given this information, I'd love love love it if you guys could spread the word to anyone you may know. Show them my blog, the website, or just talk to them about Invisible Children.

Now, I'm off to a Halloween party for my friend Kaley's birthday. We'll also be discussing tomorrow's Trick or Treat project :]

Thanks for your time, give a little more of it to the Invisible Children.

Don't hate October, I love you too, but come on, Halloween is my favorite thing about October (more important than my birthday). So that is why I've decided to dedicate this month's list to my favorite day of the year :] 

Number ten on my list is something we all love, (unless you're diabetic of course) CANDY! Don't act like you're not jealous of your little brother when he goes begging for candy at the neighbors' doors.

You know how around Christmas time you and your family drive around the neighborhoods and "oooo" and "aaah" over the lights and decorations? Well, my friends and I do that too... for Halloween. In Louisiana people really get into Halloween, we did after all birth Anne Rice (you're welcome, vampires would not be who they are without her). Because of this many people decorate their homes in the most elaborate ways possible, and damnit I love it.

This next one is a little weird but it's Halloween :P I don't know if you're aware but for every year there is a Saw movie that comes out they hold a blood drive. I personally think this is really neat and a great way to help all in the spirit of horror and Halloween :] If this event is held in your college campus (it is held at 15 campuses around the states) then please do what you can to help. Might I also add that their ads are awesome?!

Soooo I don't personally wear pasties because I'm afraid they're going to rip my nips off... BUT I still find them amusing and silly. While looking around fashion blogs I came across these bat pasties, and nearly died. So of course they had to be added to my list :]

Also while looking through the fashion pages of the net, this caught my eye. I don't really need to explain it... its undies inspired by spiderwebs.

Ah we've reached the half way mark have we? Well lets keep going then with number five: Old School Horror Movies :D You know the ones, Halloween, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street. They're all on AMC right now to hype up Halloween.

Friday night Kaley and JD and I carved pumpkins. JD did two vampires, big and little where their names. Kaley did a face made out of kitties. And I did a kitty next to a tombstone. SO this inspired me to include Jack O Lanterns on this month's list.

We all love them, Halloween parties. The decorations, people, scary themes, costumes ah I love it all!!!! This year Kaley is having a birthday party (her birthday is on halloween night) and so is my friend Nadeen so I'm pumped for both of those. And apparently there's another one going on too that I'll have to crash :P Sadly I won't be making it to the Playboy party.

In Baton Rouge and New Orleans we have two of the most terrifying haunted houses in the U.S. (baton rouge being number one). So if you happen to find yourself in either of these cities this weekend then PLEASE check out their famous scares. Here is the website for 13th Gate in Baton Rouge-> www.midnightproduction.com

Number one :D My all time favorite thing about Halloween is ... COSTUMES!!!!!! I truly do love them, funny, sexy, cute, scary, all of them. This year I'm being Spock (i made it super cute) for Kaley's birthday party and Little Red Riding Hood for Halloween night. Tomorrow Blaine and I are going to get last minute costume pieces for my Little Red Riding Hood costume and his Mad Hatter costume. Don't worry, I'll defo have pictures from this weekend.

What are you being/ doing for Halloween?

Not that I'm really into any of them, I'll pretend I am. Yesterday (oct.14) was my 18th birthday :D It was fun, we had a stupid "morning of reflection" for the senios at school where we watched a TERRIBLE movie (bella) but I just talked to Justo the whole time :P We got out at 11:00 and then my friends took me out to lunch. We had super nom nom mexican. At Casa where we usually ate they will sing to you and bring out a tiny cake if its your birthday. IHATEIT! The cake is fine but the singing and attention sucks! So naturally Justo decided to piss me off for my birthday hehe. Whateves, we ate our cake and salsa and were merry.

Now, lets be honest, why do we even celebrate our birthdays? So people can give us presents, DUH! Blaine came over before school that morning and presented me with my first set of gifts... Sleepy Hollow and Labyrinth DVDs hehe. Then we skipped off to school and suffered through that awful movie. Later that night my family all got together at my house for soup that I don't like but my mother has been cooking it for 17 years so why not do it 18. Everyone in my crazy family gave me money because I'm buying a new laptop and that went towards it. Tod, because we like to pretend we're freaks, got me restraint wrap and I find that hillarious because I doubt I'll ever use it. JD gave me a CD he burned of "Songs you should own", the Where The Wild Things are soundtrack (very nice, check it out) and a Where The Wild Things are shirt (i wore it out tonight). Hannah bought my lunch (nom nom). Bonnie got me a Ponyo poster, a japanese soup bowl with matching spoon and a photo of her and Alan being precious hehe. I love photos of my friends as presents :]

Ah yes, it was nice, and because Hannah and I hate that soup my mother cooks we had Subway beforehand. Saturday I want to do something with my friends, I'm thinking we could get in my backyard and carve pumpkins after we go see Where The Wild Things are because me, JD, and Hannah are defo doing that. I'll report back later on if we do that or not and how it goes. And, if possible, PHOTOSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!! Woo!

I now have 30mins to get ready for my chill time where I watch Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia, watch Chelsea Lately and read :] so, tootles.

Re Rat (...who is now 18)