302. Who is in control of your life? I did it my way.

303. What is a freethinker? Do you consider yourself to be one? Someone who makes up their OWN mind rather than saying, “oh, I’m a Christian, so all of everything that Christianity has to say is right and everything else is wrong”, or the same thing for any other religion/philosophy/worldview/whatever.

304. If Jesus appeared to you and told you that the moon is made of green cheese would you believe him? I’d say, “Hee! Good one, G.”

305. What makes you happy? Chocolate.

306. If you had a moment to spare, what would you do? Do something about this frickin headache.

307. Do you play in a band? I *am* a band.

308. Do you like to paint or draw? Yes! All the time.

309. Have/would you ever take dance classes? I took ballet and tap a million billion years ago. I was, what, seven? Then I took gymnastics for something like four or five years, I think. I’d love to take dance again though, yeah.

310. Do you like the mental challenge of chess or other games? I do… I suck at it, but it’s fun enough.

311. Do you love to read? Yes.

312. What are your hobbies? Watching tv, painting, drawing, playing guitar, playing piano, and holding long, drawn-out arguments about why Werther is an irrational idiot who has no notion of *real* love.

313. Do you excel in sports? I think I’m not too bad at baseball… but I only ever play, like, catch with my brother, and since he’s not at home right now, I really haven’t practiced in way too long. And anyway I didn’t really excel, I just didn’t completely suck, either.

314. Are you the one people call when they’re having problems with their PC? If anyone ever did, I would give them the soundest advice I can for anyone who uses a PC: If you’re on the tenth or higher floor, throw it out the window. Otherwise, burn down the building. Macs rule!

315. When it comes to English literature, do you see beyond the writing and into the meaning intended by the author? Well, it depends on the work; some things seem to be very plain, and not have a “deeper meaning” — but still they can be really good books.

316. Can you take apart a motor, put it back together, and have no extra parts? If I ever took apart a motor, it would not be with the intention of putting it back together.

317. Are you for or against the death penalty? Against, basically. Sometimes — as with serious conspirators or people with a great of sway, say, Hussein, or Bin Laden — it seems to be a necessary evil.

318. If there was a God and you could ask him/her one question what would it be? [Cut to Italian pensione with man sculpting his food in to a "?"]

319. Is there life on other planets? Ooh. There could be. I read “Andromeda Strain”.

320. Have you ever wished that someone would come along and show you things you didn’t even dream were real? Do you mean, that things I can’t imagine are real? I already know they are. There are things in my life which have been WAY better than I imagined, or just things that I never even imagined. I mean… God, look at Oreos.

321. If you could put an extra eye on your body anywhere where would you put it? Somewhere where no one would know where it was but I could see everything. Muha. Ha. Ha.

322. Are you one who thinks and expresses freely by rejecting conventions and mainstream standards and therefore thrives on creativity and appreciates art and beauty? I reject BAD conventions. Good conventions I keep. As pets. In my basement. I let them out now and then.

323. Are you in touch with the earth, nature, and simplicity? Ommm.

324. Have you ever been camping? Aye, at least once every year, though sometimes more hard-core style than others.

325. Is your heart open when you meet someone new? Totally. Open and on my sleeve.

326. Are you able to have conversations with and become friends with people who are not like you and are interested in different things than you are? Yes, very much so.

327. Are strangers beautiful? They are beautiful in that they represent something Godly with which I am not familiar, and so the desire to know God gives me the desire to know them, and that perfect desire — the fulfillment of which is love — is beautiful, yes.

328. What stops you from doing everything you want to do? My parents.

329. How can you stop those things from stopping you? I suppose I could blow them up… only not everything I want is good or right, and they usually know better than I do.

330. Would you rather be a cowboy or an Indian? Ooh! Indian! I like feathers.

331. Would you rather be a pirate or a lost boy? PIRATE! ARrrrrrrrr!

334. Have you ever loved someone who has loved you back? Yes.

335. Is it really being ‘in love with someone’ if the other person doesn’t love you? Well, “in love with” necessarily means that you’re both… in it… together… right? On the other hand, I’m not sure that I’ve discovered what “being in love” actually MEANS.

336. Do you believe that there is someone perfect for everyone or that people just fall in love with who ever they are with at the time? Somewhere in the middle there’s an answer that makes sense and doesn’t suck.

338. Have you ever fallen in love with someone you shouldn’t have? See #335. I’m not answering this question.

339. How do you overcome your fears? Well, if it’s something I have to do, I just do it. It’s never as bad as I fear, really. If it’s general fear, I ask God about it. He usually has some good advice.

340. What are you better at than anyone you know? Well actually, that’s something. I don’t know anyone who’s as flexible as I am.

341. What is your secret talent? I can put both my feet behind my head. Or, just one foot, and hop around on the other. And it’s SECRET because it’s usually totally inappropriate to show off to people.

342. Who loves you? God. Everyone else is just passing it on.

343. Have you ever fired a gun? *Squirt, squirt*

344. What exactly is a ‘fortnight’? Fourteen days.

345. What could make you scream? Uhhhmmm. This is a public blog.

346. Who is your favorite poet? John Donne and Ogden Nash are tied.

347. Who or what needs to be stopped? Yeah, Michael Moore. Also, people who kill their babies. Yipes!

350. Do you listen to any talk radio shows? I used to listen to Loveline. Then I got a soul, and I went “EWWW!” and now I don’t anymore.

351. Have you ever lost something and never found it? Yes. I lost $5 when I was about eight years old, and it has been HAUNTING me. I also lost a $20 that Dad gave me about two months ago, and I’m really pissed off about that still, too.

352. Do you believe in modern love? How is this different from traditional love?

353. Who do you trust more, your friends or your parents? My parents.

354. Would you ever date someone outside of your race or religion? I don’t have any qualms, subconscious or conscious (I think) about dating someone of another race. They’d have to convert to my religion, though, before we could marry. Especially if I wind up being a priest!

355. Which of the 7 deadly sins in the worst (gluttony, greed, pride, lust, envy, wrath, sloth)? Well, they’re all deadly, right? All roads lead to Rome, all sins lead to Hell.

356. Which one are you most guilty of? Sloth. Very much sloth.

357. What would you want a season pass to? MARINERS!

358. Would you tell someone you loved them if they didn’t say it first? Sure. I have before.

359. What are you the most sensitive about? People who think I’m a close-minded Calvinist white-as-day homeschooler who probably wears long skirts and plays violin all day. Because I’m not, really, and I don’t, but that is the stereotype for homeschoolers.

360. What can you talk about for hours? Philosophy, music, movies, books, people. Anything that’s worth talking about in the first place.

361. Do you talk about yourself, other people, or ideas the most? Ideas, I think.

362. Do you believe in magic? I believe in God. Sometimes He does things that seem magical

364. What old movie would you go see if they re-released it in the movie theaters? I saw the re-released Lawrence of Arabia. It kicked ass.

365. Are the members of Aerosmith gods? Yes.

366. Have you ever left a mean unsigned note? No, only nice unsigned notes.

367. Do you think it’s cheesy to paste things you didn’t write into your diary? Naw, not at all.

368. Are you a whiner? Oh GOD does this survey ever END?

369. Is casual sex okay? If I believed there could ever be such a thing as “casual sex”, then I might say yes — MIGHT. But I don’t think there is, so it makes the question irrelevant.

370. Doesn’t birth control ruin sex? I wouldn’t know.

371. Have you ever worn a household object? Like a lampshade?

373. Are you intelligent without being pretentious? Actually, I’m pretentious without being intelligent.

374. If you ARE pretentious are you comfortable enough with yourself that you are good natured when people laugh at you? Oh yes. I figure, if they’re laughing, then they’re happy, and that’s a good thing.

375. Do you believe in the phrase ‘f*ck political correctness’? Well, somewhat, yes. Political correctness… people just get way too carried away with that crap.

376. Are you quick witted? Naw, I’m slow.

377. Do you take things too seriously? Sometimes.

378. Do you have strong opinions and beliefs? Ohhh yeahhh

379. If yes, can you still hang out with and be friends with people who disagree with you? Heck yeah. Very few people actually agree with me.

380. Are you uptight? Sometimes. Isn’t that the same thing as taking things too seriously?

381. Are you so not-uptight that you do stupid risky things? Every now and then; usually only stupid, though, and not risky.

382. Could you hold anyone’s interest in a conversation for more than 5 minutes? Ummm. Judging by past records… yes.

383. Are you self-conscious? Very much so.

384. Do you enjoy everything from clubs to museums to movies to ice skating…as long as you’re doing SOMETHING? I enjoy EVERYthing. I enjoy active stuff, but I can also be very happy just sitting and watching the sunset, or looking at rocks, or stuff like that.

385. Do you care about the world without getting weepy? Yes, and no. I care about the world a lot without getting weepy… but I think I cried at Columbine, and at the WTC. Sometimes there’s something that is born of so much hate that you feel like no one’s learned anything since Jesus was crucified, and they just have to kill him again and again and again.

386. Are you completely stoic? Not completely.

388. Do you require your friends to act the same way all the time or do you accept their moods and changes? They’d be pretty boring friends if they were the same all the time.

389. Do you know why the caged bird sings? Because Maya Angelou told her she could.

390. Are you quick to judge others? About certain things, yes.

391. What is the worst fault another person can have? Depression to the point of suicide.

392. Do you have it? Well, let’s see… I’m still breathing!

393. Some say love is a river. What do you say love is and why? I like Alice’s answer too: Love is a human participation in God’s perfection. Good one, Alice Also, read Kierkegaard, “Works of Love.”

394. Do you consider shirts with only one sleeve to be unfinished? Um. Yes.

395. Have you ever tanned in a booth? No. I am pale.

396. When you have a fight with someone do you want to talk about it right away or calm down first and then talk? I want to talk about it right away.

397. Were you born the way you are or did you get this way because of your experiences and surroundings? Uhhh. Both.

398. Have you ever had alcohol poisoning? No…

399. Name some things you like. Massages. Campfires. Guitars. Laughter. Tanya’s cheesebread.

400. Name some things you don’t like. Closed minds. Brendan Fraser (he just BUGS me, I’m not sure why). Pretentious movies/music/people.

401. Is high school really made up of the best years of your life? Every year that I’m in is always the best year of my life. So as of right now, yes

402. What is your happiest memory? I don’t remember.

403. Do you ever feel out of place in this world? Yes. John 17:11-19 — I’m preaching on it

404. Are you on drugs ever? The first time I ever talked to Lauren on the phone, I was totally hopped on Benadryl, and I felt soooo sluggish, I nearly fell asleep several times while we were talking. It was kind of funny, though, somehow… other than that, nah, not really.

405. Do preps, goths, punks, freaks, etc actually exist or are these just labels we use to categorize people? Ehh, yes, they exist. I don’t think those categories can define people entirely, but they exist. I mean, I’m a woman, but that does not define my whole being. Ditto everything else.

406. Are people too complex and different to be categorized? Well, I think you can pretty much find a way to categorize everything, but people are complex enough that no generalizations will ever be accurate. (ditto Tyler)

407. Is it good to have pride in your own race or does that separate people from each other because it makes you think of everyone else as ‘outsiders’? Ditto Alice: It’s good to be proud of who you are and where you came from. It’s not good to turn that pride into separatism.

408. What fictional story would you like to live through? The Chronicles of Narnia, maybe.

409. Are cats here to take over the planet in disguise? Ha. THEY think they are

410. Have you ever guessed someone’s password and broken into their diary? Their diary, no… ;D

411. If you had to choose, what one teacher would you be friends with and hang out with after class? Yeah, my Dad lol. Oh wait, Abe, too… and my Mom. And my sister. Wait. Those people are all ALREADY my friends.

412. Are you boring or really exciting? Boring, boring, boring.

413. What’s the coolest/bravest/most daring thing you have ever done? Emotionally, told someone I loved him. Physically, jumped off a building. Spiritually, told God to buzz off. Of course, the person didn’t love me back, I was just fine jumping off the building, and God didn’t buzz off So it all works out.

414. Who hates you? Satan, I hope.

415. If your man or woman served you breakfast in bed as a treat what would you want? A massive three-egg omelette with broccoli, mushrooms, peppers, tomatoes, onions, and TONS of cheese. Because, hopefully, I would have worked up quite an appetite…

416. What makes a real man? A… I’m not going to say that word.

415. What is the difference between these words?

girl- Girls are young, like under, oh, 18

chick- Term of endearment and coolness from guy to girl.

babe- Term of endearment and coolness from girl to girl. As in, Juliana is a TOTAL babe.

woman- Traditionally, in fact, indicates a prostitute. Now, though, it’s just the designation of gender and age: adult female.

lady- A lady commands respect.

416. What kids TV show is the best? Butterfly in the sky, I can fly twice as high. Take a look, it’s in a book, a Reading Rainbow!

417. What’s the oddest cd in your collection? Well, I suppose I have a few that are friends’ CDs, and so people might not know them so well. Besides those, Oceania — Maori new agey dance music — and… hmm… Catatonia, which is Welsh indie rock sorta. I expect there aren’t too many Steeleye Span fans amongst my friends, either, but I LOVE Steeleye Span. I also have a fondness for Ella Fitzgerald, which I doubt most people my age share…

418. What’s the best screenname you ever saw? I don’t even know who this is, but they’re on my Buddy List: NeSNsWrtADrnRTkn.

419. What would your friends be surprised to learn about you? Ohh, I don’t know. I think different friends see different sides of me, so it’s weird when friends from different sides meet… if that makes sense. Like, I’ve introduced a few of my islas friends to some people I know in real life, and it’s kind of funny

421. If you could teach a class in anything what would you teach? Probably Greek, just because it needs to be taught more.

422. If you had kids how would you treat them differently from the way your parents treat you? I think I’d run the household a little differently, yeah.

423. Which was coolest..60’s, 70’s or 80’s fashion? Uh. 60s. Comfy jeans.

424. What is the worst pick up line ever used on you? Well, I have this nametag that says, “Paco: Biggie Sized”, and I wear it at work… as flair… anyway, this guy came in the other day and asked if *I* was Paco, and at first I thought he was being flat-out rude, then I got what he meant. Anyway, I didn’t answer

425. If you could decorate your room any way you wanted how would you do it? I pretty much decorated it the way it is now. I think I’d like a new desk situation — this one’s just an eensy bit too wide. I’d also like some new bookshelves. Maybe I’d get a little blue rug. Yeah. That’s pretty much it.

426. Would you rather have a keyboard or a record player? Record player. We have a keyboard and a record player already, and honestly, I use the keyboard less. It is an evil plastic thing: there is just nothing that can compare with the feel of a REAL piano, preferrably (saith the vegetarian) with ivory keys.

427. How easily do you make friends? Acquaintances, easily… friends takes awhile.

428. What is the difference between having character and being a character? Having character means that you have wisdom gained through experience; being a character means that you’re amusingly eccentric.

430. Do you care about your weight? So long as I’m healthy, happy, and don’t have to buy new clothes all the time, no.

433. What one thing would you change about your school if you could? I want to see people more. In person.

434. If you came with a warning label, what would it say? “BIOHAZARD”

435. Are you artistic and creative? Yes, very.

436. What were you (probably) doing on this date last year? April 24… some sort of schoolwork, I guess. Good for me.

437. What are you obsessed with? Billy Joel.

438. What is the worst hairstyle ever? The mullet.

439. Do you have any brothers or sisters? An older sister and older brother.

440. Who would you like to be alone with right now? Billy Joel.

441. Who needs to get over themselves? J-Lo.

442. Does a pre-nuptual agreement take the romance and trust out of marriage? Seems like it kind of would, yeah. Not merely because it implies that the marriage is doomed, but also because it implies that the financial stuff is somehow more important than the marriage vows.

443. I’m falling asleep. Are you? Not anymore.

444. What pisses you off? This HEADache.

445. What’s wrong with the world? All these people keep messing it up. If only there were no PEOPLE…

446. What are you doing to change it? Being myself. Which maybe includes, someday, being a priest. Otherwise, I just try to exercise a calming influence on my friends

447. What are the most beautiful words that have ever been spoken to you? “I love you”. Ohhhhh, come on, you could see that one coming.

448. If it were legal would you ever own a human slave (race unimportant)? No!!!!! Mr. Pringles is quite enough.

449. How can you break out of this holding pattern and enjoy life to the fullest? I DO enjoy life to the fullest. Only sometimes life is more capacious than other times.

450. What is one simple thing that really makes you happy? People playing with my hair. Yee!

451. Do you work out? Yep. I do yoga, conditioning, lifting weights, long walks, and dancing.

452. Would you rather have a strict teacher with a sense of humor or a lenient teacher that doesn’t teach? A strict teacher with a sense of humor. I have one. He rocks. He’s also the father of a friend of mine. — Thanks, Tyler!!! Awww <:)

453. If you ever have a baby what might you want to name it? Ruth or William, I think. I also really like the name John, and have a fondness for Emily.

454. If you won free tickets to a concert from a radio show and had to choose between Inxs, Poison, Blondie and Moby which would you choose and why? Blondie!!!! Cause.. they… rock.

455. Are you a good cook? Yes, I’m a very good cook

456. What do guys look for in a girl or if you are a girl what do you think they look for? I don’t know. Whatever it is, I don’t have it.

457. What do girls look for in a guy or if you are a guy what do you think they look for? The ability to listen, sincerity and openness… eh, and I’ll throw in a cute butt and good eyes, too. There’s nothing wrong with those.

458. Are you more spontaneous and unpredictable or loyal and routine? Spontaneous and loyal.

459. If someone offered you stardom but they would pick your outfits, and write your songs and write your speeches, and make up ‘facts’ about you (like favorite color etc.) would you agree to do it? Okay, how is that stardom for me, at all? I’d want to be a star for my ME-ness. Except I don’t really want to be a star at all.

460. What’s the best way to lose weight? Exercise.

461. Do you have street smarts? My Mom says I do.

462. Do you have a lot of common sense? On almost everything except when I need to sleep, and how much sleep I should be getting.

463. Are you a nomad soul? Yes! Please can we go somewhere?

464. Name 3 things that are unexplainable and try and explain them. Elvis Costello’s shoes (Everyone wants those red shoes); Mr. Pringles (POP); and squirrels. What DO squirrels do all day, anyway? The average squirrel’s daily agenda seems almost always to consist of one item: “Scurry.” I saw two squirrels in heat the other day though, THAT was FUNNY.

465. Would you ever be on a talk show? I think the only shows I’d ever want to be on at all would be Jay Leno or Saturdat Night Live.

466. Do you like the way you look naked? Ehh, I look pretty much the same as I do clothed, only whiter and colder.

467. Have you ever dissected an animal? No.

469. Are you a demon? Only half-demon, on me father’s side.

470. And if you were would you tell me? I just did.

471. What is one interesting thing you know? Flamingoes turn pink from eating shrimp. It’s a Snapple fact.

472. Do you talk to yourself? Yes, but only in funny accents.

Do you talk to your pets? If I had a dog or a cat or something with hair, I might. But we just have a little froggie, there’s really not much point talking to him, I guess.

473. Do you believe that mankind has a future in space (will we live there some day)? If we don’t, we’re the most lazy, ungrateful layabouts on the face of the… earth…

474. Are you afraid to get dirty? Ha. No. I love getting dirty

475. How does one ‘live life to the fullest’? Hmm. Carpe diem, make the best of every situation, look for the good in people, that sort of thing.

476. Are you sloppy or a neat freak? A little sloppy. It’s an organized mess, though, I know exactly where everything is.

477. Would you rather have a trunk full of nickels or half a trunk full of dimes? Dimes. Yeah, I’ll go with you there, Tyler.

478. What is the worst mistake you’ve ever made? Doing anything I know is wrong.

479. Are you in good health? Yep, pretty good.

480. Are you patriotic? Yay America.

Let’s play fact or crap.

Is it a fact? Or is it crap?

481. The greenhouse effect is bad for your health. The what? Oh, crap.

482. There are about as many molecules of air in one breath as there are hairs on your head. Crap. You don’t actually have as much hair as all that.

483. The Miss America pageant started out as a contest in which people decorated wheel chairs and one chair was judged the prettiest. Crap.

484. To remove a tattoo a physician can place a small balloon under the skin which is inflated so that the tattooed skin gradually stretches. Then they cut the stretched skin away. That’s cool! Is that true?

485. Cock fighting is a sexual sport. Ha. Haha. Oh. Crap.

486. It is the warmest time of the day during the hour that the sun is the highest in the sky. Uhhhhh…. crap.

487. Certain scientists specialize in studying cow farts. Fact.

488. The brilliant colors (reds, oranges, yellows) across the sky that we get from sunsets are caused mainly by pollution. Crap. It’s because of light-scattering. Just ask SarahMcM’s mom (I did!!)

489. In Grimm’s original fairytale, Rapunzel is pregnant. *thinks* Crap.

490. Dracula was the first movie about a vampire. Fact.

491. The inventors of Corn Flakes, the Kellogg brothers, ran a school for delinquent youth. Fact.

492. “Kemo Sabe” means “soggy shrub” in Navajo. Ehhh, I’m going to say crap.

493. Sir Thomas Crapper invented the toilet. Actually, Ancient Sumerians *invented* flush toilets. Crapper mightn’t have known about them, though, so otherwise, fact.

494. The Earl of Sandwich invented the Sandwich. Fact. He wanted a way to play games and eat without getting his fingers dirty. (Right?)

495. Some Chinese alchemists were trying to invent an immortality medicine and accidentally invented gun powder instead. Ha. Uh. Sure, fact.

496. The human body is made of about 99% water. UHhh. No. Something like 75%, maybe. A lot, but not 99%. Also, ha, remember that scene in the X-Men, where the Senator…? Nevermind.

497. Bubble gum contains rubber. Crap… it’s Xanthan gum, it’s from treesap.

498. This survey to the zero power = 0. Crap. Anything to the power of zero equals 1. (Uh. Yeah. Sure. Math = Not my strong point.)

499. Most lipstick contains fish scales. Crap.

500. There are 86401 seconds in day. Nope. 60 * 60 * 24. How can there be an extra 1 on there? Ditto Tyler, again.

Barista Goddess say: That was one ass-long survey.

This is from Tyler’s blog, and I think he got it from Alice… anyway, it’s edited. I took out the questions where I thought the answers would just be boring.

1. Who are you? I’m the Barista Goddess!

2. What are the 3 most important things everyone should know about you? I’m Christian, I’m homeschooled, and I’m blonde.

5. What is your biggest goal for this year? Get to college alive and with most everything I need.

6. Where will you be in 5 years? Perhaps, in seminary.

7. What do you want to be when you grow up? I used to always think “rock star”, and maybe still that, but then there’s also this gnawing at my brain that says, “hey, you should be a priest. Hey, hey, hey.” It’s pulling on my sleeve now, too.

8. Are you more child-like or childish? Child-like, because I wish I were an empress.

9. What is the last thing you said out loud? “Sure,” to my Dad.

10. What song sums up your life right now? “Road to Recovery”, by Rufio. Oh, and “Waltz #2,” by Elliot Smith. And “Power of Two” by the Indigo Girls.

11. Does your life suck? Not at all!

12. Does your life get better or worse each day? Oh, better one day, worse another. It’s up and down, but I think it averages out to getting progressively better, whether that betterness is readily apparent to me or not.

16. How is your relationship with your parents? Good. I think I’m sort of a Daddy’s Girl.

17. Will you miss them when they are gone? I’ve actually had nightmares where each of my parents have died. They were both very long, very vivid dreams; they were realistic and terrible. So I have something like an inkling of what losing them will be like, and it is going to be hell.

18. How do you want to make your living? Selling my body to Billy Joel. If I can do that, you know, lucratively enough.

21. Are you more of a giver or a taker? I feel like lately I’m a big taker, and I don’t like it. I should be giving more.

23. What is the most physically painful thing that has ever happened to you? Even though, because I was four when it happened, I have a limited memory of it, I think I still have to say that breaking my nose was singularly unpleasant. I also, though, had a charley’s horse a few months ago that lasted for two weeks or something and was just so OWWWWww.

24. What is the most emotionally painful thing that has ever happened to you? Hmm. Chris’ death? It’s been almost two years, but when I think about going to see him in the hospital, it seems like it was just yesterday. He looked really normal, just asleep…

25. Who have you hugged today? Trevor.

26. Who has hugged you? No one. Trevor doesn’t love me back.

27. Do you have a lot to learn? “I have always been of the opinion that a man about to be married should know everything, or nothing… which do you know?” I know nothing.

30. What are the key ingredients to having a good relationship? Sincerity, love, selflessness, and the ability to have fun.

31. What 3 things do you want to do before you die? Build (and sail, of course) my own boat; visit Ireland; take care of people.

32. What three things would you want to die to avoid doing? Committing murder, committing blasphemy/heresy, or committing suicide. Think about that last one especially

33. Is there a cause you believe in more than any other cause? I believe in love.

34. What does each decade make you think of:

The 19…

20’s: Flappers, prohibition, and “Bugsy Malone”.

30’s: Broadway musicals, Gershwin and Porter.

40’s: I’m goin’ with Tyler here — WWII is pretty much what’s going on now.

50’s: The “perfect mom” vacuuming her living room in pearls, a skirt, and heels. I’m not sure why, exactly. She’s also svelte and gorgeous, as are the other members of her family.

60’s: Summer of love! Also, Beatles, and flowers, and hippies.

70’s: A flock of seagulls.

80’s: Madonna, Los Angeles (cause that’s where we lived then).

90’s: This makes me think of *early* 90s, which makes me think, inexplicably, of REM and Aerosmith. Also, really big t-shirts, and leggings, and lime green being the COOLEST COLOR EVER, especially when combined with black and magenta.

2000 (so far): Y2K being a total non-occurance.

35. Which decade do you feel you belong in and why? I like it here.

36. What is your favorite oldie/classic rock song? “Build Me Up Buttercup” by the Foundations.

38. What’s your favorite TV channel to watch in the middle of the night? TBS — The Superstation. Because, they have all of these really great STUPID fantasy/scifi/b-movies late at night, and plus they’re always rerunning the Back to the Future and Indiana Jones movies, too.

39. What Disney villain are you the most like and why? The evil queen/stepmother/witch from “Snow White”. I just think her voice (her regular one, not the witchy one) is the coolest.

40. Have you ever been a girlscout/boyscout? Yeah, I quit girlscouts when they started having the Self Esteem Badge.

41. If you were traveling to another continent would you rather fly or take a boat? Boooooooat! Boatboatboatboatboat! ARrrr.

43. What does your name mean? Princess.

44. Would you rather explore the deeps of the ocean or outerspace? Hmm.. the ocean seems less scary. But outerspace has a lot more room to explore. It’s a toughie.

45. Word association. What’s the first word that comes to mind when you see the word:

air: wind, breath of God

meat: ew

different: variety

pink: Valentine’s Day

deserve: we all get more than we deserve… that’s what love is.

white: lace.

Elvis: Costello (YES!)

cilantro: salsa

heart: Angel and Drucilla…

clash: cymbals

pulp: Fiction (YES here too )

46. If you could meet any person who is dead and famous who would you want it to be? In chronological order: John (the Gospel one), Nikola Tesla, T.E. Lawrence, or Glenn Quinn.

46. What if you could meet anyone alive and famous? Hmm… I still haven’t met you, Tyler You’re famous!

47. Is there a movie that you love so much you could watch it everyday? *Every* day? It seemed like we did that with “The Fugitive” way back when… and we also watch “You’ve Got Mail” and “Sabrina” an awful lot. Oh, and “Back to the Future”, and “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”. I think my own personal movie-for-whenever is probably “Mansfield Park”, though. Or maybe “Jurassic Park”. Either way, it’s got a park involved somewhere in it.

48. You are going to be stuck alone in an elevator for a week. What do you bring to do? The whole Summa. If I didn’t have anything else to do, maybe I’d actually read the whole blasted thing. Also, chocolate, coffee, and vallium.

49. What one cd would you bring to listen to for that week (no mixed cd’s…must be an album)? “The Mask and the Mirror”, Loreena McKennitt.

51. Make up a definition for the following silly words.

fruitgoogle: Sort of like a fruit loop, only googlier.

ambytime: A philosophical concept involving time moving in *both* directions at once, not just in the one.

asscactus: This conjures a really bad mental image.

52. What was the last thing you made with your own hands? A mess.

55. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Lie in the grass in the sun and a breeze… look at the clouds, talk, drink lemonade, drift off to sleep.

57. Have you ever dreamt a dream that came true? Yes. Actually, I’ve dreamt about places I’ve never been, and then actually been there. THAT is freaky.

60. Do you believe in heaven and if so what is it like? Unity in light, love, God.

61. Do you believe in Hell? Something like, which I would not describe as the flames-and-demons, but rather, the total separation from God and his love. Which we needn’t fear, because nothing separates us from the love of God.

62. What one thing have you done that most people haven’t? Worn a shoe on my head?

64. Are you a patient person? Depends what I’m waiting for

65. What holiday should exist but doesn’t? Clergy Day. Isn’t it about time already?

66. What holiday shouldn’t exist but does? Valentine’s Day. Ew.

67. What’s the best joke you ever heard? I can’t repeat it here.

68. Where is the most fun place you have EVER been? Pike’s Place Market. I love it there!!

69. Is your hair its natural color? Sort of. I didn’t dye it, but it’s lightened up in the sun, and looks daffy.

71. What is under your bed right now? A more interesting question would be, what is IN you bed right now? Or, who…

72. If you were in the Land of Oz what would you ask the wizard for? A thicker hide.

74. What is the world’s best song to dance to? Right now, Sean Paul’s “Get Busy”. God, that song is ADDICTIVE.

75. What song was on the last time you danced with someone? I think it was some punk song… maybe MxPx. I’m really not sure. It was at HYC.

77. What is the first animal you would run to see if you went to the zoo? Monkeys.

78. Would you consider yourself to be romantic? -ly challenged.

80. What is the one thing that you would love to do so much that you would make sacrifices to be able to do it? Everything you do, you sacrifice something else to do it. We have limited time on this here ol’ earth.

83. Would you rather give up listening to music or watching television? The tv. By far, the tv. I need music.

84. What do you think makes someone a hero? Making a personal sacrifice for a greater good.

85. What cartoon would you like to be a character in? “Space Ghost, Coast to Coast”. I just really want to be in a situation where it would be possible to marry Brak.

86. Name one thing that turns your stomach: Oh! We were watching “Dante’s Peak” a little bit last night, and there’s this one part where these two people get roasted alive in a hot springs that turns TOO hot. That was really gross.

87. What was the last thing you paid for? My lunch from the QFC deli.

89. Get anything good in the mail ever? College acceptance letters, NMS certificate, and, ooh, Ella Fitzgerald’s complete Songbooks!!!!

90. Which would you rather take as a gym class: dancing, sailing, or bowling? Sailing. ARrrrr!

93. If you could print any phrase on a t-shirt, what would it say? “esti moi panta hellenika”

94. What’s the most eccentric thing you have ever worn? I have some weird fashion favs… I think the weirdest thing in my closet might be the flapper dress with that whole fringe on it.

95. If you could pick one food that you could eat all you wanted of forever and not gain a single ounce from what food would it be? Ice creeeammm.

96. What are your parents interested in? They’re teachers, parents, PhDs, lay readers at church. YOU find something they’re not interested in.

97. Have you ever caught a butterfly? Yesterday I went outside, with my mother’s mason jar…

99. What do you think of the following shows?

get smart: I want the shoe-phone!

cribs: Boring.

m.a.s.h.: Ha, crossdressing guy

daria: Jane Lane is my personal hero.

pop up video: Did you ever see what they did with “Rico Suave”?!?! It was SO FUNNY!!!

100. You are spending the night alone in the woods and may bring only 3 items with you. What do you bring? A big fleecy blanket, whipping cream, and Billy Joel.

101. What does happiness/joy feel like physically? It’s a pounding heart, and the inability to stop smiling, however dorkily, and something in your stomach that bursts out as laughter whether something’s funny or not.

102. List the ten people you love most starting with the one you love the absolute most. This is an exercise blasphemous to love; pure love is immeasurable, unrankable.

103. How many movies have you gone to see this month? One — “Chicago”.

105. In what ways do you relax and de-stress when you are really tense? Going on my walk if it’s clear (it goes down to where I can see the lake, it’s so pretty…), or taking a bubble bath and eating comfort foods (like chocolate) if it’s rainy and gross.

106. How much money would it take to get you to drive to school naked in the spring time and get out of the car? I go to school naked all the time! My school’s really alternative.

107. Make up a personality type that only fits you and give a brief description of it. Religious-philosophical musical fantastical supercalifragelisticexpialladocious homeschooled pirate queen barista goddess Sarah Melian Elizabeth McMenomy. And with a name like that, who needs a description?

109. What do you think of cloning? Satan’s a sly ol’ boy. I think if we respect life, though, two thinks are apparent: a) its creation belongs to God, and b) its destruction belongs to God.

114. Have you ever been on the radio or on TV? I was on the radio once. I called in to a show and the rude DJ and I yelled at each other for a bit. Also, one time late at night, I called up a radio station to request a song, and the DJ was all lonely because it was so late (I was studying) and so I just sort of talked to him for a little while, because he was so lonely.

115. Have you ever won a lottery, sweepstakes prize? Grampa gave me a ticket that won $3! I won a lot of stuff in raffles, too, when I was younger.

116. Have you ever won a contest or competition? Hey, I won a poetry contest once too

118. Do you know what your grandparents and your great grand parents did for a living? They were mostly bankers, I think… and grandpa was in the war… My one grandma also did some custom reweaving stuff.

119. Is there anything really interesting in your family history? Well, most of my roots are Irish and German… and I’m 1/64 Cherokee, apparently. I should study it more. Basically, all my ancestors are named Jakob or Daniel.

120. Is there anyone you trust completely? I think I trust my parents completely. That’s pretty radical, isn’t it? Also, my priests, and Robert, my youth group leader.

121. Do you believe in God? Hey, he believes in me. I should at least return the favor.

123. Would you rather have an indoor jacuzzi or an outdoor pool? Ooh, a big outdoor pool.

124. What things are you interested in that you study/read up on your own? Mysticism, boat building, German, moviemaking, popular music and its history.

125. Would you consider yourself to be intelligent? Only when comparing myself to very stupid people.

126. Would you consider yourself to be wise? Hmm. Wise for my age, maybe, but not all the way to like, guru-style Karate Kid’s master kind of wise.

127. Would you donate a hundred dollars to be able to slide into a pool of jello? Only if I could go in naked, and be sure that no one else had been in the jell-o before me.

128. Have you ever spoken to a homeless person? If yes what happened? I love speaking to homeless people Most of them are actually really nice.

129. Have you/would you ever creep into the subway tunnels to go exploring? Oooh… like in New York? Fun!!

130. If you could add 70 years to your life but only by making someone else die 70 years sooner would you? Um, how is that different from murder?

131. Can you finish any of the following lyrics? Okay, I’m just going to say, those songs all SUCKED, so I am making NEW lyrics for people to finish if they want to.

a. You could be my…

b. I want you to…

c. When all the little ants are…

135. Have you ever sent someone a surprise though the mail? Yes, but they never proved it was me.

136. Are you looking forward to any concerts right now? Actually, I’m looking backwards, still mopey that I missed Ocean Kamotion.

137. What’s the best animated movie you’ve ever seen? “Laputa: Castle in the Sky.”

138. What are the best bands/songs to listen to while driving? Sheryl Crow is REALLY GOOD travel music, I found out. Also, Eagle Eye Cherry.

139. What (to you) is the most amazing accomplishment that anyone has ever accomplished? We put a man on the moon. Yeah, it was forty years ago. Yeah, the novelty has worn off — and some of us have always lived in a world where such a thing happened — but now stop, and THINK about it. A MAN. On the MOON. Doesn’t that make you go “wow”?

140. What could a guy/girl do to impress you? I don’t like it when people try too hard. I think musical talent is impressive, and athletic ability is of course attractive… but I’d most just like someone who’s sincere and likes me.

141. About how many emails do you get a day? Hm. Ten.

How many forwards? At least one.

143. Do you believe Kurt Cobain killed himself or was it a conspiracy? He killed himself *sniffles* He was a complicated, haunted young man. Now, River Phoenix was killed by a conspiracy.

144. Would you rather drive across country or fly? If I had however much time I wanted and unlimited funds, drive. I know lots of people across the country, and I could see them all on my way

145. What/who would you bring with you on a road trip? Lots of CDs, maybe some books-on-tape. Snapple. My bathing suit, my guitar, flip-flops, my cell phone. Someone I love very much.

147. At about what age do you think you will be ready to settle down and get married? When I find someone I love who loves me back and we think,”Hey, we want to have sex and maybe children.”

149. What movie are you most looking forward to seeing when it comes out? X2, Matrix Reloaded, and Return of the King.

153. Are you jealous of anyone? Oh, a little…

154. What is the happiest way you can start your day? With a tall glass of very cold orange juice, the Be Good Tanyas, and yoga.

155. Have you ever had a moment where you felt everything was all right with the world? Yes, I suppose I have, a few times.

157. What does it mean when a person is spiritual? They think about the spiritual world as being more important than the material one. See also: WILLIAMS, CHARLES.

157. What makes people different from robots? The desire for God, life, love. A robot will never have any of these things, really.

159. What does the word ‘gay’ mean to you? Well, a certain rainbow-towel-toting friend of mine… you know what, nevermind. We’re going to leave this one in the peach teabag where it belongs.

161. Would you still love and stay with your girl or boy friend if he or she had to have a breast or testicle removed? Duh, yes.

162. Fate or free will? I am destined to make my own choices.

164. Can life change or are we all stuck in vain? “No one asks for their life to change. Not really…”

How can a person bring about change? Spend less time sleeping.

165. Are you afraid of change? Only bad change.

166. Are you a day person or nocturnal? Very very nocturnal.

168. Have you ever worked in retail? I sort of do right now.

169. What’s the coolest job you ever had? Um. Mine. This is my first. I like meeting new people, and I get as much free coffee/pastries as I want

171. Have you ever wanted to be an actor/tress? Sort of. I might even be a good one, only I have too much stage fright.

172. If you had the power to make one person at your school do anything you want them to for a whole day who would you pick and what would they do? Abe would give me 100% A+’s on all my Logic hw. Because it’s just not ever going to happen in real life

173. What star sign are you and what is your sign like? Aquarius. Peaceful and cool.

176. Do you believe there is something strange going on with the freemasons? Basically, masonic organizations are a little weird. Also, reminiscent to me (as they probably aren’t to a lot of people) of Gnosticism.

177. Do you like everything to be in widescreen? If it was filmed that way, yes.

178. Are you a fan of any comic books? Calvin and Hobbes. Frazz. Wonder Woman. Sinfest (online comic strip).

179. Do you collect something? Knowledge

180. Do you usually smell good? Oooh, yes, like peaches.

181. Where does love come from? God.

182. Where did your parents tell you babies come from when you were little? Well, when two people love each other very, very much…

183. You’re taking a 5,000 question survey. In your dreams.

184. What’s the best cheesy 80’s song? “Take My Breath Away”.

185. What’s the best date movie? “The Muppet Movie”.

186. Do you like to sit in the front, middle or back of the movie theater? Between three and six rows from the screen, exact center. That’s my seat.

187. Have you ever been inside an abandoned building? Heck yeah. I like abandoned buildings (though there aren’t many around here) because a lot of the time they’re all echoy, so I go in and sing.

188. What’s a gutterpunk? Oh, we have those in Kent.

189. Candles or strobe lights? Candles — hahaha! Juliana!

191. What besides money can make you extremely happy? Actually, money doesn’t make me that happy. What I REALLY like is making somebody smile, or laugh… or holding hands…

192. You have to choose. Would you be happier marrying someone rich for their money or living in the streets and subway tunnels with someone you love? Actually, I’d even like to live in subway tunnels just to live in subway tunnels, even with someone I didn’t love. Wouldn’t that be fun?

194. Have you ever made a snow-something-else? Oh yeah! I made this big troll-thing. It was actually supposed to be the Erlkoenig, or my idea of him. I have a picture, if anyone wants one

195. If someone wanted to understand you what book should they read that will help them? “Mere Christianity”, then “Mrs. Mike”, then “The Pink Motel”, then “Swallows and Amazons”, and somewhere in there, a whole lot of Shakespeare, the Pooh books, the Summa, and the Bible.

196. When was the last time someone called you crazy and why? Probably Lauren called me crazy yesterday.

199. If you could wish for one object (nothing alive, no money) that was the size of your computer monitor or smaller and it would appear right now what would it be? A large Indian dinner.

202. What is a ‘hootnanny’? “It’s just a little bit of hoot, and a whole lot of nanny.” — Oz

204. Which is more important…intelligence or niceness? Niceness, if by niceness you mean genuine, sincere compassion and love, and not just spineless toadyism.

205. Your best friend and your boy/girlfriend are in the hospital at the same time. Who do you visit first? I think my boyfriend would have to pretty much be my best friend for me to be dating him.

209. What is your favorite song from the 90’s? Probably Jewel’s “Foolish Games”. It sort of reminds me of a lot of different things that happened. Though “Gansta’s Paradise” and “Don’t Speak” were also huge ones for me.

210. If you were in alphabet soup what letter would you be? Q, symbollic of the eternal question.

211. Do you believe in fairies, ghosts, aliens, angels, dwarves, elves, etc? Fairies, no. Ghosts, yes. Aliens… sure, why not? Angels, yes. Dwarves… aren’t they just little people? Those exist. Elves, sort of, in the sense mainly of druidic pagans in early Britain. If that makes sense. There is some tradition that seems to be based on fact there. Has to do with Celts, I think.

212. What makes you want to be someone’s friend? Having the slightest idea of that person’s existence or possible existence.

213. Are you annoying? Heh. Heheh.

214. Are you amazing? No, only my alter-ego is.

215. How would you like to be a pilot? Ooooh, could be fun! I think I’d be a little scared, though.

216. What’s your favorite video game? Escape Velocity.

217. Have you ever taken something that wasn’t yours? Ehh, yeah, but only in my own household.

224. What would someone have to do to get you to never speak to them again? Is this supposed to be some sort of subtle hint?

230. What’s the best sounding accent a person can have? Scottish. Oliver Wood… *drools*

232. Do you prefer buttons or touch screens? Oh. Buttons.

233. What will the future be like? Later.

235. Which of your friends is most likely to go to jail? Actually, I have friends who *have* been in jail. But I’m not going to name them, I think that might be rude.

237. Would you wear real fur? No, that’s cruel. And if I had a million dollars…

243. Share a nugget of joy with us: Fozzie Bear!

244. What’s your middle name? Melian Elizabeth. Stop laughing.

245. Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter? Lord of the Rings. Though, I’ve actually *read* all of the Harry Potter books.

246. Are you good, evil or neutral? I’d like to think I’m good.

247. Can you speak ebonics? No.

248. What color is your bedroom? Blue!

What color would you like it to be? Well, I painted it the color it is now… so, this color, still.

249. Are you moving out soon? Yep, in August or September.

250. What floats? Does it really? Cheese, especially swiss cheese, but not cottage cheese, or cream cheese. Don’t ask, won’t tell.

251. Britney Spears and Marilyn Manson are standing side by side. You have a loaded gun and only one bullet. What do you do? Give it to Marilyn Manson. Everyone hates Britney.

252. Do you want to follow in your parent’s footsteps? Hmm, I don’t want to be a teacher… but otherwise, yes, sort of.

254. Which cartoon would you most like to see turned into a movie? I want Brak to have his own movie. The Brak Movie. Mm.

255. Which would you most like to compete in? A spelling bee, a read-a-thon, a math meet, a science fair, or geography bee? Ohhh… the spelling bee, I guess.

256. How good at using chopsticks are you? SO good. It’s from all the sushi.

257. If groundhogs retired from groundhog’s day what animal should take its place? Piranhas.

258. Should students have to wear school uniforms? Only at private schools.

259. What ancient civilization would you most like to visit? Ancient Egypt. They were freak-ay.

260. What would be the best name for a new Crayola color? Gwen Stefani.

261. What goes best with peanut butter? Apples.

262. If you were president, who would sing at your inauguration? OH! Sting.

263. Would you rather ride on a giraffe or an elephant? An elephant. Whee!

264. If all the nations in the world are in debt, where did all the money go? It was only ever an idea in the first place, people just assigned themselves more than they had, lied, and so now they’re like, “oh look, it’s gone”.

265. Do you ever feel alone in this world? Every day.

266. Who knows more…you or your parents? Are we talking about popular music, or some other subject?

268. If sex was like eating an apple, how many apples would you eat a day? An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

269. Would you have sex with a stranger for 1 million dollars? Billy Joel is not only a stranger, but THE stranger. And I wouldn’t need any million dollars.

270. What makes a good present for Valentine’s Day? A trip to a country where they don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day.

272. Out of all celebrities who needs a fashion makeover? Brittany Murphy. She always looks so slagged.

273. Is Madonna still beautiful? Hmm… yes, in a certain way.

277. Should politicians be held to the same legal standards as everyone else? If they’re going to be making the laws, shouldn’t they have to live with them too?

278. What do you get in trouble for the most? Not doing my Chemistry homework.

280. What is your worst daily habit? Sleeping too much, and getting sidetracked, like I am now, filling out this eternal survey instead of doing chores and eating, as I should.

281. If you had your choice which one tv show would you have cancelled? One of the “Bachelor” shows, or “Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire?” It’s televised prostitution, it’s voyeurism, and it’s extremely corruptive.

283. If you loved someone how would they know? They never know. I bottle it up inside and hide it because there’s always something which prevents it from being appropriate or right for us to ever get together.

284. What do you feel the most guilty about? Would you answer this question? Being mean to Juliana that one time <:
285. Do you meditate? Yes.

288. What are you doing tonight? Hmm… dinner, dishes, Chemistry homework, maybe watching Buffy with Mom.

289. What’s the most incredible experience you ever had? Playing my guitar… conversations with friends… conversations with God… my life is full of miracles. I can’t explain it; it’s too wonderful. Beauty

290. Is your life like a movie? which one? “You’ve Got Mail”

291. Do you love or hate the telephone? MMMmmmmmmm my PHONE…. *hugs cell phone close*

292. What is one thing you can’t do? Tae Kwon Doe.

293. Are you kind hearted? Yes.

294. Are you gentle? Yes.

296. Is everyone the same? This also is Thou, neither is this Thou.

298. Are you sleepy? Yep.

299. What’s a good name for a spider: Legomatic.

300. How’re you doing so far? Okay… does this survey actually end, ever?

301. List 15 things you have not experienced that you would like to experience and will try to experience within the next year.

a. Go to college.

b. Meet cool peeps at the SOLA graduationy thingie we’re having. Yee!

c. Go on a road trip, just for fun.

d. Preach.

e. Finish reading the Summa.

f. Learn about other religions — particularly Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism — by meeting people from those religions and going to religious services, rather than just reading books.

g. Have no crushes and be not crushed upon.

h. Learn German.

i. Learn ASL.

j. Have a week-long sort of self-discovery program. Like, me alone in the woods with a pack of matches and a Bible, or something like that.

k. Learn to snowboard.

l. Finish working on the Revelations story.

m. Start a cool youth group at college. Whee!

n. Finish enough songs for a CD.

o. Billy Joel.

(to be continued…)

No, I didn’t have any sickness or anything. Only, the pressure of college decisions, school, home, work, boys, friends, church, and just like everything else in my life has been building up during the past month, and over the last *week* it was like sweeps week for stress in Sarah’s life… so you (whoever you are) get a REALLY LONG blog today.

College decisions

So I didn’t get into Bard, so I had to choose between Scripps, CA, and Whitman, WA… and I’m a-goin’ ta Whitman! I’d actually pretty much decided that… like… two weeks ago, when I went out to have coffee with Mother Cynthia. Then, a week ago, I actually went out to visit the campus. I got to go to a class, meet with a religion professor, take a tour, have a meeting with a woman from the admissions office, wander around the campus and bookstore and Walla Walla… and I got to have coffee with Liz too! Anyway, so that was good… but also like STRESS, because Mom was pulling me (all by herself!) in two directions at once: she kept asking — and then not asking, but still hanging over my head, and skirting around — the question of, “What do you think? Do you like it?” [Read: Do you want to go here?] I eventually said yes to this, and then she threw at me all these reasons why I shouldn’t go (including the money issue, which she had like SWORN that she would not bring up again before my decision was made), and then we had moments of discomfort (which is the worst on a road trip, ’cause you can’t walk out on someone in a tiny van that is moving 70 mph), and then she’d be all, “So what did you think?” again. I think this sequence replayed itself at least five times on our way home. (So, spread it over 4.5 hours.) Anyway, though, I’ve been home now for a week, but she and Dad have looked at all the paperwork, the college catalogue, and seem to accept my decision now. Anyway, we sent the stuff that says, “YES! Take me to your college!” to Whitman… so they’ll just HAVE to accept my decision YAYYYYY!!! College. Dad’s really excited for me, too! — He’ll come into the kitchen when I’m doing the dishes and start cackling and rubbing his hands together and smiling and grinning at me. It’s really rather endearing!

School

Behind in Chemistry — and being hounded for it, as I should — and behind in Art History, but that is sort of a smaller thing, because it’s mostly just reading, and so getting caught up is easy. And I am getting caught up. AP English is still really hard — there’s SO MUCH reading! Greek is still really routine, which is good — I need something that is reliably either just as difficult as it was the week before, or a little easier. So that is good. Besides, I get along pretty well with everyone in that class Which reminds me — Logic is good too! I’m getting to where I’m not sleeping through class anymore (eek), and I’m getting the reading done on time again, and it’s fun. I need to spend some quality time with the flash cards I made last year in order to prepare for the “massive final”, but I think that won’t be too hard.

Home

Ohhhhh, well, there’s chores and stuff, and family life… that’s always stressful. We’re like hamsters in a cage here, and all at the mercy of Mom and Dad, because they’re the ones who drive and stuff. Anyway, though, I’m currently happy that I cleaned up my room the other day. YAY clean room! Also, Mom and Dad finally built the shelves for the garage, and it looks REALLY GOOD. It’s not everything that needs to be done out there (Ha! HAHAHAA!) but it does look good, and will make it harder for mice to seek refuge in places we can’t see. *shakes fist and curses at the mice*

Work

Work is basically okay. Megan hired a new kid, Stephen, and I haven’t had to work with him yet, but I hear he’s sort of annoying… I’ve met him, and personally he’s nice, but I can see where he wouldn’t be taking the drink-making seriously, messing up peoples’ drinks on purpose, etc.

Ian is transferring to another store… which, if you’ve read my earlier blogs, you might think was good, but I am a little bummed. We were starting to actually get along, and we had some really interesting conversation, arguing about religion and philosophy and socio-political issues. Oh well, he leaves tomorrow…

We got a new menu, which is supposed to be ready today; people have been asking us all week if we were selling out to Starbuck’s, hee…

And just basically, I’m getting the routine down. I made a really good veinte + cap for myself yesterday in just one pitcher! That’s like, I’m guessing, about four-five cups of pure, wonderful, milky, unbubbly, velvety foam. It was really good, and I’m all proud of myself for my developing foam abilities

Boys

Ughhh. Boys have been… annoying. Though, I’m 18, so I suppose I can start calling them “men” now, technically, if they’re my age or older. Anyway, there have been a few who have been bugging me. I’m not going to publish anything right here except that, as of this week, I am now officially nunlike. I am always having, in my life, periods where either I like a boy (some friend of mine, probably), or some boy likes me. Okay, so that’s normal. But it’s been going on, one or the other, for like YEARS now, and damnit, it’s getting annoying! I want to just have some friends who are boys, boyfriend or not. IS THAT OKAY NOW? Well, apparently so, ’cause I think that’s where I am. *wipes brow* And this is a really really good thing, because everything’s all mixed up and I’m leaving for college in September or August, so I’m thinking that starting a relationship right now is maybe a Not-Good Idea. Besides, I already had a mopefest on Monday night which involved watching “When Harry Met Sally”, and chocolate. It’s the cure for all cooties

Friends

Ohhhhh well there’s some ongoing drama with a few of my islas friend-people, and a few of my youth group/church friend-people,,, but basically I think everything’s resolved at this point. Only, there was a bunch of stuff that I was worrying about like a month-two weeks ago, I guess, and that seemed really tough to me… life goes on. I love you all, anyway, so it’ll be okay.

Church

Okay, so while all this stressful stuff is going on in my life — HA! It’s LENT! UGGHHGHGHGHGHHHH!!!! That was a NOT GOOD thing. But, Holy Week services were good. Maundy Thursday — despite Cynthia’s claims that it was pitiful — was good, I thought. I mean, for our congregation, it really was good. People were good at like washing each other’s feet when they maybe didn’t know the person as well as they would be comfortable with? That was good, I saw lots of bonding going on. Good Friday was *long*, I had a three-hour service in the afternoon and then a regular-sized (an hour? Hour and a half?) service in the evening… then I came home and had this WEIRD conversation with one of my friends that bugged my all weekend till Sunday night… Saturday, I got up at about 1 PM (Ohhhhhhhh sleeping in! That is something else I’ve been doing all week ), made chocolate strawberries and dyed eggs, got all purdy, and went to the Easter Vigil service. That was pretty good. It was small, but it was still pretty fun; everyone was really into it, and the pacing of the service was, I thought, good. The readings at the beginning didn’t feel like they were too long, etc. Sunday morning service was pretty fun, too, it seemed like everyone was there that should be, and I enjoyed seeing some people that I maybe hadn’t seen in awhile. I got to come home and party down with family and friends, hang out (online and on the phone) with Daniel and Juliana at the same time. That was fun Only, I haven’t been to youth group in about a month, and I REALLY miss it! WHERE MY PEEPS AT?!?

Just Like Everything Else

Okay, I haven’t bragged in any other way anywhere else to much of anyone else, so I’m just going to do general bragging here: I GOT IT! I GOT NATIONAL MERIT! They are going to give me money and they put my name in the paper and EVERYTHING!!!! *does a dance*

MY HAIR! MY HAIR IS TERRIBLE! I mean… it’s growing out to a stage where it’s starting to sort of look okay again, but then on the other hand it’s been sun-fried or something, so I have to condition it about ten times every time I shower, and use a fancy shampoo (of which we are currently out!) and stuff, or else it looks all frizzy and feels actually kind of elasticy and… just… BAD.

I GOT MY DRIVING PERMIT!!!!!! So I can start learning, if Mom EVER decides she’s going to teach me, which she promised to do before but hasn’t done anything about yet. *cries*

Christmas in April is this Saturday. I’m excited Yay, building house and painting and stuff. Funfun!! Then Saturday my parents are hosting a winetasting thing. I want to be elsewhere (somewhere less formal, I guess, and with less alcohol?), but I think they expect me to be on hand to help them clean up and stuff. *sighs* I suppose I’ll just wait in my room and watch Office Space the rest of the time or something.

Otherwise, I’m back to doing guitar (there was a hiatus there of a couple months when I had like NO TIME to practice guitar, because I just had no time, trying to find a job, doing college stuff, etc.), which is good. I think the stress factor in my life demands (at this point) a better routine — I kind of dumped my dietary restrictions (except for the vegetarian thing) and my excercising and my basic sleep schedule for the last two weeks. Also, even though I’ve been really involved in churchy stuff, I have done, I think, absolutely *no* private prayer. That’s not good.

Mom’s into Buffy now! Harr. Last night she watched THREE EPISODES. This is a big thing for her, because she didn’t really like Buffy very much at first, but now she’s really really into it.

Besides that, I really can’t think of anything major. It’s a little funny, actually, because none of that really WAS major, it was just that everything taken together was a little much to handle, and I was sort of starting to crack, I guess. Lord knows how much worse college’ll be But since I’m in such a good mood right now — BRING IT ON, GOD! Lessee it! WHADYA GOT for me? I’m WAY EXCITED for college!!!!

Barista Goddess say: “You snooze, you lose. Unless what you really wanted was sleep, in which case you win. Except for when some annoying person catches you snoozing, and it’s his personal opinion that you ought to be doing the dishes instead. Then you really really lose, a lot.”

What a horrible day… yesterday. And a little today. I HATE MEN. ALL men. They should be kept like piggies in a pen.

And also, ARRRRRRRR. We pirate queens need no one. We just use cabin boys, and then force them to walk the plank. We are heartless. Hurrah!!

Barista Goddess say: Men suck.