how long has it been?!

So I do realize that I haven't posted on this thing in what, a year? And a half? But I am now, because I am going to HAWAI'I! My life is finally exciting again! So wait for the posts to start showing up...

Harry Potter 7...

...OHMYGAWRSH. It was so good! I went to the midnight showing, and that was the most exciting line I've ever been in. I loved it! You haven't seen it? Go. Now. Like, RIGHT NOW. I am still in shock, and that was Thursday night! EEK! So good! Well, all except for that one part, which was really not that great. But, oh, I love it!

Dan Sings the Periodic Table

Check this sweet video out! Unfortunately, my computer doesn't download video and blogger won't let me post a link, so just go to the website. So funny!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1TfPDlA1xE&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_stronger_r2-2r-1-HM

Ode To My Hair

A little background info: I'm getting my hair cut really short on Tuesday. In two days. And when I say "short", I mean SHORT. I'm donating over a foot of hair to Locks of Love. Ouch.

Ode to my Hair:
I stink at poetry, so I am truly sorry you have to settle for less, my dear hair. You have literally hung by me through thick and thin, though I am proud to say that you are neither. In the winter you were beautiful and dark, my protection from the cold. In the summer you are my pride and joy, with natural streaks of auburn, red, and blonde. Over our last few days together I have fixed you up in all the ways I was never corageous enough to do up 'till now: I'm doing my hair like I'm dieing, to make up for all the times I let you hang limply by my side. I'm sorry I was never brave or confident enough to give you the respect you deserve. You are surely a red rose among weeds, oh dearest hair! I remember the time I took you to the salon and got you braided around my head like I was Princess Leah Organa, but only now do I marvel that you were able to do such a thing. I was too nervous to wear you to school that way, for fear that my peers would laugh. But I do wish now that I had shown you off to the multitudes! You shone like a star on that beautiful weekend, and I was too worried that you would blind my friends. But now I know better. You will soon be gone and resting upon the head of another, more needy person. I bid you a fond farewell in the hopes that you will serve my fellow man well. I shall miss you, dearest hair! I shall love you always! Goodbye!

Vibram Five Finger shoes

I went on The Stacks yesterday, and there was a girl talking about the Vibram Five Finger shoes she got recently. Of course, I looked them up. Holy cow! Those are COOL! Here's a picture:


Here's a good place to read about them: TADA!
Oh, and P.S., they're $100. ;D

T21 Traveling Afghan Project

So I was looking at other people's blogs, and I found one by a lady who's son had Down syndrome. The most recent blog post was, of course, "T21 Traveling Afghan" What is that, I wondered? So I looked it up. You can read about it here. It's really cool! It's an Afghan and a journal in a box being sent all over the US and to other countries. The box is sent to people who have signed up who have family members with Down syndrome. In the journal, they write about their expirience with that family member. The afghan is there because...because they want it to be. The children (well, any age, really) can have pictures taken with the afghan, whatever they want. Then they send it on to the next person on the list. It's really cool! Check it out!

Life is a journey

~~~Yesterday I was feeling all down and depressed and bad for myself because of that darn OBSESSION that I CANNOT let go of!! Harry Potter obsession, by the way. I feel like I am in handcuffs or stranded on a deserted island! I have NO interaction with the rest of the world. NONE! WHATSOEVER! So I was feeling all bad, and I even composed a pretty bleak poem about it....when I went downstairs to watch TV. I mean, what else was I supposed to do? So when I turned the TV on, you know what was playing? A show called "Rethinking Happiness" all about happiness, where it comes from, and how to get it. I nearly cried! Oh my goodness! WOW! They talked about self-help stuff (which is really popular right now), Positive Therapy, Forgiveness Therapy, all of that stuff. The moral of the story was: "Life is a journey, and happiness is what happens when we travel it together." Cool.
~~~On to the stuff I'm REALLY excited about: flying! Just a couple of days ago, our neighbor Brother Grier (who is consequently a PILOT) took me and Dad flying in his plane. A Piper Cherokee 235, to use the proper term. My favorite. For those of you who know me REALLY well, I have wanted to be a pilot in the Air force for a really long time. And here I was, soaring through the air in a four-seater private plane! OMC! Brother Grier signed me up for the Young Eagles, a group of young flight enthusiasts. The benefits of being in this group:
1. Your name is put in the BIGGEST logbook in the world
2. You get FREE textbook flight training online, whenever you want. Retail value:$199.00 Totally free.
3. And lots of other stuff I can't remember...at the moment :D
~~~Isn't that awesome? I get the textbook classes for free! I don't have to pay anything! And By the time I finish, I will have enough money to pay for the rest! YAY!