Prom Night :)

Prom was pretty amazing in my opinion. I had a lot of fun. The worst part I think was that I kept tripping over my dress, but I did well while marching so I think that was a win. We didn't stay at the actual dance too long because we couldn't really get into the music they decided on, so we danced for a little bit to what we could, then we went and changed and ate at Marlin's. The lady who served us was kind of a hag.. yeah.. anyway then we went to John's and watched the office until post-prom started. It was a lot more fun than I thought it was going to be because it was Vegas themed and I really didn't know anything about the games, but I learned Black Jack and Craps pretty quickly :) They also had cash cubes that you could apparently win real money in, but none of us knew that because there was a bunch of fake money flying around in there that we thought was just for tickets.. and then they ran out of money. Blah. But I did end up winning a bag of men's sampler calognes :P so my lovely date got those. Alex (a member of our group) ended up winning $100 which was cool, and my step-brother's date won a laptop! Super cool!

And the pictures :)

My John and myself.



Our prom group (left to right)

David, Kelsey, Alex, Karla, John, me, Tyler, Brianna

The guys :D

Us girls :3

And the garders :O

College Registration

Yesterday morning my mom and I went to NSU to register for my freshman fall semester. This has been a highly anticipated day for me. On to the schedule!

I was put in as a biology major concidering what I am going into.

MWF =

• General Biology: 11:00am - 11:50am
• Intro to Soc: 12:00pm - 12:50pm
• IDL: 1:00pm - 1:50pm (not Friday)

T =

• Survey of Physics: 9:00am - 11:50am
• General Biology Lab: 1:00pm - 3:50pm

TH =

• Survey of Physics Lab: 9:00am - 11:50am

And then I have an online Fundamentals of Speech class.

I like this schedule because I get done pretty early most days, but that's good because I think the homework may be piled high. I've been working on a bunch of scholarships finally since I've been seriously slacking pretty much all year.. and I really don't want to have an enormous debt.

On a second note, I just planted the rest of my seeds that I have for spring. So now I'm growing sunflowers, strawberries, daisies, forget-me-nots, cucumbers, pumpkins, watermelons, cantalopes, carrots, and snapdragons. I hope they all turn out nicely. Also, I am going to Cabin in the Woods in an hour for the second time, and then The Lucky One tonight at 9:45. I think I will post about them either tonight or tomorrow morning, especially since I thought Cabin in the Woods was awesome. And prom is tomorrow and I'm super excited.

Catching Up

I've got a lot of stuff going on this month.

First, John and I went to his grandma's house for Easter which was really fun. She gave me a cactus :)

Second, I planted some seeds which have been sprouting quite nicely. I think one of the most exciting things is when you can get something to grow from a tiny little seed. It's, what you might say, magical. Orange = Stawberries, Green = Sunflower, Blue = Forget-me-nots, and Pink = Daisies. Poor stawberries aren't growing for me very well..

Third, dance has been intense. You should have seen my bruises. We have less than a month before recital time. Which also means I have less than a month left of high school.

Fourth, Sunday my mom, my step dad, my sister, my sister's friend Annie, John, and I all went to Sioux Falls for a Tran-Siberian Orchestra concert. It was really awesome. I've seen them before for their Christmas concert a few years ago in Minneapolis and I guess I liked that one a bit better, but that's probably because I knew all of those songs since we play them constantly every year during Christmas. I was pretty proud of myself for not spending a bazillion dollars on stuff at the mall, but I did end up spending a lot on books, which I never really feel bad about anyway.

Fifth, I register for classes at Northern on Thursday. I'm really hoping to get into the ceramics class, which reminds me that I need to post my finished pottery projects..

Sixth, prom is on Saturday. I'm really excited but I keep having dreams that I am late or that I can't find my spot or that my date goes missing...

Seventh and finally, April 27th will be mine and John's two year anniversary. This is pretty exciting for me. Two whole years. We're going to Sioux Falls for the whole weekend.

Busy Busy

I know I haven't posted in like a month.. and I think that sucks. I've been so busy though it's hard to sit down and write about it. I've had a lot of planning to do with my graduation party and invites, plus work has been crazy because of The Hunger Games coming out (I loved this movie by the way, even with reading the books). I've also been heavily anticipating my dance recital, and I want every move to be perfect since it's my last year doing it.

What brought me to post today though is that I just finished the book Looking For Alaska by John Green. It's an excellent and emotional YA book. I absolutely loved it and would recommend it any day.

My favorite quote from this book: "The Buddha said that suffering was caused by desire, we'd learned, and that the cessation of desire meant the cessation of suffering. When you stopped wishing things wouldn't fall apart, you'd stop suffering when they did."

I got this book from Chapter 1 Book Store in our mall (the only actual book store in Aberdeen where you can buy new books) which I'm very sad to say is closing soon because of the business loss to ebooks.. I guess the only good thing about book stores closing is that you can get cheap new books, which I can say that I will be fully indulging in despite my already towering pile of books.

My Rollercoaster

I'm going through this thing right now... but this song is kind of how I feel right now.

My Rollercoaster - Kimya Dawsen

You were on my mind at least nine tenths of yesterday
It seemed as if perhaps I'd gone insane
What is it about you that has commandeered my brain?
Maybe it's your awesome songs or maybe it's the way
When I look at your face I can tell that you're not going to be stopping soon or even slowing down
And if we keep up this pace pretty soon we'll know the name of every kid and every grown up booking house shows in their town

And if home is really where the heart is
Then wer're the smartest kids I know
Because wherever we are in this great big world
We'll never be more than a few hours from home
And that's important because I need to travel
I've had this itchin in my shoes since I was just a little kid
And before I had a mini van I road the Greyhound bus
My mom would say "I hope some day you get paid for being Kimya Dawson"

And now I do and it's not much
But it's enough
I've got my Scrabble game, food on my plate, good friends and family
And now there's you understanding why I do the things I do
Knowing that you do them too makes me really happy

On the road again
Just can't wait to get on the road again
The life I love is makin' music with my friends
And I can't wait to get on the road again

On the road again
Just can't wait to get on the road again
The life I love is makin' music with my friends
And I can't wait to get on the road again

From a distance, the world looks blue and green
And the snow capped mountains white
From a distance, the ocean meets the stream
And the eagle takes to flight
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/k/kimya_dawson/my_rollercoaster.html ]
(whispering)
Darkness imprisoning me
All that I see
Absolute horror
I cannot live
I cannot die
Trapped in myself
Body my holding cell

Do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do
I'll be your cryin' shoulder
I'll be love's suicide
I'll be do do do do do do
I'll be the greatest man of your life

'cause I like going for hikes and riding bikes
And playing video games in the middle of the night
And I'll stay up late and I wont even care
That we're getting up early to go to the state fair
I'm gonna ride the biggest ride it'll be out of sight
Then I'll share an elephant ear with you if you'd like
Because we are alive so we've gotta live life
To the fullest you spin the bottle and I'll dim the lights
Four five six seven minutes in the closet

You were on my mind at least nine tenths of yesterday
It seemed as if perhaps I'd gone insane
What is it about you that has commandeered my brain?
Maybe it's your awesome songs or maybe it's the way
You go straight to the top you're not scared of getting squashed
You know just when to jump off
You're so brave
And then you run to the right it seems there's no hope in sight
And you drop down to the tube that takes you right to level eight

Life is a highway and I'm gonna ride it
Every day's a winding road yeah
My rollercoaster's got the biggest ups and downs
As long as it keeps goin' round it's unbelievable.

Life is a highway and I'm gonna ride it
Every day's a winding road yeah
My rollercoaster's got the biggest ups and downs
As long as it keeps goin' round it's unbelievable.

Yeah, I'm a Nerd..

Recently, John convinced me to join him in playing Runescape online.. I didn't think I would be so addicted lol.

I forgot how awesome playing games could be. It used to be huge in my life in elementary and middle school. Kind of a stress reliever.

Happy Birthday John :)

Happy 19th Birthday

to my amazing boyfriend and best friend

who loves and cares about me, and is patient with whatever it is that I through at him. He's always been there for me and I couldn't ask for someone who is as playful and sweet as he is.

I'm so glad that I was able to make today really special for him. I think we had a lot of fun :)