We Signed the Lease!

Yesterday John and I signed the lease to our first apartment! Exciting stuff. We get a washer and dryer, dishwasher, patio.. I'm very happy with the choice we made. It's also in the same building that my grandma lives in so hopefully I will be able to spend some much-needed time with her. I'm really looking forward to be able to do my own thing with my place. John has pretty much agreed that I get to decorate :)

It's a little stressful at the beginning because I am now starting to realize how much money you actually need to spend to live comfortably. I definitely won't be doing much unnecessary spending at all. Not for a while anyway. I'm really happy that we chose to do this, because some of the places we looked at were kind of scary and I couldn't imagine myself living there, but this one I think we're really going to be comfortable living in this nice apartment.

I Chipped My Tooth...

That's right.. I chipped my friggin' tooth. And I am NOT happy about it. I managed to accomplish this by biting down pretty hard on my metal lip ring while I was chewing, which I've done several times before with no consequence other than a scare and a sore lip. But this time a whole chunk of my tooth broke off! I'm making it sound a lot worse than it is, as in you only notice it if it's pointed out, but still. Now I will have to file it down, which I'm not looking forward to. I'll just do it myself, because I don't really feel like paying the dentist 200 bucks to do something that I can do just as easily myself. I just have a feeling it's going to be painful so I'm definitely waiting to do that until it stops being so sensitive..

So this is just a warning to everyone who has their lip pierced, especially those who wear a stud in their bottom lip. If you end up biting it a lot like I do, I was seriously consider switching to a plastic ring instead of the metal ones. I did, and I think it's actually way more comfortable and I'm not so worried about biting it all the time and ruining my teeth.

New Pupper!

This is Bo, short for Bolyne. She's our new baby :)

But she has been called a bunch of other names. Bubba, Pup, Pupper, Bubs, Baby, Puppy.

Yeah, that usually happens.

She is a britney spaniel and is an aspiring hunting dog. I can already tell that she's a very smart girl.

It's funny when she conks out because once she decides she's going to sleep it doesn't really matter where she is, she's out. And she gets very floppy. I like me some floppy puppies.

She has also decided that she likes to eat pillows.

:)

Nook Color!

I have finally decided on an eReader. I bought myself a Nook Color! And it's super-cool :) Plus it's pretty much a tablet so it mostly quenches my severe lust over an iPad2 :/

It's like a completely new reading experience. I didn't think I would ever want one for the longest time because I love the feeling of books and I have so many, but my Nook is so convenient plus I can do a lot more on it than just read. AND it will read to me! It has apps and I can connect to wifi so that's pretty much all I need for total happiness with this thing. I'm glad I bought it. It doesn't mean I will stop reading regular books, but now if I read a book in a series and I don't have the next, I can get it and start reading easy-peasy.

I can also blog on it! Yeah!

Graduation!

Well, it finally happened. Myself and all of my amazing classmates are finally done with high school! Yesterday was so fun. I never knew how good it would feel to graduate knowing that I have worked hard for this and I don't have to go back. It was amazing except for the fact that everyone let me walk around with a crooked hat!

Here's to the class of 2012! We did it!

Final Dance Recital

This year's recital went amazingly. I loved everything about it. It was heartbreaking and exciting and I'm going to miss it so much. I just wanted to post and say that I have danced with so many amazing girls (and guys :P) and that I love each and every one of them. I will miss you all. I never plan to stop dancing, it just may not be in classes. We'll see :)

and Melissa Sletto is and amazing photographer!

Regression on Gay Rights..

I think America is going backward when dealing with gay marriage. I know, everyone hears about this all the time, but I would just like to say that I think people who think they have a right to control what love is and which people are allowed to be together are completely and utterly mindless. Seriously, what does it matter?

I found this online. I thought it stated my point quite nicely:

10 Reasons to Ban Gay Marriage

1. Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.

2. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

3. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

4. Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

5. Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Brittany Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.

6. Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.

7. Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

8. Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we only have one religion in America.

9. Children can never succeed without a male and female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

10. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.

And I thought this was perfect to show how utterly stupid the reasons for not allowing gay marriage are. Our society needs to get with the program here. I think we should be worrying about more important things like poverty or drug use or war prevention or the economy rather than who is getting married. Let them. They have as much right to be with who they love as straight people. Why is that so hard to figure out? And why should we be encouraging people to have more children? The whole world is extremely overpopulated the way it is and unwanted children are being abused and neglected and put into orphanages or foster homes every day. And in my opinion, a child adopted by a gay couple will be a lot more accepting of people and an all around better person because of the way they are raised. It does not mean that they will be gay, they will simply know what love is.