Sunday, January 30, 2005
i got a beautiful feelingsunday strikes back...
last night we went to go see Suessical the Musical. it was fantabulous, and, i am sorry to say, much more exciting than Oklahoma. it might've been the awesome songs, it might've been the sparkly costumes, it might've been the things (which harry should've definately been), but it was most definately not the pit. ours is better, most definately (no offense to them..). oklahoma was still good, i just enjoyed suessical much more.
i bet it was the sparkley costumes...
before the show, however, i had the joy of waking up at 6:30. for the... *dramatic pause*... garage sale...
having worked more than four of them, let me tell you, they do not get better with each go around. it was cold. and we were rather... unprepared? but it was ok, we still got it done. and made over $400. pretty good, considering it was rather small this time, and we had no previous advertising. or mr. man... i wonder what happened to him. last time, rebecca's grandmother ran him over. i hope he's ok...
yeah, so, it was good, i got really nasty and smelly from moving things around and i am also of the slightly burnt variety, faceularwise, no thanks to my lovely pale skin.
and now, sadly, i must end this constand babble of mine and go finish my homework (ha) and clean my room... and piano lesson... wow, today sucks.
everything's goin' my way
Friday, January 28, 2005
you make me wanna la lawell, it was just a normal friday. until... the clock struck 7. then the partay started! julia and stephanie and i went to chilies, and it was nice to do something with a small group for a change. julia and i decided that a taking a huge group is something akin to ripping your teeth out with pliers. hence, it was just the three of us. it was nice to see stephanie, who i haven't seen since homecoming.
anyho, at the dance, which had a little bit of a larger turn-out this year than last (by like.. five people), we had a lot of fun. lots of dancing. lots of stephen scaring people with his michael jackson ensemble. lots of beth and i being hilarious dancers. lots of beth's "date" being freaked out. lots of him laughing at us. lots of beth ripping her dress all the way up to her butt (but it was alright, we fixed it with safety pins and it was onloy $7 anyway). lots of me and julia and stephanie dancing, too. lots of food. lots of great music (thanks be to the high heavens). lots of 80s dresses. lots of dirty feet. lots of celebration time! lots of us using flashy things as lighters. lots of us being... well, us.
i guess this is why people think i'm in band, eh?
in the kitchen on the floor
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
she is the boxer[joy]
i think i am finally out of my schlump. finally. it was driving me nuts. thanks to those who listened to my often pointless and pathetic ramblings. you all make me feel so special.
but enough emotional gibjabber.
i am listening to good music.
talking to good friends.
slowly but surely finishing the little hw i have
happy again.
what interesting... hmm.. my piano recital, for elaboration, was much better than previous years. and personally, would've been better had the stupid piano not shaken as much. when you whammed it hard *coughrondocough*, the whole thing shook back and forth. oh well. some scary, over-makeuped woman and her equally scary hunched husband came up afterwards and were all "oh my goodness you were fabulous! rant rant rant rant!" all the while, i am standing there keeping a smile plastered on and thinking of how i wasn't really that good, and how these people were nice but mildly insane. she continues. "this is my husband, rabbi something..." i shake his hand. more painful smiling. he speaks. in monotone. "you were wonderful! (if monotone can be exclamatory...) how long have you been playing?" i tell him. "that long? wow, it really shows". that made me a tad discouraged, as for playing that long i really should probably be better. switching teachers four times + a year of not pianoing will do that to you, i guess.
wow. that is a really long paragraph. on something completely and totally useless. but i guess it is your waste, since you just read it all. it is weird. i am writing this, and thinking how you will be reading it right now, and how i wrote it in the past but it's like i didn't because it is directed at you in the present...
alright, enough is enough. i will stop rambling.
well, i am going to finish up the minute amount of homework left, and then happily read more of my book and possibly more of that song. you should be so proud of me, jenno! oh, and go see her blog by the way. she has retemplated, and it is quite lovely, if i do say so myself.
ok. toodle pip, all. no frets (a la kins)!
she knows when and where to strike
Sunday, January 23, 2005
it's got to stophappy sunday. or not.
so. today was my piano recital. it didn't go too badly i guess.
i saw oklahoma. exclamation point.
not a whole lot else, i guess.
thanks.
tell me, take no more
Thursday, January 20, 2005
just a spoon full of sugarwow i was a spaz today. but it's not really a bad thing.
you know, i'm sure i could write this much better if i could see the screen. i am a foot away from it, and i can only barely make out the letters. it kind of hurts to look at it. but since when has that stopped me? i look at you, don't i? bwahaha, i am so funny. (/stupidness)
sooo... we tied alex to three desks today. it was exciting. i rolled around on the floor in activity and scared the bejesus out of bina. it was hilarious. i was rampantly poked by evil friends spurred on by katherine's thursday ritualistic pokings. it was scary. what else...
daniel gave me a piggy back ride. the first time i tried with my backpack still on. apparently, that doesn't work. at all. katherine and i sat on the ground and were invisible. but that didn't stop us from getting weird looks...
ooo! i finally did it. i am rather mildly prepared for sunday. le woot. what is sunday, you ask? psh. like i am telling you.
added bonus! for your reading enjoyment, arden's opinion of the day:
smoothie skittles are weird and mildly nasty
helps the medicine go down
Monday, January 17, 2005
our heartsyeah. so. more apologies about my mood. i dunno... it's complicated i guess. i want somebody to listen and give me advice and make me feel better, but every time i try to talk to somebody about anything feeling related i feel stupid and like i'm wasting their time. i feel pathetic, like i can't handle my own problems.
and i guess i can. it's gotten me this far in life.
i was reading other peoples outpourings into the world of streamlined internet journals, and i was thinking about how everybody gets a certain alottment of shit. and they have to eat it themselves. i read some of the posts, and thought, "wow. i really want to make them feel better. but anything i write in a comment will sound invariably stupid". and they will sound stupid. either that or really sappy. it's true and you know it. sometimes, a lot of times, i'm sure it still means something to that person.
but you just can never find the right words for the feeling, you know? i hate that. it's as if they have every freaking word in the dictionary but the one you're trying to use to explain something. i should make up a word for words like that. and that word is... something i'll come up with later.
well. i think you've read enough mindless drabble thus far. but through my experience, most don't even get this far in posts. unless they are really bored.
i do think i am finally out of my angst though.
back to feeling numb again.
littering the topsoil
Sunday, January 16, 2005
you'll change your mind come mondayno school tomorrow? woot-ed.
yeah so, again i apologize for severe weird moodness this week. not that many of you probably noticed it, unless i was whining profusely to you. well. i guess that would only really be one of you, wouldn't it. sorry, boy.
anyway. i really feel like screaming. heh. played a lot of ffx.. for as awesome as tidus' hair is, that boy is rather obnoxious/annoyingly stupid. he screamed at one point though. but earlier, it made me laugh. i don't fee like laughing now.
gah. somebody beat this angstiness out of me! lauren'll do it.. where is lauren when you need her...
um... i would write more, but then i would get a bunch of meaningless crap like "arden i am here for you!" which, coming from people like tai and kins, i know is sincere. but you know, if you were here for me, i bet you would listen.
and turn your back on me
Thursday, January 13, 2005
waterfalloh? oh?? what is this? arden updating every day this week?
or at least i think it was every day. but i am too lazy to check as of now.
so it was really nice outside today. it should be like this all the time, don't you think? yes?
hmm... tomorrow is friday... it has been a pretty good week, considering the following bad points:
- monday: i was being all stupid and angsty (those of you who have only seen me at school know nothing of my angsty side, do you..)
- tuesday: forgot to bring my captions for yearbook, again. forgot to print pictures to get captions for, again. got frustrated with stupidness of people, again.
- wednesday: had to deal with stupid parents a lot. it was nice when my mom started screaming at me again while we were driving. after she hadn't said anything for five minutes. it made absolutely no sense.
- today: nothing was really bad today, i guess. those dots, vile rubber things that remind me of mini jello shots, with awful flavor (most likely created from a mind much similar to the one that picked out the colors and such for the office)
on that note, i agree with jenn. it leads me to believe that whoever (will ex-superintendent katz please stand up...) picked them out has something wrong with them. which i guess has been proven. but seriously. black?? where did that come from? "oh, lemesee... their school colors are red and white... black! i will add black. because sheep are black, right? or at least that's what people keep telling me..."
yeah. stupid. case in point. on with life?
people keep asking about my a w e s o m e bracelet that katherine made me. all duct-tape-d and the such. it is... [so cool]. but my moose xing sign is way better. i need to figure out where that is... it was... the coolest gift i've ever gotten.. moose on a sign... i want to put it on my door, but we have to wait to get the majority of all my crap out of the attic until after the new carpet gets put in. my mom asked me where the seam in my carpet is a while ago.. seriously, how the hell am i supposed to know where the seam in the carpet is? then she did some absurd hand motion to show me what a seam is. and you all don't believe me when i tell you my mother thinks i'm an idiot?
but she did say the other night that we (her children) have skewed her general understanding of kids. she said something like, "yes, it was surprising when i found out that kids didn't start reading at three. nick did, and so i just assumed all kids did. it was only short words and letters, so i figured it wasn't anything special."
which is probably why nick is so smart? maybe? while most kids were out playing in the dirt, he was reading. sounds like a basis for a kick-ass autobiography, no? or maybe a musical. whoever played nick would have to be able to scream really loud though. oh, another exciting thing! some girl i have only talked to a few times (some band fish) came up to me while i was talking to david and daniel and was all, "you are so lucky to have such an awesome older brother!"
this made me do the oO face followed by intense wonderings as to what happened to this poor girls brain, and the pain she must've been in as the leprechaun monkeys sucked it out her ears with a vacuum.
well, i think this entry is insanely long enough. i think i will go duct tape my binder now. what a wasted afternoon it will be...
umbrella in the rain
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
to be undone, to be alonewhat a special treat! katherine has decided to regale us with yet another post from her perspective in my perspective. which should, politically speaking, be called "posts where katherine gets bored and decides writing a post for arden beats out doing homework". yes.
It was dark outside; it was English class. There was a horrid rotting smell coming from the far end of the room---the stench of TAKS essays. I had written mine perfectly. My four was secure in my little blue back pack. If the Schnell's class was a cake, then I'd be the candles, the icing, and the silver platter. It is too bad that the batter was undercooked. Alas, I am Arden, the perfect essay-example writer. Hail me and my viciousness.
Sometimes, I just love to sit and think. Think and sit. Deep thoughts about what an awesome essay writer I am compared to all of you losers.
But sooth! A chemistry quiz was slowly yet swiftly approaching, tip-toeing closer in its 7th period shoes of malicious bonding doom! I had nothing to worry about, of course. In the world of cruel chemistry monsters, I was the brave peasant in short shorts gone a-questing.
Speaking of monsters, I rudely scared my favorite Trevor away from Katherine's lunch table when I intruded upon the sacredness of the A lunch, a place that I most surely do not belong without bringing lavish gifts of giant chocolate truffle gummy bears for the Katherine herself. (I love the way each flavor gummy bear tastes distinctly and obviously different. That-company-that-makes-the-gummy-bears, I salute you.)[so that is a lie, obviously. gummie bears are only one flavor, sort of. i mean, there is maybe sort of a small difference, but you have to think when you chew. and who does that?]
No one should ever give me chocolate or caffeine at lunch under penalty of defenestration from third floor Aqua, Mrs. Jordan's room. Anyone caught allowing me to eat these types of horrible things should immediately prevent consumption by poking me rampantly in the sides or whacking me with something heavy. Unwillingness to do so will result in accidentally being pushed out the window of second floor Blue. [this is reverse psycologie, just so you know]
Apparently, I "swang" in the park today with Aditi before going to some mysterious "library". I also "ate" David's "buttered roll" at lunch. I think you know what I mean.
to live life in monotone
Monday, January 10, 2005
inside i'll hide in my tune*waves arms frantically*
hello?!!? ANYBODY?? can you hear me?
no?
didn't think so.
oh, and matt is my hero of the day.
and think of yesterday playing
you talk tough to me
yeah, so if you haven't noticed, music added. i was even spiffy and put in a player, so if you chose not to be among the cool people in this world you can turn it off. !!! they are coming here in march.. i want to go... so badly.. maybe nick will take me..
anyway, so it's late. and i'm up. being stupid. and paranoid. see, apparently some idiot thinks it's a good idea to rob people in my neighborhood. four times. yeah. so. i am a bit freakd out. as most of you know, i am rather.. terminally paranoid? just go find my anecdote on calling the cops on my uncle. i swear, my relatives will [never] let me forget that. heh. so maybe i could convince my mom this is just another reason to get me some mace? meh.
i was surfing around on the blog/xanga/lj network, and discovered this on liz's fantabulous waste of time. so here it is, the arden rendition of the journal quiz.
THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. arden
2. sardine
3. sherlock
THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1. ihaveswiftarms
2. anonymousarden
3. elfoftherealm (laugh it up, i was a lame 7th-grade lotr junkie)
THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. my height
2. my hair
3. my sexiness (according to kins)
THREE THINGS YOU HATE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. my braces
2. my back
3. my eyelids
THREE THINGS YOU WISH YOU HAD RIGHT NOW:
1. chocolate
2. a biosphere to make houston cold again
3. a smoothie
THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. heh... robbers? how appropriate...
2. scary movies.
3. roller coasters.
THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. clothing
2. deodorant
3. food
THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. an old gym shirt
2. hehe.. my moose boxers
3. underwear
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS/ARTISTS:
1. carbon leaf
2. gaelic storm
3. j.e.w.
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS AT PRESENT:
1. on any given day - carbon leaf
2. kimble - umphrey's mcgee
3. no rain - blind melon
THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS:
1. zorbing (we are going to new zealand this summer!!!)
2. write more than just parts of a song
3. take my brother shopping
THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP (love is a given):
1. happiness
2. conversation
3. fun
TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE:
1. the piano is better than the vla
2. i love the smell of old books
3. root beer is the best drink ever made
THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. taller than me
2. hair
3. eyes
THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO:
1. the eyebrow wave
2. play the drums
3. be quiet for long periods of time
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. dance
2. playing piano
3. rollerblading
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. be able to sleep
2. hang out with some close friends
3. take a walk without worry of being attacked
THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING:
1. graphic design
2. astronomer (though probably not)
3. something? i have no idea.
THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. mwaha.. new zealand
2. anywhere in europe?
3. new york
THREE KIDS/PETS NAMES
1. sherman
2. luke
3. kaylea
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. go to egypt with my grandmother
2. learn how to play the bagpipes
3. party like it's 1999!! (yeah, so i'm lame..)
THREE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO TAKE THIS QUIZ... NOW! (OR DIE PAINFULLY)
1. katherine. she will anyway, because she haunts my blog.
2. you do, obviously.
3. er..
and it makes me smile
Sunday, January 09, 2005
bobby's in the basement making his movieso katherine has again informed me that my entries are lame (i am so loved?) so she has decided to once again grace my blog with her words. *shakes head* here t'is:
Oh my gosh. I love Harry. Yesterday I went to his awesome birthday extravaganza; it was dinner and a movie and I dare say he enjoyed the tremendous amount of soft sweet kisses I casually gave him throughout the whole event [not true... though i considered it, kins ;)]. What can I say? I am a sly fox. I would go so far as to say he turns me on, but that would be a gross understatement.
White Noise, although undeniably lame, scared the urine out of me [again, not true]. I am sure glad I had my handy pee-green ipod sock to clean up the damp accident. I wish I had more socks for instances like the above-mentioned [and again, not true]. If you are going to go see White Noise, don't bother. If you are bent on wasting that $6.50 or what ever amount it is to get in to see the movie, I would recommend dropping by
I had a piano lesson today, and I guess I pwn at playing x 3.72, but I can't help feeling this crushing amount of guilt that comes from not playing the best instrument ever, the viola. My green young mind yearns for knowledge of the above-reigning alto clef. [hahahaha, sure sure, katherine is just so upset that she doesn't know how to play the piano. though, she can play chopsticks! sort of..]
Rejoice! Rejoice! School is tomorrow [is this where she wants me to slit my throat?].
so anyway. i saw garden state! it was good, lauren was right (wow, you're getting all kinds of attention today!). a bit different, but that's why i like movies like that. they are original and unique. much like the pants i'm wearing right now. hehehe, at guadalajara, people kept staring at me. they are awesome pants, i will have to wear them to school.
and right now i should really be doing my homework, but i am like... meh... about that, as usual. indeed... ooo guess who gets their license in nine days! that's right! i do!
um. oh. wow. i. am. so. ticked.
i think mr dillon might be under severe pain soon? i think i've mentioned to at least one of you how it seems that my money disappears when i dont do anything? like now. i had three twenties in my wallet, didn't spend any of them. now all i have is my ten. something has happened there. and it is not chris, i know that. for various reasons. nick can just get money from my parents, and does so all the time. however, my 10 year old brother is freaking loaded, and has no source of income? odd? yes? i would like to keep all that money i earn from babysitting. thanks.
i am going to end this post now. i am.. shaking.. i am so mad. ok... some of you have seen me like this. not a good thing? feel sorry for my brother. because if i find him with my money, it's not going to be me he's worried about. can you say.. me telling my parents? heh... and you guys think i get angry? hehehe..
he paints a little picture, but not to be cheesey
before you take a swing
happy first sunday of the school year! yeah... only not... international hw day...
i have too much hw, but through some thinking i have seriously decreased that list. it is sad when it seems like i spend more time thinking about making myself have less hw than actually doing it. oh well?
white noise wasn't actually that bad, kins, you were right. just really startling. and i was still kind of freaked out when you were all, "you ok?". so yes, i am fine. i think. well, as fine as i was when i went into the theater. and becca is not only my 20gig buddy, but she is my not watching the movie buddy too (that is so lame, i know, borecca, but i couldn't come up with anything else)! AND shoe buddies, but we did move seats. that guy drove me crazy. grr..
well, i am going to take my daily dose of online comics now, catch most of yall tamarie.
i wonder, what are we fighting for
Thursday, January 06, 2005
hold it up to candlelighthappy thursday! friday soon. first week of second semester? [completed] well, at least, almost.
so, rebecca is like, totally awesome and stuff. because she just is. and we are 20gig buddies! definately not music pansies, eh becca? anddd rebecca is also cool because she is... er... living close to me. yeah. that's it.
i am listening to carbon leaf. they are good, you should so totally listen to them. yeah... listen and be happy.
guess what! if i get time [unlikely] i am going to spiffy up my site a little bit. maybe. i have a kind of sort of idea about what i want to do with it. only not.
heh.. i am so sad... i think, "wow, i'm bored... let's work on my html skills!" yeah. sad. i taught myself mostly, from many various internet sites and such. because i was bored. and now look, it is magical.
i am going to go, i should get started on that homework.
roaring into firelight
Tuesday, January 04, 2005
i thought this was a funny picture of me... with my remote... before it ended up down daniel's pants... anyway, aditi was giving me a hard time because i was complaining about how unphotogenic i am, and she argued that i posted pictures of myself in ny on my blog... i argued that they were cool because i was in new york... this picture is just funny... so i posted it... most of you have seen it already, no thanks to you, dee... wow... lots of elipsi...
all i can say is that my life is pretty plain
oh wow another post! maybe that's the only resolution that matters. to post more. only really, that doesn't matter i guess. not like i post much of interest. for all you know, i might make all of this up! how crazy would that be? fortunately for your minds, i do not have such time to do such wasteful things.
i am listening to blind melon! i really like them... and want their cds.. but if i get them then i will feel bad for buying a few on itunes... because i have a gift cardy thing.. it's like free songs for arden...
so i have officially picked my solo song, for all that you are interested. it will be awesome. i've probably told some of you already. well, a lot of you. as always, it will be a tap solo, because tap is just the shiznitz, and it's to move your feet by junior senior. this will be exciting. hehehe.. *ponders countless hours spent with ms janet coreographing dance*. waste of time? most definately not. and the recital is usually first week of june, if you were wondering. katherine is my hero for coming, so is danielle, who comes every year!!!! and jenn comes most years, but couldn't last year. it would mean a lot to me, actually.
so..
today was school. it was alright i guess. the new bells really annoy me though. but it is a fresh year, and hopefully it will be a good one. even if there are some bumps along the way...
i like watchin the puddles gather rain
Monday, January 03, 2005
who wants to be ordinaryhappy birthday jenn!
anyway, so school starts tomorrow. and you know, i am not really worried about it. scary thing? not really. wanna know something mildly scary? sometimes i like going to school. hell, i enjoy learning things. just the busy work that makes me mad. and stupid things.
so today was a great day. it made me happy. which is good, i need to be more happy sometimes. like recently.
but all is well, a new year has begun! new year's
- relax a little bit sometimes
- get my licence and not hit anything alive or otherwise
- not get as mad at people (ha, fat chance, stupid people!)
- attend some of danielle's games because she is AWESOME like that
- be prepared for my piano recital
- not forget things as much
- work on my phone skillz (i'm cool because i spelled that with a z!)
- try not to consume so much sugar (yeah yeah yeah...)
- try to reduce the number of people who ask me if i'm on drugs (seriously)
yeah about that last one. i should keep a tally of the number of people who ask me that. the ones i remember include: waiter last night (not completely my fault.. right katherine), my mom and older brother, friends, tori... and that is a lot, considering my horrible memory.
so, i wish you all luck with your resolutions! don't wish me luck with mine, i know i am probably not going to do anything about them. except the piano recital one, i am pretty prepared already and i have until the 23rd! go me. and my phone skillz. with a z. because i talk to harry and trevor on the phone too much. and i guess i am getting better at remembering things?
well. i hope that is enough of an update for you, katherine! toodles all, and to all, a fantabulous year.
in a crazy mixed up world
Saturday, January 01, 2005
holy man[happy new year]
well, it's 2005 folks! a year full of putting 04 on my papers and then realizing my mistake and changing it. sounds like a lot to look forward to.
thanks to all of you for coming last night, it was a lot of fun for me, and i hope it was fun for you too. and you all didn't trash the place! i'm so proud of you all. no fires, no floods, not too much ended up in weird places (probably because leif came late...). it took aditi and i less than half an hour to sweep the driveway... nobody left anything here, excluding daniel, who forgot about his tapemeasure. which reminds me, i do need to sanitize my remote...
so happy new year to you all, and i hope it is a good one. you all deserve it.
and for all of you who did not attend my shindig, one, it is nothing personal if you were not invited, i planned it very last minute and forgot to call quite a few of you... sorry bout that, i am forgetful, you know that. and two, i hope you all had a fantabulous time doing whatever you were doing.
and now! i am off! to... er.. um. do other things?
you don't understand