Summa summa time.

1. I need a job.
2. I've never actually had to look for a job.
3. I don't like it when jobs don't just fall into my lap.
4. Water tubing, while incredibly fun, is incredibly scary.
5. The beach and I have reunited yet this summer and that's a problem.
6. Lakes in upstate New York are beautiful.
7. Community is actually really funny. Funny enough to keep me and my sister up until midnight. But that could have been the extreme heat.
8. Riding in a car for six and a half hours without air conditioning isn't fun. I don't care if our parents did it for years. They didn't have to wear seatbelts. It's a trade-off.
9. It should be physically impossible to sunburn oneself simply by standing in a lake but still have certain areas still be bright white.
10. The name of this blog comes from my own personal battle with chronic hiccups. Only it hasn't really been a battle because I've had them every day for fourish years

Two days in a row

So today I can't complain about how all I've done is work.. because I haven't done any. Instead, I tried to go get my permit. I'm kind of a year late on the whole driving thing for no reason other than that I didn't want it. Apparently, this is a growing trend among teenagers. For the first time since, I don't remember the exact date, but at least twenty years ago, fewer teenagers are getting their permits. Why? Well, partially because, in recent years of the economic downturns perhaps fewer people have access to cars. But more than that, it's a combo platter of parents who drive us everywhere and public transport. I live in a place with good public transportation - buses and subways get me pretty much anywhere I want to go. So for me what's the point? I mean what would I get out of this other than being able to drive my siblings to soccer practice? There's really only one or two people my age I know, who drive on a regular basis.

I didn't get my permit today because there were too many permit tests going on. Which sort of refutes everything I just said. But when I do get my permit... if I get around to it, I wonder how much I'll actually drive.

Spring Broken

Like the clever title?

I've spent this break doing homework and studying for APs. And it's raining. And it's chilly.

This time next year I will be in London. Where it will probably also be raining and chilly. But rainy and chilly and British is much more exciting.

Shuffled

Let's try to make this a regular thing yes? (I reserve the right to edit to make things better and more interesting...)

Across the Universe - The Beatles (why have I still not seen this movie)
Don't Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin (motto to live by)
The Wizard and I - Wicked Original Cast (... uhhp)
Super Trouper - Mamma Mia Cast (I will never stop loving this)
Baby, I'm a Star - Prince (Go watch Purple Rain and Graffiti Bridge and then try and tell me Prince isn't great)
We Are Golden - Mika (whenever I'm walking somewhere this plays)
Teeth - Lady Gaga (Scary song, crazy lady)
People Ain't No Good - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (So many good songs discovered on soundtracks)
Rock Lobster - The B-52's (Oldiesssss)
Nothin' On You - B.oB. (growing on)

Also shout out to Michael Buble and Haven't Met You Yet who I kinda used to hate but now I love.

This is so much more fun with an ipod with a screen.

WAHHH!!!

Hello world!! Obviously haven't blogged in forever!!! Life got busy, other projects took over my time and this year has been pretty much altogether insane!! But it's April break now and while I've pretty much only been doing my homework, I'm forcing myself to take a break, so here's a recap on my life.
SUMMER '09 - Easily the best times of my life. SO many new experiences, so many great people.

• DARTS - I'm pretty sure there's a whole moderately long post about this - yup, yes there is. Go read it. It's the truth.
• BARCELONA - that didn't really need to be capitalized but most incredible nine days of my life. Flying by myself, switching planes. experiences a new culture, learning a whole new city with one of my best friends in the whole world.
  
• California w/ the fam. Crazy time with all the time changes but nonetheless flying with my friends is an experience I'll never forget - I think it was probably the last time all eight of us cousins were together (besides Christmas... so not).

The summer ended on kind of a low note with the unexpected death of my great aunt - someone who was such a force and a presence that no one ever really thought she could pass away. Coming so soon after the death of my great grandmother (who after all was 90) it was a crazy time! And then in a whirlwind of shopping and preparations - school started.

Everyone says that junior year is awful. It's actually worse. Awful. Coupled with the continued changes in my grandfather who was diagnosed with dementia - the first half of this school year was a pretty bad time of it. The courses I had to take this year are the kind that you have to take to go where I want to go, but the whole time you really wonder what exactly you are getting out of it. Not just in the normal "school is pointless" way but more like will I remember any of this after that AP test?

No, I won't.

By far the highlight of this entire year has been festival. Pretty sure there's another festival praising post in there somewhere but this year was something even more special. We wrote our own play, which started as a class in the fall.

We spent seven months together. And at the end, I loved everyone. Once again, I got adopted by the people who played my family - Mama, Papa Bear, Bad Ass Sis and our little brother who it really sucks to be. But we were one big famglia. Our show was one of three student written pieces to make it to finals and no one else had a process just like ours. It was a long long long experience with multiple cast parties to match the very many hell weeks. I met new people and got so much closer to the people I already knew. And this year wasn't tainted by all the craziness relationship wise. I've got so much stress in my life regardless that I've traded in the stressy people for their more chill counterparts.

K, Enough mush.

This spring promises to be equally crazy with APs and SATs and all. But I'm trying to relax more and plan my life out. The whole "every test you take now decides your future", yeah that part of life isn't so great. On the other hand, summer is almost here. This time next year I'll be in London - which means that from now until next year I need to work my butt of in order to pay for London.

If I can get through the next couple of weeks... then I have the summer to relax and find a college that I want to spend the next four years of my life.

No biggie.

Well, how was that for a recap post with enough !! and dramatic short sentences. How about I end with one too?

Bye.

hahaha hahah love to all.

Something to watch

Hey everybody, So I know I haven't been blogging too much lately but I have big plans to change that! The thing is part of the reason that I haven't been blogging though is because I've been working on a brand new website! I'm going to try to keep up this blog as well BUT if you check out this website 2faced I will be posting blog entries, stories, poems and contributing to the advice column (though under a different name). So definitely come check it out and let me know what you think!

Yes! Yes!

Listen most of the way through.


I love summer.


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