Why I Shouldn't Have A Boyfriend.

Okay yes, negative title. But I'm not being down on myself, I'm just stating facts. And hey, maybe some guys prefer girls like me. Who knows?

Here are some reasons why I'm not the best girlfriend in the world...
1.) Before 9 am, I'm pretty much a zombie and everything pisses me off. I'm difficult to get along with in the morning, and that can lead to something.
2.) I'm shy if I don't know someone well. I'll never be first to make a move.
3.) I can be blunt if I know someone well. If they have a hair sticking out or something, they'll hear about it.
4.) I'm practically a guy. I mean, minus the love of makeup, hair, shoes, clothes, and boys of course, I can be very careless, obsessed with video games, slouching, doing stupid things, you name it.
5.) A good portion of my friends are guys. I love guys. They're just so easy to get along with.
6.) I don't like people who hover. If you want something from me, ask for it. Don't intrude.
7.) I'm picky. I like attractive guys with brains. It's hard to find.
8.) If I don't get a guy I want, chances are, I'll like someone else during a relationship.
9.) I'm not into romantic stuff. Too fruity.

Before anyone gets too discouraged, I'll have you know that some of that is exaggerated. Some of that is also likely to change in the future.

Meh.

Results, Homework, Meditation, and Boxing

I haven't posted in a while, so I thought maybe I should jut put up a little update for my imaginary readers. Sound good? I thought so.

Well if you were wondering about my vow of silence back in November, it didn't go so well. I made it about 3 and a half days or so. They were long days. I did accidentally speak a few times, but every once in a while now, I stop myself before talking because I think my vow is still going on. It's not, obviously. Speech is a nice thing to have, let me tell you. It's so easy to communicate with speech. When you're silenced, everything is just so difficult. You have to act out your words. And not only that, but people try so hard to get you to speak. I was picked up and almost dropped in a trash can. I did yell stop, and they felt very accomplished. Oh, teenagers.

Lately, I've been playing good girl, cleaning my room and doing my homework. It has really paid off and it's nice to have parents who are proud of you. Although only part of my room is very clean, and sometimes I don't do all of my homework, it's enough. Maybe I'll get there. I'm really pleased with where I'm at in life right now, and stress has yet to get to me.

Last but not least, mediation is something I've recently been trying. That and wii boxing. Oh do I love me some wii boxing. Boxing let's you release negativity, and gives you a pretty good work out at the same time. I'm actually thinking about saving up for a punching bag and some gloves. Mediation is so peaceful, and it makes you feel so cleansed. I love it.

That's all I've really got to say so far. I'll try to get better at updating more frequently.

A Week Without Words

I've been neglecting my blog because I've had nothing to say. However, I have something to write about now. And if people actually read this, they might be interested for once. So here's the thing: I've decided to take a week long vow of silence. Why? Because it's for an English project. You see, we're supposed to do at least one thing to simplify our lives. Today in class, we went around the room and said what we planned on doing starting midnight tonight, or Saturday morning. It was fitting, in my opinion, that I was one of the very last people to share.

Going around the room, there was a lot of, "I'm going to stay off of the Internet, unless I need it for a school assignment," and "I'm giving up Facebook," and "I'm going to do [any activity] for an hour a day." We went around the room. I was originally planning to say, "I'm giving up Facebook for the week," but it became one of the more mainstream things to do. I didn't want to be mainstream. I wanted to be more extreme than that. It finally hit me when someone listed a few things they planned on doing to simplify their life. One of which was, "I'm going to stop talking for an hour each day, just to pay more attention to other people and the things around me."

Well, the first thing I thought was, An hour a day? I could do better... And viola! The vow of silence came to me. That was going to be good.

So person after person, I started to get excited. Finally my teacher turned to me. "Alex?"

I took a breath in. "I think I'm going to do a week-long vow of silence."

Suddenly, everyone turned to their neighbors and started talking. People were impressed. Could I last a week without talking? They thought it was interesting that I would choose to try.

After discussing my rough idea with my English teacher, we decided that I'd talk when it was absolutely necessary for me to do so. When a teacher calls on me over the next week, I must answer, rather than holding up my note card that reads, "I have taken a vow of silence." Good thing, too, because it turns out I'm going to the dentist next week as well. I'm not going to ignore my dentist. Or my piano teacher. Or any other teacher, for that matter. Common conversation, on the other hand, will be eliminated.

I plan to make a few videos with my note cards, so this will not be the last you'll hear of me for the week. Hopefully, I can last the entire 7 days of silence. I'm a little worried that I'll cave, but I'm really hoping I won't.

I'll be sure to summarize the week in a later post.

So long, my dear voice.

Where'd the bubbles go?

Updating this blog is something I've been neglecting to do. I just don't have much to say that I want published on the Internet. That's not because I've been doing bad things, because I haven't, but because I don't want people to read about my personal life... and apparently there are some people who stumble across this once in a while.

Well, thanksgiving break just started so I have the next week off from school. It's probably going to be a boring week. I'm trying to kill a little time by writing this post but I just can't think of what to write about. I'm so boring.

Here's something to rant about: flat soda. It's so irritating. It rarely tastes good, but I hate wasting soda so I try to drink the rest anyway. I love the bubbles. There's no soda without bubbles. And aren't these soda companies making enough money to find a way to create carbonation that never runs out? Bubbles that never pop? I feel like Willy Wonka did something along those lines.

I apologize to you if you actually read this post, usually they have some kind of point. I just wanted anyone who may read this to know that I'm not dead.

Saturdaysaturdaysaturday!

Yesterday was a busy day for me. I went to a craft fair, to McDonald's, to Casey's house, to the aquarium, to Ricky's house, to Target, to home, to my piano recital, and then to a restaurant called Thai Chili. It was great spending up until the piano recital with Casey. It's nice to have a friend who can drive. And it was nice seeing Ricky again, I don't see him very often anymore.

I wanted to talk mainly about the piano recital though.

She said it was casual, so we just did the whole thing at her house. She being my teacher. She lives in Old Town Arvada and her house isn't exactly... big. In fact, cramming 30 or so people into her living room seemed impossible. We all fit though, shoulder to shoulder in folding chairs, with her cats circling our feet. During each and every performance, she sat in a blue folding chair next to the piano and smiled a giant smile. Watching her smile that long made it look somewhat fake. I'm not sure if it was. If she was just trying to look proud of all her students, or what.

I played, and I messed up a few times. I don't think I did bad, though. I think I did decently.

Well, I have to write some articles for a history project...

Goodbye.

The Day After.

So I had this really awesome plan, and that was to document the making of my mom's Halloween costume, and post it. Just to show I'm not like anti-Halloween, but not being lame and saying "OMG Halloween is totally coming!" And I did take a bunch of pictures and stuff, but unfortunately, I don't really understand how to make it work right. Therefore, you will not see the documentation of me making my mom's Halloween costume. If you're wondering what she wanted to be, she was a character from her favorite children's book "Arnie the Doughnut." If you don't know the book, it's about a doughnut. Basically, my mom was a doughnut for Halloween.

I think that would look a lot better with pictures.

I ended up going trick-or-treating with some friends: Jeremy, Elias, and Alyx. They're a funny bunch. But the three of us seem a little old for trick-or-treating. The majority of the people who opened their doors and expected to see some 4'5" kid in a fairy princess costume looked at the four of us and waited to see what we were selling. We weren't very good at actually saying, "Trick-or-treat!" so we just kinda stood there and waited to get candy. That's probably why there was this awkward pause at every house and the person in the doorway would generally start out by saying, "Uh... hi...?"

I'm glad I did something though, rather than sitting around and doing absolutely nothing, while the doorbell went on and on and on. Nope, I'd rather not sit through that.

Okay, so let me think of something interesting to write about.

During the time period that I hadn't posted a single thing, I got in a relationship and it ended. Yeah, it wasn't a very long relationship. I didn't want to make a big deal about it though. So I haven't brought it up really, and now I'm going to shut up.

I've been drawing a lot lately. Symbolic things, mostly. But I don't like telling people what they're symbolic of because few people would actually understand what I'm even talking about.

I've been meaning to make a new stop-motion video. I even have an idea. I cut out snowflakes and everything for it. I just need to actually take the pictures and figure out what to do with it after the first ten seconds. That's why I haven't made it.

I have a text.

Goodbye.

Facebook Don'ts.

I'm in a ranting sort of mood so I thought I'd write one about a topic that we all know so well: Facebook. Want to have a pleasant experience on Facebook? Please read on.

1.) Don't comment "I like this" on anything. There's a button for that.

2.) Don't post anything you've already seen on Facebook. Be original. If you spend countless minutes scrolling up and down reading these posts, odds are, your friends are too.

3.) Don't post all of your drama. From boyfriends and girlfriends, to best friends, to enemies: say it to their face. If you're not strong enough to say it in person or over the phone, you should absolutely not be saying it at all.

4.) Don't post the number of days until your birthday. If people wanted to know, they'd ask or look at your profile.

5.) Don't post things you don't want to be judged for. People are cruel. If they see your pictures of you in your bikini, they might call you a slut. That's just the way it is.

6.) Don't take other people's posts personally. Just because your best friend is calling someone else their best friend does not mean that they posted it just for you to see and be jealous of. Think about it.

7.) Don't use sarcasm. Over the computer, sarcasm looks like regular speech unless you write "(that's sarcasm)" right next to it.

8.) Don't be negative. Post good things! When you focus on the positive things in your life, the negative things start to shrink.

9.) Don't post your phone number. Creepy people will find it. They might call you. Bad idea.

10.) Don't go on Facebook to brag or complain. No one needs to see that. They have their own lives to be worried about, your homework is the least of their problems. Instead of complaining that you have it, why don't you get off the computer and do it?

I think I'll leave it at 10 things. I could go on and on forever. Be smart. Post positive. That's all. :)