So the last few weeks I've been hanging out with people and such. I haven't really hung out for a while and stuff so it was nice. Surprisingly, some of those people were Elkins people. It might just be me, but I feel like I'm actually becoming these people's friends. D:

   Two Thursdays ago (Jan 31), I went out with Elkins people for the first time ever. DDDD: Lauren B and Kenny. We went to Kroger first to see Wesley and then we roamed around the empty mall and then we went to Earl of Sandwich to eat and then we got lost in Whole Foods. It was really random and stupid but heck, it was fun. D:

   Then that weekend (Feb 2), I went karaokeing for the first time with my Austin people, Linda, Carolyn, Kathryn, and Melinda. It was really random and crazy and yeah, fun as karaoke usually is. YMCA! XD

   Some other day I went to Claudia's house but ended up staying for dinner, spent a crazy time there, and getting home at 12 am. DX

   So last week (few days ago) was the musical, The Sound of Music. Opening Night was pretty good for an opening night. Friday Night, I felt we could've done better. :/ Saturday Night was AMAZINGGG. It was the best. It was perfect! GUH, I don't know how many times I've told people this but I was so impressed at how well everything was going that night. LOVED IT. That was the best show I have ever worked for.

   My days have been totally hectic because of the musical so that's why I hadn't been updating in like, forever. Today I woke up with nothing to do. Not even homework. I was used to waking up like, every single day and doing something but today I had nothing. I ended up just calling people, telling them about my party this weekend.

   I really hope my party's big, huge, and fun. Fun is the most important thing. :X My biggest fear for this thing is for it to be crappy and totally not fun. I just spent a little over $65 buying everything for it. Not that much money because I like to save money. D: I'll be spending more on actual food and ice later. I'm expecting about 30 people. DD:

   Yesterday I snuck over to Claudia's house to scare her while she was sleeping. Delores let me in. XD But the thing was, she woke up when I came and knew I was there from a small bit of laughter I made! :O Why?? DX My plan was ruined. She thinks I'm really weird now.

   Yesterday was also the Skills competition and of course, we won District so we're heading to State but I'm really worried about that because our project isn't that great and it's almost copying last year's. I really don't feel like doing it anymore. I seriously don't want to get into the business field anymore after going through all this. The only reason I joined it in the first place was because I thought it'd be a good opportunity for me to actually join a competition that I had a chance of winning. Well, we won all right, but now the real competition is coming up and I don't have much faith in my group members to win. I really want to win State though because that's the only way it's worth it.

   I have a whole free week this week because there aren't any more rehearsals! But UIL rehearsals are starting next Monday. DDD: So I won't be that free much longer. ): We're gonna do Taming of the Shrew: Texan Style, which sounds hard. One of the reasons I like UIL is because it's not that big of a cast but I don't know about this one. The way Mr. E talked about it made it seem like it needed more than a small cast. D: I'm really tired of working with big casts after The Sound of Music. DX

   This Tuesday, Claudia, Lauren B, Callie, and I plan on volunteering at the Boys and Girls Club and then go eat at Ichiban together. That should be fun. I hope the Boys and Girls Club doesn't require us to pay though. D: I really need more NHS hours though. 2 isn't gonna be enough. I'll need 6 more before next Tuesday. D: *cries* I was planning on doing HOPE today but they never responded to our faxes so I don't know if I'll be able to do that soon. D: I really want to get into NHS even if that means more community service hours to do, but I think it's good to be in it. ):

   Valentine's Day is this Thursday but I don't have a Valentine♥. ): I want a Valentine. I've never had one. ): Oh, my life is so sad.

♣ Shrin
♣ 06:30 PM eastern time on February 10, 2008
♣ MOOD: satisfied

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So this whole week I've hung out with Elkins people. DDDDD: WHOAAA. I had no rehearsals, so I was that free. Except that I kinda ignored homework and did not do so well on it later... But we don't have to talk about that.

Monday, Keli and I went to Lauren F's house to watch Superbad before going to Night Lab. I learned many new things from that movie that I did not notice the first time I watched it when it came out in theaters. Then after Night Lab, Lauren F, Lauren B, Kenny, and I went to Chick-fil-a for dinner.

Tuesday, Lauren B and I skipped 3rd and 4th period and went to look for a restaurant to eat at but were not successful because all the places opened at 11, which would be too late for us to get back to school in time. We ended up getting Taco Bell, eating at my house, then stopping by Petco and Petsmart to look for volunteer hours. After school, Callie, Lauren B, Ariel, Kenny, Claudia, and I went to the Boys and Girls Club to volunteer, and the kids made fun of me. D: Then Callie, Lauren B, Claudia, and I went to eat dinner at Ichiban.

Wednesday, I went to Claudia's house to study History and do other homework. Lauren F and Courtney came over too, and we did some studying until I died at 5. I stayed for dinner and left at 8. D:

Today (Thursday), Callie, Lauren B, and I stopped by Chick-fil-a before 3rd period to pick up free food. After school, Keli, Max, Lauren B, Kenny, Callie, Claudia, Ariel, Erin, Courtney, and I went to Boys and Girls Club again, and then we went to Chili's for dinner, and we had a pretty awesome time there.

So I basically have not seen my family for a while, just been spending a ton of time with these people. Goodness. Tomorrow we plan on volunteering at the 2nd Mile Mission Center, and it's gonna be a ton of us. DD: Then on Saturday, I'm throwing a party with everyone coming. Seeing them freakin' 6 days this week outside of school. Wow.

♣ Shrin
♣ 10:59 PM eastern time on February 14, 2008
♣ MOOD: impressed

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Saturday's party (February 16)

Guest List (count: 30)
-Carolyn
-Kathryn
-Linda
-Winnie
-Jennie (sp?) (Winnie's sister)
-Rin
-Kelly
-Rachel
-Iris
-Lauren B
-Claudia
-Lauren F
-Keli
-Callie
-Kenny
-Melinda
-Tiffany T
-Tiffany S
-Jennifer
-Tiffachu
-Tiffyko
-Nicolle
-Leila
-Fang
-Joyce
-Angel
-Delores
-Courtney
-Livia
-Ariel

Gifts Received:
-Pink Ball -- Elkins ppl
-Guitar striped bag -- Tiffany S and Jennifer
-Cheesecake Factory $25 gift card -- Lauren F and Keli
-2 Popolos -- Tiffachu and Tiffyko
-1 Myojo -- Tiffyko
-$40 -- Kelly and Rachel and Fang
-Red stuffed bear -- Kelly and Rachel
-Cute animal hairclips -- Tiffany T
-Fuzzy handcuffs -- Elkins ppl
-Dragon phone strap -- Elkins ppl
-3 hats -- Carolyn, Kathryn, Elkins ppl, and Linda
-Godiva chocolates -- Angel
-Apple box -- Iris and Joyce
-Crystal ladybug -- Iris and Joyce
-Kanjani8 "minibook" (lol) -- Nicolle
-French manicure set -- ?? unknown person
-Hair chopsticks -- Rin

Highlights:

• People talked during food! :D Lauren F, Kelly, Rachel, and Livia mingled quite well.
• The power went out like 5 times. Kekeke.
• We prank-called Caleb, Raymond, and Xian. >:D
• Everyone's been telling me that Anthony was THE pimp of the party. 8D
• Callie baked me a birthday cake with raspberries on top. It was yummy. =)

I don't really feel any aftermath from the party though, which I usually get from parties. I guess since it's been 2 years since I last threw a party that I've either lost my touch or... idk. Ohh, was it really not that good? :/

Today, My Actual Birthday

I'm now using the bag I got from the party as my backpack bag. =)

• 1st period - People said Happy Birthday.
• 2nd period - People sang a fast Happy Birthday to me.
• 3rd and 4th period - People wished me Happy Birthday and Tracy gave me a Rice Krispies treat.
• During lunch, Lauren F, Lauren B, and I went to the registrar to get my VOE but that failed so we went to the counselor's so they could turn in their course selection forms but then Lauren B found that she had Erin's in her backpack so we went to Mrs. Thompson's room to give it to her and when I walked in, Brian F was all like, "I heard it was your birthday today!" and everyone sang Happy Birthday to me which was weird because I've never really talked to Brian F ever. D: Mrs. Thompson was all, "Oh no, you're going to be wilder than ever." DDD: Ohh.

After school, I went to go look at the cast list for UIL and then talked to Mrs. Kennedy about working for the show and yes, I've been put down as Stage Manager as expected. After I finished talking to her, I was bombarded by the Elkins ppl and they were all like, "STOP!" and I was like WTFF and then suddenly I saw that Kenny was holding a wrapped gift and they gave it to me and I just broke down into tears. It was a gift from all of them for my real birthday. I just stood there crying because I couldn't believe they would do something like that for me and then I just hugged everyone which felt really weird because I don't usually hug people from school ever. My friends who have known me for ages have probably never gotten a hug from me, not because of mean-ness but just because. Well, I finally opened it and it was a nicely framed picture of us that we all took together at the party.

I really don't know what to do with these people anymore. I don't ever expect to be treated so nicely or to be thought of at all for any reason because I always put myself down so much. I only got to know these people this year too which amazes me. Two years ago, I remember entering this school for the first time and deciding right then and there that I wasn't going to be able to make any friends and I wasn't going to try either. I've kept it that way for about a year and a half already. I don't know how I managed to go against my will and end up making friends. "Friends." I'm actually using the word.

Well, after we all left and I moved my car and stuff and went to our first day of rehearsals, right when I walked in, everyone started singing Happy Birthday to me. I sorta teared up from the aftermath of the gift from before. I couldn't believe the theater people knew too.

Oh, Elkins. What am I going to do with you?

I think I might reopen up that Facebook I deleted just because they deserve it. ):

♣ Shrin
♣ 06:53 PM eastern time on February 18, 2008
♣ MOOD: happy

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tagged by cheryl-ann

The rules: The first player of this game starts with the "6 weird things/habits about yourself" and people who get tagged need to write a blog of their 6 weird habits/things, as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave a comment that says "you are tagged" in their comments and tell them to read yours.

6 weird habits/things about me that you might not know:

1) I will randomly get up out of my seat, or even stay in my seat, and just dance, flail my arms, or whatever. I get really bored and this keeps me in tact. Sometimes I just feel that I need to let loose and this helps me do so. Yes, I do this in the middle of class shamelessly.

2) Lately, Lauren B and I have been sneaking out of class to make a scene in other people's classes. The other day, we wore other people's jackets and stuff to conceal our identities, but we ended up looking like either ninjas or terrorists. We walked through the hallways like this and planned on walking into Mrs. Lopez's class and yell out "The power of Christ compels you!". When we got down to it though, we got really nervous and scared that all we did was walk in and stand in the front of the class for a while while everyone stared at us with WTF looks. Then we ran away when Mrs. Lopez turned around.

3) Even though I'd like a yobfriend, if I find out that someone likes me and I didn't like them back that much, I get really scared. I call it my fear of commitment. I'm scared to go out with people even though I want to.

4) Even though I blatantly talk about sex and whatnot out loud with no shame during school, I'm actually scared to do it and don't know much about it anyway.

5) I stare at people in class when I'm bored. And I mean creepily stare.

6) I don't know why I do it, but at random times, I just feel like pretending not to know anything. There really is no point in it, except that I feel like pretending to not know anything. D: idek.

tagging: riss, sango, and any other 4 people who write in blogs. :3

♣ Shrin
♣ 02:04 PM eastern time on February 24, 2008
♣ TAG: Meme-likes
♣ READING:The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

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