Eh. - Post #233

I is missing Vinnie. I is feeling lonely and depressive and Tom is sleeping over his cousin's house and Jason is emo and Ryan's blog is all Danica flirty and Danica's blog is all Bill flirty and life is not too smiley when you can't even leave a comment anywhere. School is okay. English is a small class and our same old teacher, math is tedious and the teacher has a monotone, band is amazing, Spanish has a sweet teacher but annoying kids, chemistry has a sub for now, and social studies looks promising but it's not my favorite subject. I like getting rides home with Tom and seeing him in the morning and in band. I just miss hanging out with him.

I wants a hug.

So I'll sit here at half past twelve, pawing my way through digg.com like I have been as of late, talking to Bellemare, and generally feeling lousy.

Sleep.

--Iona

Pictures of You, Pictures of Me- Post #232

Indescribable, incomprehensible, indefinable, idealistic, illusory, insouciant, intricate, infamous, illustrious, ineffable Iona.

I am definitely ready for school to start. Well, as soon as I finish Great Expectations, find and do my Chem packet, get school supplies, and refill my entire wardrobe. Then I'm ready.

The past couple of days have been so...blah. Rain. Cold. Boredom. Schoolwork, no one to talk to, nothing to do. Even the drum sectional was canceled. Tom came over for a little while, and that was nice, but only while it lasted.

Hurry up and get all this over with so you can get on with your life...

Half of me says hole yourself up in your room tomorrow and read all of Great Expectations. The other half says you probably could, but no way do you have enough self control to do that these days.

So I've been editing a couple photos. Well, three. They're all here. I'm actually kind of proud of some parts of these. Anyways, here we go...

This one I dubbed Dream the Rainbow, because there's a really faint rainbow aura. I'm proud of that, and of getting the sketchy flowers and butterflies in the back to be tie-dyed. The picture is of the day I got my hair cut.

This one is what it says, A Moment to Remember. The whole thing is just a brush I downloaded. I'm just proud that I figured out how to change the color of the flower without the photo outline, and for getting the photo in there. The picture was taken by my dad of Tom and me when we walked to a waterfall.

I actually really, really like this one. It's me now mixed with me in 2001, so aged 9, mixed with my own homemade night sky, mixed with some words and accents. And I think it suits. I don't know. It made me happy.

Hmm. The HSM2 songs, in order from worst to best (says me)...

10. You Are the Music in Me (Sharpay Version) - Whether this was supposed to sound odd or not, this song...is just a mixture of overdone, creepy, and depressing. And Zac Efron's high notes are twitch-worthy. Just a little.
9. Work This Out - The drumming on the pots and pans is a little to wanna-be Tarzan. And the pay day bit is just odd.
8. Fabulous - Not last only because it is mildly entertaining and slightly mock-worthy.
7. What Time Is It - Good rhythm and all, but a little to close to last movie's hit "We're All in This Together." Just overdone, I suppose.
6. Bet On It - Like the tune and the energy and everything. Still a little do-gooder, and Efron's dance moves are questionable, but nevertheless an enjoyable one.
5. All For One - Danceable. And Miley Cyrus randomly shows up. Another, slightly less generic What Time is It full cast dance party song.
4. I Don't Dance - Hahaha, I so enjoy this song. And the line "You never know" just sounds cool.
3. Everyday - Feel good song. Original enough to be memorable.
2. Gotta Go My Own Way - I completely cried at this song. Stupid? Probably. Pathetic? Almost definitely. But when he sings "Why do you have to go?" it's so harmonically heartbreaking...
1. You Are the Music in Me - Way cute. I like how is starts out soft with Kelsi singing, then Kelsi and Gabriella, then Gabriella and Troy, then a good chunk of the cast at the end. The transition is sweet.

Huh. It's 12:17, so I'll probably head off to bed. Night all.

--Iona

"I can't hear you, my ears are full of melted brain." - Post #231

Picture from Jackie's birthday party. Good times, good times...

Anyways, it's official. As of late, I cry waaaaay too easily. Basically, at:

The new Avril Lavigne video, for her song When You're Gone. I cried the second time I saw it, too. Especially the part with the old guy and the army man's wife...watch it on YouTube, then try and tell me it doesn't pull at your heartstrings.

Trying to decide between Work Camp and Drum Major Academy this summer. Work Camp means building a house for people who need it, singing with other crazy awesome church people, and generally feeling awesome. DMA means learning to be a drum major, a chance at helping run the WHS marching band, and generally being musical. Both are something I've wanted to do really badly for a long time. But there still might not be a problem, I don't know the dates yet. Crossed fingers.

High School Musical 2. At two parts in it, too. Sad? Probably. There's definitely something wrong with me.

This weekend should be fun. =) Shawn's party was tonight, the fair with Tom and THE INVASION tomorrow!! Then Danielle's coming down from New Hampshire Sunday, so the fair all day then and fireworks at night with Tom if I'm really lucky. And hey, I found two four leaf clovers in the yard today. There's a use for Great Expectations after all. It makes a great press for preserving clovers. =)

Random good mood? Totally. No idea where this came from. Oh yeah. It's 2:12 am, I spent all night drinking Mountain Dew at Shawn's, I'm seeing Tom tomorrow, and I'm watching Hannah Montana. Duh. =P

Growing old is mandatory. Growing out of Disney Channel is optional. And inadvisable. This show makes me smile.

Okay, I'm tired, and I have one and a half books to read tomorrow. Darn that summer reading. =) Night all.

--Iona

It's clean! Almost... - Post #230

Cleaned my room...as Danica should well know. I'm basically done, the stuff I still have to find a home for all fits on my bed, so my floor is clean. It feels amazing. =)

I realized I still have all my colored pencils from 3rd grade when Steve Fornier and I used to compete for whose collection was bigger. Take a look...basically..

color name - number of pencils (number of different shades of that name)

bronze yellow – 1
tan – 4 (2)
light brown – 7 (3)
brown – 4
dark brown – 1
maroon – 1
raspberry (red-violet) – 1
magenta – 4 (2)
pink – 4 (3)
peach – 4 (2)
salmon – 1
mahogany – 5 (2)
red – 6 (2)
red-orange – 9
orange – 7
yellow orange – 4 (2)
golden yellow – 5
yellow – 6
lemon yellow – 1 retired color
yellow-green – 9
jade green – 4 (2)
green – 6
pine green – 1
green-blue – 1 retired color
aqua green – 4
turquoise – 1
sky blue – 9
light blue – 4
blue – 7
violet – 6
black – 6
gray – 5
slate – 1
coal grey – 1
white – 6

total Crayola– 146

+46 assorted brands

total - 192

Basically, I have no life. I do have 35 bugbites and possibly an unhealthy obsession with counting? Odd. I also have a TY Beanie Baby duck sitting on my windowsill. from a collection of junk On one of our walks Danica and I passed a house with a large pile of junk in the front yard next to a big piece of cardboard with the word "FREE" scribbled onto it.

And I covered a calender picture with photos and purple marker, so now I actually like it. This may continue in the months ahead. I actually bought a calender for next year with the sole intention of covering it in pictures. The ocean scenes will made a better background than the Olympic athletes in my current one, so I won't have to color over them in marker.

I added more to my bulletin board and now it's amazing. Click on it for the closeup! Some points of interest up there - it's like Eye Spy - my skelebando, three water balls from three years of Dan's birthday parties, UMASS Band Day sticker, a pinwheel, a peacock, a Lisa Frank sticker, my name, a cd, Danny Phantom, a four-leaf clover...yeah. Cool stuff. =)

Band camp tomorrow! Hope for sum.

--Iona

Vinnie's Front Porch - Post #229

Little ditty, about Vinnie’s front porch
Three kids just trying to avoid the summer sun’s scorch
Vinnie likes movies, Iona’s got a crush
Danica’s just trying to forget the one that she loved

Sitting on that front porch, on three lawn chairs
Speculating ‘bout the mystery house and what it’s doing there
Vinnie say, "Please decease!” and they laugh like they’re okay
That’s what this porch is for, an escape from the fray

Say uh, oh yeah, things go wrong
But we’ll still have that porch, these friends, and this song
Say uh, oh yeah, things go wrong
But we’ll still have that porch, these friends, and this song.
We sing on.

They sit back, try and think of some new names.
They come up with some weird ones, but at least they’re happy.
Donatello “Donnie” Jeeves Ferguson-Pesce,
Margaret Philipa and Joyce Bernadette.
Donnie say uh,

Oh yeah, things go wrong
But we’ll still have that porch, these friends, and this song
Say uh, oh yeah, you know things go wrong
But we’ll still have that porch, these friends, and this song.

Gotta make it stop, make it go
Let it all out, and we’ll help you glow
Holding on to these days as long as we can
Vinnie goes away real soon, no more porch for us then.

Say uh, oh yeah, things go wrong
But we’ll still have that porch, these friends, and this song
Say uh, oh yeah, you know things go wrong
But we’ll still have that porch, these friends, and this song.

Little ditty, about Vinnie’s front porch
Three kids just trying to avoid the summer sun’s scorch

To John Mellencamp's "Jack and Diane".

I can't believe I just did that.

--Iona