in the eye

i didn't have to go to school today. i did anyway and it was rather pointless. while the sophomores and juniors take their state tests, the seniors had two options: stay home and sleep till ten to be at school at ten-thirty, or take a practice act test. i'm always killed for time and really, i can use any help i can get, so i was up at seven ten as usual. but it was still hard for me to actually put forth effort in getting ready, plus i've neglected my laundry, and in the end i was taking the test clad in baggy sweats and the first t-shirt i saw, my hair pulled back without a mirror. which is why i was so stunningly beautiful that three people commented on it.
my favorite incident was as i was walking out of the lunchroom. naturally, having just bought my lunch, i haphazardly bore it in all hands and pockets, eating it as i walked. i'd just taken a rather large bite of hawaiian pizza when i heard my name being called. i turned around, cheese, sauce and pepperoni dripping down my chin, to see a girl from my fashion class. "terri, you're beautiful!" she said, and gestured to the girl who sat next to her. "isn't she beautiful? just, oh, wow."
yeah, okay. i thanked her around my food and continued walking, worried about her grade in class. when the same thing happened from two other people though, i got the hint. i really need to do my laundry. i should probably take more than ten minutes to get ready for school too. after all, one can't be beautiful all the time.

no chocolate for me

apparently, i'm really bad at the the whole 'signal' game. to me, it makes sense that i get bored, i have a friend who's not busy and who's company i enjoy, so i called to go play. we have fun. this is a casual thing. however, i've been told that this is not what is recieved on the other end. and this is how i get my problems.
BUT! in this case, i was okay. i hope. green man doesn't think the regular way, and he was around with the penguin anyway. it's what it was, and that's all - the park, krispy kremes, pool, and looney tunes. it was fun...

why in the world is this such a cool picture?

relative

it was still early morning when the bluebird flew drowsliy around a stone pillar and lit down by the sparrow. the birds exchanged greetings and events as they had transpired between meetings. as the key of the sparrow's song changed, the bluebird's heart gave a twang of remembrance of a song that she herself had sung not too distantly. throughout the day the song became all the more clear and the little bird had a hard time not humming the tune herself. to her, the song was past, and bringing it back would only hurt. as another jay had told her, he wasn't her type, and she'd best just get over it. still, the cold refrain of a penguin has its moments of appeal.

HAPPY DAY!

IT CAME!!!

hUrry UP!

i hate waiting. i'm so antsy at the moment that i can't even stand myself, and it's getting worse as the minutes tick by. it's cOminG! i can fEEl it. and yes, i admit, that even now i still get excIted, and count down. it's so close, and i Know! i rarely ever Know, but this time i do, and i can't sit still. but when does the knowing become a solid thing to hold and love within my little hands? i'm going CrAzy. i should go run. no greens for me.
and it's less than a week away! and CHRISTMAS!

mmmm hostess

my house is a very fine house, generally, only without the two cats. not tip top by any means, but it's nice. however, even the nicest of houses can use a "once over" when there's company to be had. so, naturally, this is what i did in my situation. to some extent. to whatever extent however, i was somewhat nervous in anticipation of a date that was at my house saturday evening.
and, as in most cases once again, my fears were for the mostly unjustified, because everyone knows what a normal house is normally like anyway. regardless, i have a tendancy that i don't normally notice, or mind, to play the hostess role to the hilt.
without thinking, if there are more than two people coming to my house, i simultaniously take charge and step back to let the rest interact as they will. i organize, prepare, make sure that everyone is having fun, is included, and that the activity doesn't go stale. mostly i watch as it goes, interceeding when necessary and cleaning up afterwards. this tendancy made it very awkward for me when the males of the triple date decided to revolt and put everything away. i was bodily forced to sit in a chair while other people did stuff in my house. i wasn't happy. Just Let Me Clean My House, you FOOlS!!!...but i refused to growl in front of two girls that i didn't know.
this is why we go to somebody else's house most of the time.