ANGER

I guess I've been whining too much, because when I said last night that I'm lazy, Mom said, "You're young, you're fit..."

I'm not really looking forward to my birthday as much as I should be. I just feel so depressed, like it's just one more year off my life. I'm in a rut. I can't do much in karate class because of the bone graft in my mouth, I have no job because very little seems to grab me. Although I might apply at Fortino's or the library.

Basically, I have too much time on my hands. If I take art lessons, I'll have to either take lessons at the Dundas Vally School of Art, which is too far away, or the art gallery, which is downtown. If I take acting classes at one of the theatres, I might wind up in the same classes as Erica, which might turn out to be catastrophic on my part.

Mom says that I should just let stuff go. But I can't. I guess I'm still trying to understand why Erica's being like this.

I watched disc one of the Crossroads DVD. I love it. Although I thought that John Mayer made a guitar face that made him look like he wanted to eat his guitar. That, and he was too close to the mic. I think his lips were against it! DON'T KISS THE MIC, MAN!!!! :)

School-ish

So I started 'school' today. Homeschooling, to be exact. I took some books with me for the car ride to my sister's place - Clapton: The Autobiography, Anne of Avonlea, The Pocket Gallileo and a pocket guide to science. I only read Clapton and Anne, though. I took my camera with me, too, so that I could take photos of Jeffrey, but I only got one decent shot. I'll put it up on my Flickr soon, and eventually up on this very blog.

Jeffrey is such a sweetheart. Very talkative. Mom thinks he's definitely half Siamese because of his colouring and face structure. He's so big compared to Mouse, though! And Katie (my sister) said that he wouldn't eat the treats she bought, and yet when my mom gave him treats he ate them!

We went out to a place called Wonder Sushi for lunch, which was great. I'm not keen on sushi, but I love udon noodles and tempura. We got these dumplings that were pretty tasty, too, and chicken teriyaki, which was awesome. For dessert, we had ice cream - I had mango, Katie and Mom had green tea and Dan (Katie's boyfriend) had vanilla. I tried a bit of Mom's green tea ice cream, and it was pretty good. I'll have to get the green tea ice cream next time.

So, for an early birthday gift, Katie gave me soap and a bath ball. The bath ball is from Lush, and I think the soap is too. They smell lovely.

We couldn't get Q107 in London Ontario, so we listened to their local rock station, FM 96, which isn't too bad. I actually like it better than our local rock station, Y108. When we tuned into FM 96, the first song we heard was Lust For Life by Iggy Pop, which Y108 NEVER plays. Q107 sometimes plays Iggy Pop, but not a lot. And then we heard an interview with Liam Gallagher from Oasis, and then a new track from Oasis. I can't remember what it was called or how it goes, but I remember liking it. Oasis are cool :) Although one of their songs has a raunchy title. I also got to hear the title track from Coldplay's new album, Viva la Vida. As I mentioned in an older post, I first heard it on Galaxie Rock, which is one of Bell's satellite music stations... actually, I think it's owned by CBC.

Hahahahaha!!!

Actually, now that I think of it, there's two funnies. First, Holly got back to me. Her reply to the news about my brother was something like, "LMAO THAT IS SO FUNNY!" In a huge font :)

The second funny happened today, at the library. I took back my DVDs, because they were overdue, and one of them was the 2004 Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival. So I thought I'd look at the DVDs on the shelves, since I had just returned three. On one of the shelves, I found the 2004 Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival!!! It was another copy!!! So I got it out :) Maybe this time I'll actually get a chance to watch it.

Mom had an overdue DVD as well. It was Remember That Night: David Gilmour Live at the Royal Albert Hall. I watched it this afternoon, and WOW. I love it. It must go on my Christmas list for my parents. That and the soundtrack from Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains The Same.

I picked up two items. One is a book on Martin Luther King Jr, the other is a Doors album called Morrison Hotel/Hard Rock Cafe. I think. Hehehe. I listened to all eleven tracks earlier.

I also didn't watch the DVD on Martin Luther King Jr, which I feel bad about. But I might get through the book easily, because it isn't too thick a book.

One more little post...

I forgot to add one more thing...

I was so mad at Erica yesterday and the day before that I was feeling tired yesterday. So I decided to indulge a little - I sat in my room, reading Clapton: The Autobiography and listening to Bruce Springsteen's Darkness on the Edge of Town, which is one of the CDs that I got out of the library. I love that album. I must buy it, or put it on a Christmas list. Last night, I could have listened to 'Badlands' on repeat.

Holly came on MSN yesterday afternoon, which was great. She hasn't been on that often, because she's been busy. We started talking about what we wanted for careers while I browsed the music-related pages on Facebook. Then I'd say something like, "EW a Bon Jovi page!" (I don't like Bon Jovi). And then, "OMG an Aqua page!!!!" And then I told Holly about the Aqua tape my brother had, which, if I remember correctly, he got from someone from the homeschooler group we used to be in. So I said, "I wonder if he still has it?" and Holly said that he probably took it with him when he moved out, and listens to it before going to bed :D So I said, "Knowing his girlfriend, she would probably make him listen to it!"

Good times :D

Oh no, it's Breaking Dawn!

This may sound cruel and heartless, but I'll be glad when everyone's busy reading that book. Then maybe they'll stop talking about it so much.

I feel really out of the loop when it somes to the Twilight Saga. I only just heard of it this year. I might have come across it before, but I can't remember. I think I'm one of the few teens who hasn't read it.

There was something on CBS Sunday Morning about the series. They showed this big meet-the-author event thingy in New York, and I thought, If I see one of my favourite authors, I'm not gonna scream. I'll applaud, but I won't scream. Mind you, I've never been to an event like that, but if I ever do go to something like that, I won't scream. It's not a rock concert. I'll scream at a rock concert, but not at a meet-the-author event thingy.

At the moment, I'm currently reading Molly By Any Other Name by Jean Davies Okimoto (I think I spelled her name right...), although I have taken a break from it to read my two library books. Those books are Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident and Clapton: The Autobiography. I had started reading Clapton a while ago, but I had gotten it out of the library about the same time as Pattie Boyd's book, so I was trying to finish that and I never got to finish Clapton's book. Luckily, when I went to the library to pick up my CDs, books and a DVD (Black Books, season 1), Clapton was in, so I got it out, too.

I also need to finish Sandry's Book, The first book in Tamora Pierce's Circle of Magic quartet. I started it a while ago, and still haven't finished it. I even borrowed it from the library before owning it, and never finished it. I'm hoping to finish reading it soon, because I'm itching to read Tris's Book. I'd like to find out more about Tris, she's quite interesting. Although I know part of what happens in the book, 'cause I thumbed through it... bad Merenwen...