She thinks she's soooooo clever.

So, I went to Value Village yesterday and got a bunch of nice skirts, including three everyday skirts that can go in the wash with t-shirts and such. Two of those everyday skirts are kinda Pretty in Pink-ish, and they're both made by the same company, lol. They're both long skirts, one is yellowy and bluey, the other is mainly red. The third skirt is a short navy skirt with some white print thing on it. The nicer skirts I got were a pink wraparound skirt, a green, orange and black plaid skirt and a black and white summery skirt with a black ribbon sewn on. I also got a cute little black cardigan and a pea-green fooler shirt.

And then today I went to Zellers, and there were clearance racks out front, so I got three shirts - one brown, one blue and white and one white - and a cami (which MOM picked out, but I'll get to that later).

Here's the catch:

Mom and I went into Zellers to catch up with Dad, and she said to me, "You know how you're paying for the shirts?" I was going to suggest that I'd pay, and then she says...

"By going to the leadership course at church."

*Bangs head against wall* I KNEW IT!!!!!

She says that it's $10 for the course because I'm an adherent, and she doesn't have to pay because she's a member. I don't know if she's doing this stupid course or not. Nor do I know how long this stupid course is. And I looked at the church newsletter online, and it's described as a 'spiritual leadership course' for 'spiritual leaders and potential leaders'. 1) I am not a church minister, and 2) I don't plan on being a church minister (bit of a Ferris Bueller reference there ;P). Mom says she's paying for me to go, but still....!$#$!#@# She is such a bitch sometimes. I'll go to this stupid course if she absolutely WANTS me to, but as soon as I get home, I'm blasting some Green Day. Grrr.

Maybe I should fake an illness. Or maybe I can talk my way out of going. Or maybe I can casually schedule a dentist appointment on that day. Wait, I wonder if my appointment at Dr. G's (the dental surgeon who's going to put my fake tooth in) is on that day? *crosses fingers*

I'm just not into all that cutesy leadership shit. All that 'fall backwards and let the person behind you catch you' shit. It's pointless. AND tasteless. And this stupid course is all because of our 'new settled minister'. Gawd. I hope this minister isn't weird.

I think I'm going to ask Dad if he can help me replaces the batteries in my watches. That way I can keep track of time during days of bullshit.

Maybe I'll sign up for the sushi-making course. Or tai chi. Maybe I can convince Mom that tai chi would be better in the long run than some stupid spiritual leadership course (which doesn't sound non-minister friendly ANYWAY).

I have also been trying to figure out how to change the template on Word '07, because my dad says there's a resume template. I'll have to ask him.

Ah, Smokey Robinson. I love this guy. And YouTube.

I also need to install my camera software. And see about getting my computer's power switch looked at.

ETA: oh yeah, I decided to frog my novelty yarn sunglasses case and instead make a scarf with the same two yarns.

This cake is awesome.

Mom decided to use up one of the cake mixes, so she picked a lemon one, and man, is it good! I got a second slice.

So on Wednesday, I went to pick up my stuff from the library, including Twilight. I started reading it that day, and it is now Sunday and I finished chapter five today. Wow. My Ravelry friends are right - I am getting sucked into it!

Although I was a little annoyed that it took so long to find out why Bella left Phoenix when she loves Phoenix but hates Forks...

And, though I did get excited whenever Edward was nice and caring towards Bella, or whenever he'd look at her deeply and she'd feel amazing, but I still don't go for weird dudes with dark circles under their eyes. Maybe it's something I'll appreciate more as I read the book???

The only character from a book that I find extremely attractive would have to be Numair Salmalin from the Immortals Quartet by Tamora Pierce.

Neil from I Capture the Castle sounds pretty handsome, too, but Dodie Smith doesn't describe him in great detail. I guess it's because it's Simon that get mentioned more, because he loves Rose.

But really, I prefer long-haired Englishmen. Like Robert Plant ;)

Man, this cake is good.

I worked on my story a bit more today. I might write another seperate draft for the story, either on Google Docs or on paper, since I don't trust Word '07. That reminds me, my keyboard was being stupid today, but Mom fixed it.

My cake is now gone except for crumbs, but I'm still happy.

Microsoft Word '07 and Rocky Horror

A peculiar combination, yes. Allow me to explain.

I can't trust Word 2007. For some strange reason, it deleted my Word documents. How weird is that? Dad thinks it's because stuff was updating, but I highly doubt it, because this computer has no antivirus. I mean, it wouldn't've killed my dad to say, "Don't go on the internet until we download AVG." But no. So I have to do it myself, with help from Mom. I don't know for certain if there's a virus. It might have been the updates that mucked around with my documents. Emphasis on might.

I listened to a few tracks from the Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack, and Wise Up Janet Weiss isn't on there! And the Time Warp sounds different - Magenta doesn't shout in her part like she does in the film. How weird is that???

At least Sweet Transvestite and 'Hot Patootie - Bless My Soul' are complete...

M-O-N-D-A-Y S-U-C-K-S!

Well, the new season of the Ellen Degeneres Show starts today, and Bonnie Hunt's show started today, so that's a plus. But I have an annoying headache. Being on my computer (man, that sounds weird... MY computer!) probably isn't helping much, either. It started out as a headache and sinus pressure, so I took a Claritin, which helped with the pressure.

Back to my computer. I was on it yesterday, and had a strange craving for seafood sauce, the kind of sauce you dip shrimp or calamari into. I couldn't believe it. Seafood sauce! I was craving seafood sauce!!! I find this weird mainly because I got sick of seafood sauce and stopped eating it with shrimp and calamari.

I also had to do updates on my computer. Java was yelling at me, as was Windows. On top of that, when I opened a PDF, Adobe decided to automatically update. Then I had to install the Adobe updates, with help from Dad. Dad also helped me with the Java updates and with the Windows updates. Fun. i did get some writing done while I waited for stuff to finish updating, though. I'm still getting used to Microsoft Word 2007, though, because on the downstairs computer, the version of Word that we have is '97-2003. Eeep.

My shoulders ache as well. I did push-ups, sit-ups and squats today, because I felt that I needed to exercise more. I haven't gone to cardio kickboxing in a while, so I'm out of shape. Mom wants me to go to the cardio class tonight, actually.