Why blog?

"People don't keep journals for themselves. They keep them for other people, like a secret they don't want to tell, but they want everyone to know."

That's what this is right? My online journal. To be honest I write more on this than I would write in a journal. But why do I write? I write because there is an exigency to write. Writing all of this down helps me stay sane and it's also like a written scrapbook for me. I'm horrible about taking pictures.

People need to vent, and the stuff that's not always easy to vent about goes here.

Red-Nosed Magpie

Saturday I went to clean up the nearby beach with my friend and some other people. Did my part for mother nature, collected some neat shells, talked to bob a bit, and overall had a blast. However, I forgot to apply sunblock, so now my nose and cheeks are pinker than the rest of my face and you can see where my watch had been on my wrist yesterday... Yay...
Usually I would not care too much about my tiny burn, but... Tomorrow happens to be picture day at my school. Great. So now I could very well having a peeling nose and cheeks in my yearbook photo. Super de duper. Ugh I knew I was forgetting something. :/
Off to bed before I have I get dark bags under my eyes to go with the rest of my not photogenic face.

ProjectAbHangingPuppies

Ah girble snargle flibby mop gibberish.

I had something I was going to post today... but I was reading this intense book. I just couldn't put it down guys.. sorry. I would try to post something really awesome and maybe interesting now, but I'm really tired and I have a project to finish.. so.. Instead! Here is a picture to make you feel better!

One for the Ladies

When are Kittens not cute?

And if you're not a cat person...

Rant of the Week

I'm sure most of us have taken some sort of survey or test where you get the question asking you what race/ethnicity you are, and you check one of the boxes. What are those for? Why does it even really matter? What if you don't know how to answer that question?
Up until today I have always marked the "White/Caucasian" box, but what does that really mean? Sure my skin is white, but because I'm also Native American would I check that box too? I think I have a little Asian somewhere too, so should I check that box as well? Or maybe I should check other.
It's such an odd question.. And again why does it even matter? Are you just going to use that information to make snap judgements about me? Oh you're white, you have nice clothes, and you lives on the good side of town, so you are probably snooty and mean. Or.. Oh you're black, you live in the ghetto, and you listen to rap music, so you are bad news.
So what?
Did you know that most people know within 3 seconds whether or not they like or don't like some one. 3 seconds! That's insane. Then after you make that decision it takes 20 times for you to change your mind about that one person.
I hated this one girl last year for a while. I had never met her, never seen her, nothing, but I just didn't like her. Now? Now, we are inseparable; best friends for a year now.
I know I'm probably just going on this crazy, confusing rant right now, but this just kind of stick with me today.


I wonder what would happen if I just left that question blank? What do you think?

There's an app for that.

Yesterday I was thinking of ways that I could better manage my time, so that I could blog more. Well, I when I was eating my cereal just a few minutes ago (honey nut oats) an apple commercial came on tv and...

LIGHTBULB!

There's probably an app for that. I checked on the iTunes website thing and sure enough there was this great app (that I am using right now) that is super easy and free. Seriously this app is so amazing. (:
Well I just thought I would let ya know that I got it. I should be able to blog tons more. Yay! Haha I haven't really been doing the best job about posting and stuff but I shall try to improve starting...
Now!

RaNdOm BoRdOmNeSs!!!

The Cure For Bordom Survey
Take This Survey to cure boredom. Have Fun!
1. How old will you be in five years?	20 close to 21
2. Who did you spend at least two hours with today?	My sister Courtney and My pet beta fish Neo
3. How tall are you?	5 feet and 8 inches
4. What do you look forward to most in the next six weeks?	sleepover at my friends house, movies and homecoming dress shopping with my friends, beach clean up on Saturday, and concert Monday night downtown
5. What's the last movie you saw?	Carriers
6. Who was the last person you called?	My mother
7. Who was the last person to call you?	My mother
8. What was the last text message you received?	"Yeah sorry... I fell asleep. I feel really bad now :( I'm really sorry.. I know how rude it is to fall asleep on someone... :/"- Bob
9. Who was the last person to leave you a voicemail?	I haven't had a voicemail since I got my new phone.. but I think it was Ashton
10. Do you prefer to call or text?	calling... texting isn't very personal
11. What were you doing at 12am last night?	sleeping haha
12. Are your parents married/separated/divorced?	married (:
13. When is the last time you saw your mom?	At dinner
14. What color are your eyes?	blue!
15. Do you own slippers?	Yup and they are purple and fuzzy. haha
16. What are you wearing right now?	Showtime T-Shirt and Jeans
17. What is your favorite christmas song?	Carol of the Bells
18. Where is your favorite place to be?	Hawaii.. on the beach (:
19. Where is your least favorite place to be?	My math class
20. Africa-NewZealand-Japan?	uhh New Zealand?
21. Where do you think you'll be in 10 years?	getting married, starting a family, or maybe getting a doctorate degree. I don't really know just yet..
22. Do you tan or burn?	I tan thank goodness
23. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child?	Monsters.. specifically the girl in the well tv thing... scary
24. What was the last thing that really made you laugh?	My friend Ashton
25. How many TVs do you have in your house?	Just 3
26. When did u last get in a argument?	Haha I few hours ago?
27. Do you have a laptop or desktop computer?	laptop
28. Do you sleep with or without clothes on?	...with...
29. What color are your walls?	light blue
30. How many pillows do you sleep with?	6
31. What is your favorite season?	Fall! I love it when the leaves change colors.
32. What do you like about fall?	..the colorful leaves.. haha umm my birthday, Halloween, nice weather, Thanksgiving, Homecoming, sweaters, stuff and things.
33. What do you like about winter?	SNOW! and Christmas (:
34. What do you like about the summer?	Swimming, no school, vacationing, the relaxing and bathing suits
35. What do you like about spring?	The flowers, the rain, Easter, school almost being over, and school almost being over
36. How many states have you lived in?	Just One
37. What states have you lived in?	A really cool one
38. Do you prefer shoes, socks, or bare feet?	depends.. shoes are nifty, socks are good in cooler weather and barefeet is good on beaches and at home.
39. Are you a social person?	very
40. What was the last thing you ate?	Tuscan Grilled Chicken Sandwhich
41. Have you tried escargo?	Ew.. no
42. What is your favorite ice cream?	A tie between Cookie Dough and Cake Batter
43. What is your favorite dessert?	Ice Cream and Fudge
44. Have you drank a Shirley Temple	a virgin Shirley Temple
45. What kind of jelly do you like on your PB & J sandwich?	anything but grape
46. Do you like Chinese food?	yes
47. Do you like coffee?	yes
48. How many glasses of water, a day, do you drink on average?	umm 3 water bottles worth
49. What do you drink in the morning?	water or orange juice
50. How often do you shower?	every other day
51. Do you sleep on a certain side of the bed?	sleep on the left and face the right
52. Do you know how to play poker?	not at all

Dear Birds,

I love birds, really I do. My blogger is name is Magpie. Birds are great! Well.. most of them are.. I'm not a big fan of pigeons or seagulls, but all other birds are fine by me. However, when you start tweet tweet tweeting outside of my window at 2 in the morning.. I'm not a huge fan. If I wanted to hear tweeting I would get on twitter. I know I'm not the only one who doesn't care for your pre-dawn concerts, and you should really be sleeping too. How would you feel if I opened my window and started singing some loud opera when you're trying to catch some z's. Basically what I'm trying to say is...

PLEASE SHUT UP!

Thank you.

John Mayer + Owl City = Love

Okay so last night... wait for it... wait for it... drumroll please. (badadabadadabadada)

I WENT TO THE JOHN MAYER CONCERT!!!



Whooooop!! Yay!! (Oh and he was pretty much wearing exactly that haha)

So as you can see I had an amazing time. John Mayer is amazing live and I was in love the entire time. haha
As if going to see him in concert wasn't cool enough, guess who was the opener band. I'll give you a hint.. it's in the Title of this blog. (:

OWL CITY!!!



(He was pretty much wearing that too) Ahhh it was such an experience going to see those guys. Adam Young and John Mayer are simply enchanting and I couldn't have asked for a better first concert.
Yes, that is right boys and girls! I had never been to a concert prior to last night. Really though, I'm glad I waited.



I've thought about who I wanted to see for my first one quite a bit, and I had convinced myself that it would be Paramore. These tickets just kind of appeared (my friend couldn't go, so he sold them to me) and I adore John Mayer so I said HECK YES! I'm really glad I did.

I can't wait to go to school tomorrow and wear my first ever concert T-shirt!! So exciting!! It's blue and it has "It's been a long night in ________." and on the back it has a list of the tour dates. I made sure it had the dates on there. haha I don't really know why I like that so much, but I do so. haha The only thing that could have been better is if they still had the shirt in my size. I am a small and all they had left were Mediums and Larges etc. Oh well, this way I figure I will be able to wear it for quite a while. (:



Well I am going to go to sleep because I am absolutely exhausted. I really need to thank my friend tomorrow. Night bloggers!