063002
[4:40pm] I'm just sitting at home, watching The Cable Guy.. bored.
[8:45am] Okay, so that was unfair to my mom. Really, she thought I was being annoying. I was TRULY being cute, doing my
Broadway-slide-to-the-side-and-snap dance. And bothering my brother with it. But, awww, aren't I cute? Yes indeedy. My
mom mistook that for annoying.
062902
[6:48pm] My mom to me this evening: "You are so annoying!"
[3:47pm] In order to properly read this post, you have to belt it out singing, and do the funky arm-swinging-with-fists
dance: *We're goin' shop-pin, and I got the coupons! Yeah!*
[8:51am] Thinking about redesigning. This layout has lasted about 2 months. And I'm supposed to find out a week from Monday
if I get the job, so I've got all this free time, which is nice, but after that, I won't have any, so I should use this time
while I have it. On important stuff, like layouts. Not that unimportant stuff like hygiene or eating. (Ha, that's a joke.)
062802
[6:17pm] Rifle is so hard. I wish I had the ganas to master it. After stubbing your fingers 1,876,589,203,486,092 times,
typing seems sooo easy! I'll dream this phrase tonight, "1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-strap-bolt-strap-bolt-CRAP!" Because that's as far as
I can get. I'll bother Kelly one day. Or Kris. To teach me better.
[5:06pm] Whoever searched google for "Becky, Kris, Kelly, and Yoda" and then came to my site, I love you. Thanks for making my
day. That was the best search phrase ever.
062702
[5:40pm] My Our Lady Peace CD came today. Ahhhh!! Pleasure!
[4:54pm] Oh.
Crap. My best section is analogies! This is only bad if my essay-writing abilities fall off the deep end, because I'm a pretty
good essay writer. But I love anologies. And they loved me. *sob*
[4:50pm] I told you how I went bowling last night. Well, I guess I don't bowl as well as I used to, or maybe it's because my evil
brother keeps going "booga booga!!" to distract me from bowling well. Or maybe it's my spazmo antics or lack of skill. But we bowled
2 games. 63 and 98. My combined score half a perfect game plus 11! Pathetic. But lots and lots of fun. And my mom said that the guy
who worked there liked me. He had a ponytail and did this game thing with a crystal ball, rolling it all over his arms and such. By
the way, I got one strike. Those big lovely red X's are the loveliest sight in the world.
062602
[5:01pm] I'm going bowling tonight and I'm really excited about that. It's been a long time--since my 16th birthday--since I've been
bowling, and I'm excited! I think I'm made it pretty clear that I'm excited. Have I mentioned that I'm excited?
[9:17am] Kris and I spend a lot of time on the phone. Sometimes I'm an idiot though.
Becky: I'm going to eat lunch. Bye.
Kris: Okay, bye.
Both hang up. Phone rings.
Becky: What, what? Leave me alone, you girl!
Umm: [.. what seems like a drawn-out embarassed silence.]
Becky: .. uh..
Umm: [machine] Hello, here is some important new information for senior citizens.
Becky: [relieved click]
062502
[4:45pm] I took the interview today and I did fairly well, I believe. There was the official interview, information session ($5.45 an
hour, 18 hrs a week) where I learned about the job and where all the books go and stuff, and then a shelving test. I did QUITE well on
the shelving test, I think. But I won't find out until like 2 weeks from now. (Sad.) The deal is this: Lynn is the senior circulation
manager and she is going on vacation next week, so they won't decide until the week after that. Curses! Wait and see sucks.
[9:25am] I have been out of school for a month. It doesn't feel that long, but it never does, does it? Today is the big day of
interviewage. My mom keeps mentioning it, I think she is more excited about it than I am. "I might get you nervous about this thing yet!"
she proclaimed this morning. I just said calmly, "No, I don't think so." Here's how I'm thinking about it: I'm selling myself to the
library ladies. Well, not selling.. but you know what I mean. I bought a nice interview outfit, and I'm a respectable, well-rounded,
talented, smart, hard-working individual. And if I'm right for the job, it'll show through in my interview, and they'll ask me to work
there. If they don't, then they're fools, but I'll just go and try to find work elsewhere. But I have a good feeling.
062402
[10:21am] Thanks to Kelly and her
excellent sleuthing ability on the Cavaliers Drum & Bugle Corps website, I can introduce you to
Scott. (Yes, the Scott whom my poem To Scott inspired or whatever.) Introduction #1. Introduction #2. Now, isn't he just beautiful? Oh!
Amongst all this beauty, I forgot to tell you who he was. It's the Scott, the winterguard clinician guy! Yay!
[9:05am] And 12 hours later, I sit at my computer again. I am spending this morning fighting through the tanglebrush of amazon.com, trying to get my recommendations in order. I keep getting all these science/horror novels
which really don't float my boat. So I'm spending quite a lot of time rating things I own or saying "not interested." And eventually,
I am coming up with good stuff.
062302
[9:05pm] For the first (and probably only) time in my life, I wish I lived in Duluth. This would be soooo awesomely fun!! I'm going to design a costume for it, and not go! How
geeky! Whee!
[8:19pm] I went errand-running today. I went looking for shoes and a purse and a Blockbuster membership. You know, one out of three
ain't bad. The purses at Target were too pretentious, like, "I take myself very seriously." And you have to be 18 for the movie
membership (dangit! I wanted to rent Orange County.) I did get the shoes too. I'll wear
them Tuesday. 2:30. At my interview. Where I HOPE I will get the job.
[9:23am] Yeah-ha! I went to Kohl's the other day to try and find work clothes (because I did get an interview at the
library, Tuesday 2:30) and I tried on everything in there. Khaki capris? No way could any pair of those fit me! Too big, too small,
grandmotherly waist (past-navel-height.)
[9:12am] Remind me to not eat any more of those doughnuts. Every time I eat one, or eat a half of one, my stomach goes "Why on earth
did you eat that? You know I hate those." And my mouth replies "But they're the kind of waxy mmm-good chocolate-covered doughnuts that
I love!" And my stomach says "No ifs, ands, or buts. You keep eatin' those and you will suffer the consequences." And my brain says
"Shut up, both of you. Don't make me turn this car around."
[8:22am] Oh. But you CAN go wrong with marching band:
Kelly: I was watching Barney this morning (don't ask) and it was all
about marching band!
Kelly: It was so funny.
Becky: Cool! Were they pretty accurate?
Kelly: They all marched toes-down.
Becky: Those fools!!
Kelly: The song was funny though:
Kelly: "When I'm old enough to join the band, I'll march all across this land."
Kelly: "Playing a song when I'm marching along, when I'm old enough to join the band."
Kelly: "A marching band makes a happy sound, playing a tune as they march around."
Kelly: "Marching along...playing a song, with marching band you can't go wrong!"
062202
[7:43pm] I saw Minority Report today. And I was supposed to go to the car show tonight,
but I got tired and it turned to dusk.. and whatever.
[8:41am] Also note: there was a man who would not stop blowing his nose during the show.
[8:05am] I hate crows. I woke up this morning at approximately 7:40 to this sound: "caw caw caw caw caw." I hate crows. Oh! Last night,
I went to see A Chorus Line at the Muny with Kelly and her
mom and dad. It was my first time seeing anything like that, and I had a very good time! But goodness gracious, it started off as a HOT
evening. It was like 94 degrees, and me in pants! Anyway, it cooled off to 'muggy' after a while, and the bugs came out. It was a great
evening. A couple of new sayings: "Breakin' pavement when she goes", "Who says squirrel doesn't rhyme with Gordon?", "Na na na na 12na
Batman!", "Beware the black flash," and other such nonsensical phrases. I'll share this with you: Beware the black flash. Beware the
attacking squirrels. Yes.
062002
[10:28am] Okay, now that you know how boring my life is.. here's another example. I bought some Rolos the other day (as you should know,
if you read the conversation below about my imploding purse.) Now this is no normal pack of Rolos. No. I got a hollow one, and I also got
a conjoined rolo! Observe. (It should also be noted that both candies were promptly consumed after photos were taken.)
[10:10am] I was listening to a song by Quarashi called "Tarfur", and it's sort of raplike, and they
were talking so fast that I couldn't understand anything. But then I realized. What? Oh. Icelandic. (I knew that were from there, I just
was surprised. Icelandic rap.) How awesome!
061902
[9:31pm] A Kris haiku.
[8:14pm] Kris. You're famouser 'n Captain Kangaroo! (Line from Forrest Gump, for the more dramatically-challenged of my readership.)
Becky: I'm going to tell you the contents of my purse now. Green starburst package. Keys to saturn.
Becky: Sour skits. Bic round stic grip pen. One time use kodak camera with 25 pics remaining.
Kris: Geez.
Becky: My phone, off. A dollar. A bratpack full of change and coupons. A checkbook. A wallet.
Kris: Sweetness!
Becky: A library card. Some receipts. Ten dollar bill. Two more dollars.
Kris: How much stuff can you FIT in there?
Becky: Rolos. 87 cents in change. Another pen. A hair thing.
Kris: Done yet?
Becky: A bobbypin. That's all.
Kris: STOP THE MADNESS!
Kris: Oh, you did.
Becky: Oh, my star wars ticket stub. :)
Kris: AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Becky: No, that's not the madness. The madness is getting it all back in there.
Becky: Okay. I did it. Crap. There's still the bratpack.
Kris: Wow.
Becky: Ahhh.. maximum impact.. core overload.. implosion!
Becky: Crap. My purse just imploded.
Kris: BOOM
Kris: AaaaaaaAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
Kris: OH! THE A-GO-NY!!!
Becky: Woah, I just got a rolo without anything in the middle.
[7:03pm] Okay. The high point of my day has changed. I did get sour skitls, but that's NOT what I'm even talkin about. Yeah. I know
you're just achin' to know what I am talking about. Yeah. Well, here goes. Kelly wrote me a haiku about my rockin' car!
[12:46pm] With Kelly at opera camp, Jake at drum camp, Ashley working, and Kris sometimes maybe working and sometimes at the band room,
summer is quite boring. Like today, probably the high point of my day will have been driving my brother to his friend's house. I like
to drive. But I should have picked up some more sour skitls on the way home. It may be an addiction soon. Ah well. My favorites are the
whites (obviously some sort of pineapple or lemon-lime sour mix) and the reds and purples. They're the most intense. Orange, yellow,
and green. Boring. But yellow is good too. I don't know why I continue rambling like this. Okay. Off to make a grilled cheese sandwich.
Yes. The perfect recipe, I have. (Yoda!)
061802
[3:25pm] This morning I went to the library to see if I had any leftover fines. I did not. I talked to a senior circulation manager
woman and asked her about how long it'd be before.. anything happened with the job applications. She said that she would talk to her
supervisor and get some interviews set up. I left that library with two books and a huge
smile on my face. Also: I got some sour skittles. Whee! Skitls!
061702
[11:09am] I heard about a job opening at the library, so I applied. And if you know me, and know which library I'm talking about, and
you apply in an attempt to steal my job, I will be very mad at you. Because I WANT THIS JOB!!! Also: I went by the school to pick up
my report card. (Wahoo.) I stopped by the band room to say hi to Mr Wisdom and Kris and everyone. It was
very lively. I had forgotten that summer school was still in, and I was very surprised to see everyone there. I watched the kids march
for about 2 minutes, and they're good. I'm excited. Marching season will be good.
061602
[8:18am] On a similarly scholastic note, I need only two elective credits to graduate. Unfortunately, my overachiever status must be
maintained, and therefore, I am taking 5 honors courses my first semester, and 6 second semester. So, yes. You will be hearing a lot
of whining about homework and essays and projects and whatnot in the year to come.
[8:12am] I'm back, it's Father's Day, today we get the puppy back, and tomorrow I can go get my report card. Now, I've already seen my
transcript for the first three years of high school, and the cumulative GPA was like 4.44448. And my second semester of junior year is
straight As. So I'm thinking that I'll have straight As for 4th quarter as well. Yeah. Shoppin time.
060602
[4:14pm] Well, I am all ready and packed to go to Florida. Oh, did I not mention that previously? We're leaving tomorrow. I'm bringing
junk-o-mania, but it'll be good. Umm.. I'll take pictures and everything for you guys. Oh, btw, some new galleries are up in photography:
rummage sale, and the end of school. And the pictures from pointfest are in travels. Have fun!
060502
[7:51am] Hahaha. Instead of 2002, I typed "woow." Like Ben Stein's eyedrop commercials. Hahaha! Umm anyway. Jake came over last night
and we watched the baseball game and then Dateline NBC for a while: a story about some blind guys (twins) who got retinal implants and how it turned out for them. They cried a lot. But I expect I would cry
too. Today, for me: dermatologist, McDonalds, come home, clean out pantry, collapse in sweaty heap in front of computer, chat with
friends on AIM. Yay!
060402
[12:36pm] I won this poetry thing and Kris was celebrating for me.
Kris: go Becky1 go BEcky!
Becky: You are the awesomest typer in the world.
Kris: I KOW
Kris: yep
Becky: lo
Becky: l
Becky: Me too.
Kris: I kow
Kris: lo
Kris: l
Kris: carp
Kris: !
060302
[1:31pm] I have officially named Kris's car Hopkin Chong (which means "shining with plenty of fame.") Now, she may end up naming it
something other than Hopkin Chong, but I'm just not going to call it that. So there. Archibald Hopkin Chong, maybe.
[12:58pm] Car junk: $11.62.
[10:24am] P.S. Yoda rocked my socks. BTW, I finally put up the pictures from Springfield. There are only 10, so why not go take a
peek? They're in the Travels folder.
[8:20am] Haha. I saw Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones with Kris at 7:00 last
night. There was thankfully little heard from Jar Jar Binks, and I simply loved Amidala's wardrobe, even though it was kind of like
"Oh, we're switching rooms? Let me change clothes." It was great fun to see with Kris because we are so stupid around one another.
At some point in the movie, I appointed her the monstrous fatty hairless cow and I was the bigmouth Siberian tiger slash lizardly
thang. We both got our butts kicked by Jedi and whatnot, but it was fun while it lasted (making the fattycow and tigerlizard noises..
amazingly humorous.)
060202
[3:51pm] Wow, Kellster. I didn't see that coming.
[3:46pm] I'm bored. I want to go see a movie or something. I'd practice my rifle or sabre, but it's sooo hot and humid outside. It
really says something that immediately after you get outside, you look at the metal on the sabre and it's "sweating." True beads of
humidity stand out on the shiny silver and I sigh to myself "It's soooo humidly hot." And then I think of how good a bucket of popcorn
would taste.. and Raisinets. Mmmm. *drool*
060102
[4:04pm] In like 26 minutes, Jake is coming to take me to Kelly's house. Yay! Fiesta. I wanted to get her one of those fat cookies that
you can get decorated.. and I wanted to get it decorated to say "ˇFiesta!" but I didn't have enough time to do that, amongst all the
Father's Day shopping. Yes, it's coming up. So you better get rollin wit dat. Yes.
[7:50am] I'm always surprised and shocked when June rolls around because it signifies that we are almost halfway through this year. But
it only seems like two weeks ago that I was sleeping through New Years. So much has changed though. Most of it came in May, so June is my
month of being a little kid again. I'll deal with the differences but I'm not gonna be a big kid for a while. So here's a word for the
wise: eat enough sour skittles and you will achieve the Orange Tongue©®™. So. Yeah..