technically, YESTERDAY was my birthday, but...

I still consider it to be my b-day ^_^
I'm 17 today, and I gotta say, it feels like 16 :P
but today was pretty nice. I stayed over at a friend's house last night after she had her going-away party (she's going back to college) and it was too late for me to drive home.
We stayed up and talked until about 3 am, and then fell asleep until 8:30. well, I did. she was asleep until 2 in the afternoon. I left there around 3, and was only home a short time until Rachel visited and gave me something that made me want to hug her and cry at the same time. we hung out for a while and then she had to leave me.... :(
but we discussed having a joint birthday party, which I think would be totally awesome.

night night!

actually, good morning!
Kat

my uncle's funeral was today

It was kinda sad, and very Catholic. The incense made me sneeze. My aunt said a really sad, really nice eulogy.
the reception afterwards was full of food and family. and hugs.
I made a new friend on facebook, and whenever we talk I automatically smile.
Happy Birthday Cruz!! <3 youuu!!

that is all.
Bye bye! ^_^

not a happy couple of days for posting...

So I'm sure you all saw Rachel's post about her Poppop. She and I hung out the other day and I at least had a lot of fun. I drove home and arrived at an empty house, and promptly got on the computer. My dad got home, and he seemed kinda down, so I asked him if he was ok. My uncle had died that morning, and he only just found out. He wasn't feeling well a few days before, and one day he just... didn't wake up.

I don't even remember the last words I said to him.

I miss him.

late......

Hi peoples! I know it's late, but I HAD a blog post about my trip that I had been working on for about 3 days. When I clicked the 'Publish Post' button, my internet went down and I lost the whole thing.

England/France: was fun.

the end

Princeton!

Rachel and I just visited! It was..... ivy-league. And rather large. Well, not LARGE, per say, but expanded. and across the street from a LOT of shops. BUT!! Rachel came with me!!! So it was fun! Actually, I've never had a 2-hour car ride go by that fast or that fun! We listened to my iPod and talked in the backseat, while my dad drove. it was...pretty near awesome.
ALSO! THREE DAYS 'TIL ENGLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
X3

CREATION!!!

so...um... if you want details and exact stuff, just see Otaku-chan's blog. if you want random impressions that I got throughout the trip, stay here!!

Random impressions/thoughts:

1) angry short guys yelling at you to get married before you hit 25 are scary

2) ADD speakers are epic

3) washing dishes for 20 people doesn't suck that much as long as you're close to the water source and don't have soap on your hands, thus forcing you to ask a complete stranger if he could please turn the tap on for you

4) being a 16-year-old mother of about 12 6th-grade-and-younger kids sucks. which is one reason I was glad that Creation only lasted 4 days.

5) without sunscreen, even I will burn after 6+ hours in the sun per day

6) four days without any technology besides my camera is actually not that bad

7) christian bands are REALLY humble. and, in my experience, really nice ^_^

8) and also (for the most part) rather attractive :) (ex. Thousand Foot Krutch, Tenth Avenue North, and SKYHAWK DRIVE)

9) sharing a tent with Otaku-chan and my Conscience was fun!!

10) contrary to popular belief, 70,000+ people singing does NOT sound like noise. it sounds... pretty

11) for the most part, people at Creation are NICE! like, even in the quote-unquote 'mosh pit' in front of the stage, you could still breathe and move without socking people in the face

12) RED!!!!!!! LETTER BLACK!!!!!!!!!!! THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

13) a few words to describe the experience: interesting, varied, LOUD, expensive, and EPICALLY FUN!!

ugh... pictures...

I got my senior picture taken today. No, let me rephrase, I got my senior pictureS taken today. My appointment was at 11:30, so I showed up early and was immediately velcroed into a velvet straitjacket. well, technically it's called a 'gown', but it was basically a velvet curtain that they velcroed around me and scrunched up the front. It was just kinda awkward, since it was off the shoulder, so the lady that velcroed me slipped the straps of my tank top down (I wasn't allowed to do it haha). So then I sat in one of the seats of the auditorium, in my 'gown' until my appointment. Then I was called up for my sitting, and my photographer was really cool. She was cracking jokes and actually got me to genuinely smile for my pictures, which is pretty hard. So she took two just with the 'gown', one with a fake red rose, and one with a fake white rose. Then she took two with a fake graduation gown on, and one with just my casual clothes. Then I had to go to a different photographer for full-length, casual clothes shots. I nearly fell over a few times, but stayed on my feet! I was proud of myself haha

Then I went over to Lilac's house, and we hung out for a few hours. I was happy! We mostly just hung out at her house and talked, but it was really cool because we haven't done that forever.

Then I went home and blogged. The end!! X3