coming up: halloween!

Blogging is currently on my never-able-to-do-anymore-but-still-want-to list...I just made that list up, but if I wrote it in real life, it would be pretty dang long, just saying. Right now, it's also on my do-this-instead-of-homework list, which also is fairly large. I need to kick it in gear. I'm losing it.

Anyways, Halloween is coming up and you will never guess what I'm being...You won't be able to guess, so I'll just tell you: An iPod commericial. Yep, you heard me right:



Just like this, only better, because it's real life...and it's me.

I already made a huge bright-green posterboard this that I wear like a backpack and then I wear all black clothes (I'm undecided on whether to paint/dye my hair black) and an iPod and I'm set. Yep, I'm creative. Just kidding, I found it on the internet. I still think it's awesome and I hope it turns out! :)

That's all I have to tell you and I really actually have to get back to my homework, unfortunately.

Random Rantings.

I finished The Help by Kathryn Stockett last night. So. Good. That was her first novel, too. Someday, I want to be that good. The movie was super fantastic, too, by the way. I recommend both. Sincerely.

I want to start practicing and working on my writing but I can never think of stories to write about. Or, I do think of them, ones that sound really awesome, only for me to read a book and realize that that book is the same plot just ten times better. Sigh.

Anyways, I don't think I've updated you very recently. Spring break of my senior year, I AM GOING TO SPAIN! Yes, sir, you heard me right, Spain! I'm going to be able to experience an entirely new culture and immerse myself in a language I've been learning since seventh grade. I am so excited. Seriously. Ah, I'll keep you updated on that.

Also, the first quarter just ended and I have no idea how that happened. I remember the first day of school like it was just a few days ago... but I don't really mind. Truthfully, I just want to graduate and move to Provo and get on with my life. High school seems so pointless to me. The people are so immature, especially the boys; the drama is so petty; the days are endless and the years are long. I just want out. Next year, I might end up having to take four AP classes which I can already tell is going to kill me. I shouldn't be focusing on that, though.

Piano right now is like the one thing that calms me. I'm actually getting pretty good, I think. I got to the level two book of Alfred's Adult Course..something like that. I really like it. I wish I hadn't quit when I was younger.. it makes me realize how good I could've been. But, I can't take that back, and, now, the only thing to do is learn while I can. Piano class is also basically my favorite...and after this semester, I'm going to get lessons from a sister in my ward. Excited :)

General Conference :)

General Conference was this past weekend and it was awesome. I wrote the heck out of my journal. It was actually the first time I filled a journal! Not just from this weekend. The journal was full of my personal progress, scripture study, and of course my general conference notes. It was also the first time that I sat down and watched all four sessions. I really enjoyed it and I feel like I got a lot out of it. My favorite talk was Boyd K. Packer's. He was talking specifically to the youth. He said that we "are being raised in enemy territory" which is most definitely true. Another quote from him that stood out to me is, "The outcome of the war is not in question: Lucifer will lose." That is something that I think can be really reassuring in those depressive moods that sometimes comes with being a teenager, or a human.
I also like David A. Bednar's talk. He talked about family history and it was the first time that I have heard anyone tell the youth specifically that they can do it, too. I logged onto the site he talked about and started. I don't really know how to do it yet, but I'm completely willing to learn.
Overall, Conference was super good and I can't wait for it in April.