Spring Break. Nine days off of school is probably the only part that appeals to me. I really can't do anything with a broken ankle. Can'Bt swim, can't go to places that involve a lot of walking, etc. Ashley's at Disney World until Wednesday, too. I plan on partying a lot when she comes back, but until then? I slept so much today and yesterday, which is amazing. Sleeping is my new favorite thing.
I didn't really do anything today. I was bored so I went with my mom to pick up Shelby from taking her SAT. We ended up sitting in the car for like, two hours, because she wasn't done yet.
I'm trying to decide if I want to go down to Galveston with my mom and Shelby on Tuesday. I could just sit out and get tan, but it would get boring after a while. I told my mom the only way I'd have fun is if I was drunk, so she said she'd get me frozen drinks, haha. I guess that would be more fun than just sitting at home and doing nothing.
And just to depress myself, I suppose I should mention Sarah, because today marks a month since Valentines Day. But WHATEVER.
My club soccer team made it to playoffs. I'm so freaking excited. I mean, we've been to playoffs and even state before, but this time it's just...better. I don't know. I've played soccer for pretty much my whole life, and it's like I'll get in these ruts where I'm sick of soccer, and then all of a sudden I'll be in love with it again. It's amazing how in sync my team is. We're not just a group of girls that play soccer together, we're really friends, which is rare at this age and at this level of the sport. I find myself looking forward to going to practice at freaking 8 o'clock. It's used to be like, "Ugh, I have soccer tonight. I wanna skiiiiip." but now it's like, "Yes! I have soccer tonight."
School soccer sucks. I feel so freakin awkward playing goalie at school, so the coach thinks I suck because I DO suck at school. I wish she would come watch one of my club games to see that I don't suck. Today she told me she wants me to play defense. I'm so bad at defense it's not even funny. Okay, I'm not that bad, but I'm not good. Shelby might come back to Woods to play, but she'll probably get moved up to Varsity after a few games. So yeah, school soccer sucks.
I decided I'm going to start really trying in school. Of course, I don't expect it to actually happen, but at least I know I WANT to try. I always get people telling me how smart I am, but that I just don't try. Story of any teenagers life. Everyone has/had people say that to them. I guess I'm just an education snob and only bother learning what I feel is important. It bothers me though when someone will be like, "Oh, So&So is really smart!" but I'm in the exact same classes as they are. They're not any smarter than I am, they just apply themselves. I'm in this Gifted and Talented program, which is this thing for kids who have a certain learning style/will be the future rulers of the world/future hobos of the world type deal. Everyone in it has the potential to be something really great, but everything's always come so easy to us that we don't really know what it's like to work for anything. I think there was this statistic that showed that kids in regular honors classes actually ended up being more successful in life than kids in GT, which is supposed to be illogical considering that GT kids are supposed to be "super geniuses" or whatever. In my opinion, they give us too much credit. Yeah, I'm smart, but I'm not that smart. If I wa, don't you think I'd try harder? Don't you think I'd care about my grades/learning?
The world is too obsessed with educating the younger generations. I mean, I get that they want us to do great things, but not EVERYONE can find the cure for cancer. They keep shoving knowledge down our throats, and we don't really get any time to actually process and learn it and relate it to life.
I feel like I've contradicted myself about nine different times within this, so I'm just going to stop here.
My life is getting increasingly boring. I feel like I'm spending days just going through the motions, like I'm not actually living. My grades are borderline decent: low B's in my core subjects and high A's in my electives. That's pretty bad for me. I know I've been a sarcastic asshole more so than normal, and I feel like I'm saying things that are meaner than I would normally say. I feel like I don't know how to take a compliment anymore, like a can't appreciate anyone else's sense of humor if it doesn't mirror my own, like just because someone doesn't think they same way I do then they're ignorant. I didn't used to be like this, so disgusted with everything. I used to be happy all the time and I loved every aspect about life. My birthday is on Wednesday and I could care less. Hell, I just want it to be over with.
I'm aware that there's an issue here. I don't know what's up with me, but I'm finding myself just really not caring about anything, and I used to be the kind of person that was passionate about everything.
First off, I'd like to express my love for electricity. I LOVE YOU, ELECTRICITY. So yeah, me and electricty are BFFs now. Sorry Jill.
Anywaaaaaaaay. Hurricane Ike AKA hurricane butthead. We had school off on friday, and I was at Mom's this weekend so I was over at her house. Well my grandparents were all scared so we had to pack up all our shit and go over there. Me and Shelby weren't too thrilled about that because my grandma smokes non stop and it's disgusting, and she's crazy too. On top of that, it's soooooo boring over there. Before we went over there Mom gave us forty bucks to go to Walgreens and get stuff to entertain us. We got like, seven magazines, a ton of candy, stupid toys and cards and stuff.
So we went back home and my grandpa picked us up because we wanted to leave Moms car in th garage and Shelby's car in the neighbors garage (he's rich and lives in Panama, and only comes to America to see his sons every now and then). So yeah, we went over there and were bored out of our minds. Little did we know it was about to get way more boring...
My grandparents idea of feeding a vegetarian is going around the meat in the pot of food. I was like, uh...no? So I barely ate anything the whole time we were over there. Later on Shelby and I were playing the card game slap jack and my grandma yelled at us because she thought we were hitting eachother. We just started cracking up because she's crazy.
The hurricane hit Friday night. I slept through it pretty much, but we lost power around three. When I woke up, I looked out the window and things were EVERYWHERE. Trees in the street and through peoples roofs, fences down, streets flooded and debris everywhere. Luckily none of my grandparents trees fell down, but it still sucked. This was the start of one of the most boring seven hours of my life. I just didn't know what to do with myself. No electricity, I couldn't go outside really because it was terrible out there, it was hot as hell without the AC and Shelby was still sleeping. I tried to read Great Expectations for a little while but it made me want to kill myself. Eventually I got Mom to go walk around outside with me, and she did. The water was up to our shins and it was crazy, but it was so good to get out of the house.
Shelby eventually woke up and we bitched about how bored we were for awhile. At one point me, Shelby, my mom and grandma were all sitting around in the living room so I was like, "Uh, lets play that story game." You know, the one where you say three words and then the next person says three more words and you try to make a story. So I was like, "Okay, Once there was..." My sister "A boy who..." My mom "Rode his bike..." My grandma "Cheese Whiz and wolf..."... silence. "Whaaaat?!" She's seriously so crazy. We just cracked up because it was hilarious.
Even our cellphones wer down, so it's not like we could text our friends or anything. Eventually Shelby got a hold of her friends to come pick us up and take us home. We rode back in Daniels truck. When I got in, this girl who I didn't know was like, "Nicki!!! You know my sister, Alex Soper!" And I was like, "Oh, yeah, hey." The Soper girls are seriously the nicest girls ever, but they're the kind of people who try so hard to get you to like them. One time I was talking to Alex and was like, "Alex, seriously, you're like, the nicest person I know." And I honestly don't think I've ever seen anyone has happy as she was at that moment. Seriously, such a sweet girl. Anyway, Robert and Austin were in his truck too, and they crack me up to no end. It was weird driving on the road because there were trees randomly in the road, power lines were EVERYWHERE, all the lights were out and there was a cop everywhere you looked.
My mom told us to go hang out at Daniels, but we wanted to go to our house and we didn't have a key, so we had daniel back is truck up and got Robert to jump on the bed of the truck and then onto the roof. He opened Shelby's window which was unlocked and then opened the door for us. They left and me and Shelby got dressed to go hang out at Micheal's. We weren't supposed to take Shelby's car, but Shelby figured out the code to the neighbors garage so we got it out and went to Micheal's. We hung out there for a little while, then his dad asked us to go see if Home Depot was open to get stuff. It wasn't, but on the way back we heard on the radio that there was a seven pm curfew for driving, and it was already 7:30. Cell phones were still down so we couldn't call our mom. His parents said we could spend the night there, and I'm sure my mom was freaking out but we texted her and hoped it would get through eventually. Micheal, his little brother who's about my age, my sister and me all stayed up playing cards and stuff and had so much fun because they're the cutest boys ever.
When I got up, Shelby drove her car to some kids house for him to take it back to my Mom's so she didn't know Shelby drove. My mom picked us up and we thought she'd be mad but she wasn't. Apparently Daisy AKA the most retarted dog ever got out so we had to go look for her. I swear we looked ALL day and she was no where to be found but my grandparents lived in a huge neighborhood so she could be anywhere. We drove around on my grandpa's golfcart and handed out numbers in case they saw her. While we were around we saw so many trees through roofs and it was really sad. Around seven the neighbors said they had seen her on the golf course, so me, mom and Shelby went to look for her. We saw her, and me and Shelby started chasing her but she's retarted and got scared and ran away. I must have chased her for two miles before she got away from me. Dumb dog. We went back a little later and I eventually got her.
We finally went home, then went to Shogun because it was like the only restaurant open. Now we're back at my dad's house because he has electricity (which I love!!) and Marybeth's about to come over and we're going to get "fucked up". Her words.
Oh, and no school until at least Thursday, but most likely not at all this week and maybe next week. It could be up to three. Oh well :D
Everyone in my Media Lit/Video Production class is an idiot. I'm the only freshman in there and about six people cheated off me/asked me to explain the question to them. It was like "What's three ways technology has impacted society?". Not a hard question, right? Yeah, well the majority of the people in there said something like, "Uh...they made DVDs!". God, so stupid. And then the teacher called on me and I was like, "Uh... communication, production, advertisment, etc." and this kid goes, "WOAH! Smart girl!" I just kind of laughed because it's just an easy class. We watched "Will It Blend" for like half of it.
I still can't understand my geometry teacher. That's going to be an issue.
I came home from school and slept foreverrrrrrr so I'm not tired now. And I want ice cream. Random.
I woke up wayyyyyyyyyyyyy to early today. Around 10:30. Dad was talking on the phone downstairs and he was being loud, plus my dog was laying on my feet and I couldn't move, AND I had to pee. I just have all sorts of problems.
Anyway, after I begrudgingly got out of bed, I just hung out for a while. Dad had a meeting so I just chilled. Later on I had to get ready for band practice and showered and stuff, but Audrey texted me last minute saying she couldn't pick me up until a litlte later. At this point I hadn't got dressed yet, so I just got on the computer.
Well then a little later she texted me and said she was on her way, so I was like, "Oh shit." and went and threw on jeans and a shirt. Bad idea, considering it was around 102 degrees today. So freaking hot.
Me and Audrey got to Joes, and we had to wait for thirty mintues for Alyssa to show up. We decided we're going to write our own music because we don't want to do covers. Anyway, we actually had an intro that sounded good, but when we plugged in our guitars is sounded like shit. So we were bummed.
Alyssa showed up and we played around for a little while and then got hungry, so we walked up to Wood Fired Pizza. I was DIEING in my jeans and I was wearing a black shirt, too. Not helpful. Anyway, by the time we walked up there we were all sweaty and hot, and then we find out the place didn't open for another thirty minutes. We were pissed, but decided we weren't going to walk all the way back to his house right then, so we just waited outside the place for a half hour. People kept walking by and looking at us weird, so we'd look at them weird back. Finally the place opened and we walked in as soon as the guy took offf the "sorry, we're closed sign" and he laughed at us and told us we could have waited inside. We were like, "You could have told us that, man!" Anyway, Joe paid because he's rich and a gentleman. We were waiting at the tables and they had these weird facts books on the table and Joe opened one and I was like, "Hey Nicki, did you know that tapeworms have like, a million sex organs? That's the most any creature has." and I was like, "Nah, I'm pretty sure Audrey has more than that." and he started laughing and Audrey heard her name and was like, "What??" because she wasn't paying attention, and then we started laughing harder. It was funny.
When we finished eating we walked back to Joe and my dad picked me up, and I chilled then took my dogs on a walk around the pond. They kept chasing the ducks and it was cute.
After that I went home and just relaxed again. Dad had left for a meeting and I'm home alone.
Oh, and Freshman orientations in a week in a half. Fun! Not.
Today was mostly boring. I can't seem to sleep past 11 lately, which is seriously annoying.
I finished Unbelievable today, then spent the rest of the day texting Shelby and rubbing it in her face that I knew how the story ended. She kept trying to get me to tell her how it ends. Not going to happen.
I just got back from eating at Quiznos with my dad, L, and Seth. Seth's too cute, seriously. I love him to pieces. Whenever he sees me he gets all excited and starts waving and it's just the most adorable thing ever. I wouldn't mind a step brother if he was it.
Anyway, while we were eating I saw Ashley and Gabby walk by. They were walking to Subway from the gym and I ran out and said hello, and Ashley told me about her recent drama and I pretended to care. Haha, I'm so nice.
I'm sure something the remainder of my day will be just as thrilling as the earlier part.
A lot has been going lately. I want to write one long entry so I guess I'll do that tomorrow when I get home. Right now I have to go get ready to PARTY!
The maids woke me up at 9:30, and I was less than happy about that. It wore off fast though, because they're so cute and sweet. The only think I hate about having them come is that it seems like wherever I go they want to clean. I'm on the computer, they want to clean my desk, I'm in bed, they want to make it, I'm on the couch, they want to vacuum in front of it. I sound like such a spoiled brat, but it was annoying because I was so freaking tired this morning and I just wanted quiet.
Anyway, me and my dad were supposed to go get waffles, but he decided he was going out to lunch with his girlfriend, so he just went and picked some up instead. Kind of a cop out, if you ask me. I was a little bummed, but hey, I still got waffles. So yeah, I sat around and was lazy while I ate and dad went out. Then I was all full and tried to go back to sleep but I never can, so I just chilled.
Eventually I prepared myself for the day, which is an accomplishment for me. I get so lazy in the summer. Dad came back home and picked me up and we drove to Barnes and Noble. I love being in the car with my dad, we roll all the windows and the sunroof down and just blast our music, and he lets me control the radio. My mom and sister always bitch about my music but Dad's chill. Anyway, we went to the book store and I got the fourth Pretty Little Liars book. It's such a Tweenie book but one of my many guilty pleasures. I gave Shelby the book to read at work and she keeps texting me asking about what happens. It's pretty cute and I'm glad she's reading.
After that me and dad went to Soccer Center to get me fit for my uniform. I was only about a month late for it and the last one on my team to do it, but I never wear my uniform anyway because I'm the goalie. I'm really excited for soccer to start again. I miss my team and JUAN CARLOS and everything about it.
After that we went to JC Penny to help Marsha carry a mirror back to her house. Marsha's my dads friend who owns the bar up the street and she just adores both me and my dad. She's so sweet. So anyway, we talked to her at her gorgeous house for a little while, then headed back home.
In a little while Ashley's going to pick me up and we're going to hang out at the movie theater. It'll be weird because I haven't hung out with basically any of my school friends in FOREVER but I'm kind of excited. It'll be good getting back to that sort of environment for a little while.
Me, Shelbs and Dad went jetskiing today. It was so fun, and next time we're going to rent a speed boat so we can tube and stuff. Right now I'm just hanging out, home alone (suprise suprise). Dad's out somewhere with L.
Oh, oh. My dad's taking me to this old asian fortune teller guy. I don't know if it's real or anything but it should be fun.
I want to go to the music store tomorrow and buy a 12-string. Kim sent me $200 dollar so I might as well spend it. Dad will spot me the rest, I'm sure. I seriously love him these days. He's pretty much become my best friend.
Okay this was random and pointless, but I felt the need to right it down. I want to come back in a couple years and read everything I did these days.
OH OH! I can't believe I forgot! Oh my god, dad said we could move into the loop next year and I could audition for this Performing Arts High School. It would be so amazing if I got in there, but it's really tough. I'm so nervous and auditions aren't even for a year, and I'd have to leave all my friends and stuff. But still, it'd totally be worth it.
Another boring summer day. I'm totally bummed because the battery to my Crafter and to my distortion pedal went dead. It sucks because rocking out has been my main source of entertainment for the past few days.
Oh, my dad pulled out my old keyboard and I've been coming familiar with piano again. It's good to be able to pick something up so easily again like that. I've learned a lot about octives and stuff since I played pianio, so I was even able to play a couple songs by ear.
So I'm bored, and I guess I'll do a survey:
First off, what's your name? Nicki
Fourteen
Texas
No one's that lucky at the moment..
Steven
Father.
Dark Green
Dark Brown
Zero
Probably
Rarely
Gross, no.
In some aspects, yes
I don't do anything I don't want to.
Me and my dad are going to spend a Christmas vaction going snow mobile-ing up North, then we're going to fly to Mexico to hit the beach.
Watermelon
Mango
Both
Eh, neither
There really wasn't a "popular one" but I hung out with the popular kids, and everyone knew who I was
Actress or Musician
Yeah
I don't know the time, but November 19th, 1993
Mad TV
No Idea
Muffin
Caramel Frappacino
Everything from Hollister, Abercrombie, Forever 21, Hot Topic, WALMART!!
Yeah
Used to have braces, wear a retainer at night. Sexy.