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2008-12-03T07:25:28Z

Christmas Gift Toy & MySpace Layouts at pYzam.com

Voting

2008-11-04T15:17:01Z

Okay kiddies, make sure you get out and vote today! That is, if you aren't from Oregon. And if you are, I sure hope you've mailed in your ballots long ago! :D

hieis_girl1 @ 2008-10-31T12:41:00

2008-10-31T20:00:51Z

Stolen from junkofbob

2008-06-04T05:25:45Z

..The Basics..
Birthday? August
Age you act? Sometimes
Age you wish you were? 17
Height? 5'8"
Eye color? Blue
Happy with it? Mhm

Hair color? Blonde
Left/right/ambidextrous? Right
Your living arrangement? Dorm until next week. Then home!
Family? I have 'em
Job? Grocery store
Piercings? 2 in left ear, 3 in right
Tattoos? None yet
Obsessions? Reading, writing, music
Can you speak another language? Some Spanish, more Japanese, going to learn German
Favorite quote? "How happy is the blameless vestal's lot? The world forgetting by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. Each prayer accepted, each wish resigned."
-Alexander Pope

..Deep Thoughts..
Do you live in the moment? A majority of the time
Do you consider yourself tolerant of others? I can be
Do you have any secrets? Who doesn't?
Do you hate yourself? At times
Do you like your handwriting? Sometimes. It changes- even when I'm writing the same thing
Do you have any bad habits? Don't we all?
What is the compliment you get most from people? You're good-looking/beautiful -_-;
If a movie was made about your life, what would it be called? "When Insanity Ensues"
What's your biggest fear? Spiders and clowns (except Trowa ^___^)

Can you sing? Horribly
Do you ever pretended to be someone else just to look cool? Nope
Are you a loner? I can be, but for the most part no
If you were another person, would you want to be friends with you? I try to be the kind of person I'd want to be friends with...So I guess so
Are you a daredevil? Not as much as I want to be
Is there anything you fear/hate about yourself? Unwillingness to get involved in an argument with someone very close to me
Are you passive or aggressive? Aggressive
What is your greatest strength and weakness? strength: being there for my friends when they need it, weakness: Lack of motivation most of the time
If you could change one thing about yourself? My ability to deal with conflict (or lack there of)
There are three choices, love, beauty & creativity, which one do you choose? Creativity
How do you vent? To certain friends, writing, listening to music
Do you think you are emotionally strong? Depends on the situation
Is there anything you regret doing/not doing? Yes
Do you think life has been good so far? Could be better, could be worse
What is the most important lesson you've learned from life? If you want something, fight for it- I agree with Just Bob
What do you like most about your body? Eyes and height
and least? Flabby gut
Do you find yourself attractive? Rarely
Are you confident? Sometimes
Do people know how you feel? Most of the time
Are you perceived wrongly? At times

..Do you?..
Smoke? Hell no
Do drugs? You're joking, right?
Read the newspaper? Yupp

Pray? No
Go to church? No
Talk to strangers who IM you? Only to ask if I know them
Sleep with stuffed animals? They're taking over
Take walks in the rain? Yupp
Talk to people even though you hate them? Sometimes
Drive? Yes
Like to drive fast? If I had a car

..Have you ever?..
Hurt yourself? Who hasn't unintentionally?
Been out of the country? Canada and Mexico
Been in love? Yes
Gone skinny dipping? Nope
Had surgery? Nope
Ran away from home? No
Played strip poker? Nope
Got beaten up? In karate
Been picked on? All through elementary school
Been on stage? Not for a while
Slept outdoors? Camping!

Pulled an all-nighter? Once or twice
Talked on the phone all night? No
Slept together with someone of the opposite sex but didn't have sex? A lot this year
Slept all day? Only when I was sick
Killed someone? Uh...no
Made out with a stranger? No
Had sex at all? Yes
Thought you were going crazy? Thought? Going?
Kissed the same sex? Yes
Been betrayed? Yes
Had a dream that came true? Do you count deja vu?
Met someone famous? Dale Earnheardt Sr. and Sammy Carlson (before he was famous)
Killed an animal by accident? No
Stolen anything? Yeah
Been on the radio/TV? TV
Been in a mosh-pit? Nope
Had a nervous breakdown? Once
Bungee jumped? Nope
Had a reoccurring dream? I think so

..Clothing..
Shoe brand? Converse
Clothing brand? Disney
Scent? Roses, rain and natural pine
Normal attire? Jeans, t-shirt and jacket
Do you wear hats? Yeah
Do you wear make-up? Rarely. Only for special occasions
Favorite place to shop? Borders, Hot Topic
Favorite article of clothing? Black t-shirt with a red multi-layered heart
Are you trendy? Nope
Would you rather wear a uniform to school? No

..Beliefs..
Life on other planets? There's something on Mars!! lol
Miracles? Yes
Astrology? No
Magic? No
God? No
Satan? No
Santa? No
Ghosts? Yes
Luck? Yeah
Love? Yes
Love at first sight? No, love grows over time
Yin & Yang? Kinda
Is it possible to be faithful forever? Yes
Is there a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow? If there were an end, maybe
Do you wish on stars? When I remember to

..Love..
Do you remember your first love? Yes
Still love him/her? Yes
Do you consider love a mistake? No
What do you find romantic? roses, spontaneity, simple things- Totally agree with Just Bob
Turn-ons? Glasses, slight nerdiness, passionate about something
Turn-off? Self-centered jerks
Do you go more by looks or personality? First looks, then personality
Do you think the opposite sex finds you attractive? Apparently so
What is best about the opposite sex? Never know what they're going to do for you
and worst? Never know what they're going to do
What's the last present someone gave you? Dinner from Lee
Are you in love? I'll always love the first guy I fell for. Other than him, no

..The last person who..
You laughed at? KC
You went shopping with? KC and Andrew
Broke your heart? Andrew and David....*sigh*
Disappointed you? Matt and David
Made you cry? My grandfather (because I miss him)
Brightened your day? Ryan
You thought about? Kamon
You saw a movie with? KC. That 7 mile walk was fun :D
You talked to on the phone? Daddy
You talked to on IM? Kevin
You saw? RA at the front desk
You lost? David
You told off? Someone in the group prolly....
You trusted? Ryan and myself

..When was the last time you?..
Smiled? Couple minutes ago
Laughed? Walking back from guitar
Cried? Not too long ago
Bought something? Dinner at 5:30 or so
Danced? Standing around, waiting for something
Were sarcastic? When am I not? See? lol
Hugged someone? Today
Talked to an ex? Couple days ago
Watched your favorite movie? Quite a while
Had a nightmare? A while ago
Talked on the phone? Earlier today
Listened to the radio? Driving back here the other week
Watched TV? Last week
Went out? Always for foodz
Helped someone? Today
Were mean? Friday night
Sang? Often tonight
Saw a movie in a theater? Indiana Jones on Memorial Day
Said "I love you"? Sometime to Ryan not long ago
Missed someone? Always

hieis_girl1 @ 2007-05-30T07:46:00

2007-05-30T14:44:33Z

I've got to join in on this because I think it's complete bull shit what the lj mods are doing.

If you believe in freedom of speech, and getting your word out on things that are problematic, and can do something to help others avoid it, then please follow suit and post this letter in your lj as well.

Dear LJ:
I was quite appalled to hear about your mass-deletion of communities and journals with what you deemed as 'triggering' interests. Some of us have survived Rape. Some of us have survived abuse. And some of us wish to speak up and help others. How can we do that if you're taking away what we use to help those in need?
Have you even researched this "Warriors For Innocence"? Now what about the countless others who will not benefit from this deletion? What about the countless molesters who will now be driven further underground?
What about the countless members who have survived abuse, who have survived rape, and are now, finally, proud to stand up and say that they have... only for LJ to tell them that they can't?
Now what will we do? Now what source will we have to share our stories and our knowledge with others, now that your once-valuable source has been so ruthlessly and thoughtlessly taken away?
You were once one of the voices that helped make us strong as a united front.

And now your silence in the fight deafens me. Your silence speaks volumes, as much now as it will ever speak. Your silence is like a slap in the face to those of us who have survived the rape, survived the abuse, and are now, or will soon, learn to stand again, learn to live again, learn to function again.
I, personally, hope that you never experience what I have. And if that does happen, I hope that this very same silence never crosses your path.

Respectfully,
Krys

hieis_girl1 @ 2007-05-22T12:44:00

2007-05-22T20:46:49Z

Got this from jimidragon

Read this. Absorb this. Repeat this. Link to this.
Public entry. Screened comments.

There are many factors for why the media and social views exist today.

1) Money makes the world go around. If everyone was happy with how they looked, would anyone sell makeup? How about diet plans? How about fitness programs? How about fashion magazines?

If people were happy the way they looked, they wouldn't read articles that say "100 Ways to Make You Look Better and Not Like the Slug I Just Ran Over".

2) We focus on the wrong thing. Sometimes people point out each other's flaws to make themselves feel better, or to reinforce an opinion of what is good or bad. Why do we need to focus on flaws? Why not focus on the super-awesome?

3) "Ordinary" people need to realize different availability. This is a bit dense, so everyone reading please bear with me. While fresh fruit and vegetables are available to everyone, don't you think that celebrities--whom everyone seems to idolize--will ALWAYS have it better than us "ordinary" folks?

3a) For one, they're photo-shopped. What was it, that Dove commercial that showed that girl getting everything on her face altered to become a model? Everyone has skin blemishes, unless one is rich enough to burn/cut/melt them off. Or they are on a magazine and edited off.

3b) For another, celebrities don't have to ever worry about how to get the best food. Celebrities can eat exotic fruits and vegetables freshly prepared at their table without lifting a finger if they so choose. They get the best nutrition because they can afford it. If by chance they ever get sick, they can afford the best doctors.

3c) Celebrities can look young forever with the plastic surgery they can afford. If most of them ever got attacked by a flesh-eating disease, a lot of their bodies would be inedible.

So there's the deal. If you want to compare yourself to Goddess McHotty and Manly McHunky, be my guest. If you want an honest opinion of how you look in a positive light, come find me.

hieis_girl1 @ 2007-01-03T11:00:00

2007-01-03T19:00:21Z

stolen from supergirl5

1. The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck
2. The Crucible Arthur Miller
3. On the Road Jack Kerouac
4. Three Theban Plays, (The Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus) Sophocles
5. The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer
6. Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller
7. Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck
8. East of Eden John Steinbeck
9. The Odyssey Homer
10. The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne
11. The Epic of Gilgamesh
12. The Iliad Homer
13. The Last Days of Socrates (Euthyphro; The Apology; Crito; Phaedo) Plato
14. Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad
15. Utopia Thomas More
16. Great Expectations Charles Dickens
17. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain
18. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Frederick Douglass
19. Candide Francois Voltaire (Author)
20. Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte
21. The Awakening and Selected Stories Kate Chopin
22. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man James Joyce
23. Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories Washington Irving
24. Confessions Augustine
25. My Antonia Willa Cather
26. The Oresteia (Agamemnon; Libation Bearers; Eumenides) Aeschylus
27. Moby-Dick Herman Melville
28. The Adventures of Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes
29. The Divine Comedy (Volume 1: Inferno) Dante Alighieri
30. Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
31. Cannery Row John Steinbeck
32. Frankenstein Mary Shelley
33. The Prince Niccolo Machiavelli
34. The End of the Affair Graham Greene
35. Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
36. The Koran
37. The Power and the Glory Graham Greene
38. Black Lamb and Grey Falcon Rebecca West
39. A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens
40. Hamlet William Shakespeare
41. The Winter of Our Discontent John Steinbeck
42. Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair Pablo Neruda
43. The Republic Plato
44. The Razor's Edge W. Somerset Maugham
45. The Histories Herodotus
46. Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman
47. Siddhartha Hermann Hesse
48. Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe
49. The Moon Is Down John Steinbeck
50. The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides
51. The Theban Plays (King Oedipus; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone) Sophocles (this was on here twice because of two different translators, but ignore that fact)
52. Dubliners James Joyce
53. The Communist Manifesto Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, A. J. P. Taylor
54. Ethan Frome Edith Wharton
55. Medea and Other Plays Euripides
56. The Autobiography and Other Writings Benjamin Franklin
57. Winesburg, Ohio Sherwood Anderson
58. Passing Nella Larsen
59. The Pearl John Steinbeck
60. The Twelve Caesars Suetonius
61. The Letters of Abelard and Heloise Peter Abelard, Heloise
62. Eichmann in Jerusalem Hannah Arendt
63. The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde
64. Gravity's Rainbow Thomas Pynchon
65. Common Sense Thomas Paine
66. The Jungle Upton Sinclair
67. Northanger Abbey Jane Austen
68. Othello William Shakespeare
69. Lysistrata and Other Plays Aristophanes (Author)
70. Leviathan Thomas Hobbes
71. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
72. Hard Times Charles Dickens
73. A Doll's House and Other Plays Henrik Ibsen
74. Travels with Charley in Search of America John Steinbeck
75. Walden, or Life in the Woods, and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience Henry David Thoreau
76. Little Women Louisa May Alcott
77. King Lear William Shakespeare
78. The Decameron Giovanni Boccaccio
79. The Log from the Sea of Cortez John Steinbeck
80. The Ramayana R. K. Narayan
81. The House of Mirth Edith Wharton
82. The Tempest William Shakespeare
83. Seize the Day Saul Bellow
84. Les Miserables Victor Hugo
85. We Yevgeny Zamiatin (Author)
86. The Complete Poems of Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker
87. The Social Contract Jean-Jacques Rousseau
88. Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift
89. The Quiet American Graham Greene
90. Revelations of Divine Love Julian of Norwich
91. Herzog Saul Bellow
92. Henderson the Rain King Saul Bellow
93. Beyond Good and Evil Friedrich Nietzsche
94. The Age of Innocence Edith Wharton
95. The Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ Friedrich Nietzsche
96. Daisy Miller Henry James
97. The Bhagavad-Gita
98. Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen
99. The Metamorphoses Ovid
100. Sister Carrie Theodore Dreiser

1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
65. Mort, Terry Pratchett
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie

The titles in bold are ones you've read, titles in italics are ones you own.

meme

2006-11-29T22:14:43Z

Stolen from jiffner
1. How old will you be in five years?

2. Who did you spend at least two hours with today? My buddy Ben

3. How tall are you? 5'7"

4. What do you look forward to most in the next six weeks? X-mas break

5. What's the last movie you saw? Happy Feet <3 <3 <3

6. Who was the last person you called? Kira (yesterday)

7. Who was the last person to call you? Dylan's brother (don't ask why. I don't know)

8. What was the last text message you received?'Where did you guys go?'

9. Who was the last person to leave you a voicemail? My dad

10. Do you prefer to call or text? Either, but calls if I'm running out of texts

11. What were you doing at 12am last night? Sleeping, like any sane person would

12. Are your parents married/separated/divorced? married

13. When is the last time you saw your mom? This morning

14. What color are your eyes? Blue

15. What time did you wake up today? 6:30

16. What are you wearing right now? Jeans, 2 shirts, and 2 track jackets

17. What is your favorite christmas song? 'Feliz Navidad' by Jose Feliciano

18. Where is your favorite place to be? My room

19. Where is your least favorite place to be? Anywhere with people I don't like

20. Where would you go if you could go anywhere? England and Scottland

21. Where do you think you'll be in 10 years? Graduated from college, and living hopefully in England

22. Do you tan or burn? Tan

23. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child? Clowns

24. What was the last thing that really made you laugh? Totoro Shingo (don't ask...)

25. How many TVs do you have in your house? 4

26. How big is your bed? full day bed

27. Do you have a laptop or desktop computer? desktop, but I want a laptop

28. Do you sleep with or without clothes on? With

29. What color are your sheets? Blue with penguins

30. How many pillows do you sleep with? Too many to count

31. What is your favorite season? Fall

32. What do you like about fall? Colours of leaves

33. What do you like about winter? x-mas break, snow

34. What do you like about the summer? my birthday

35. What do you like about spring? spring break, school is almost out

36. How many states/provinces have you lived in? 1

37. What cities/towns have you lived in? 1

38. Do you prefer shoes, socks, or bare feet? shoes

39. Are you a social person? yes

40. What was the last thing you ate? cup of noodles

41. What is your favorite restaurant? I don't know...

42. What is your favorite ice cream? Chocolate

43. What is your favorite dessert? ice cream

44. What is your favorite kind of soup? chicken noodle

45. What kind of jelly do you like on your PB & J sandwich? either strawberry or blackberry

46. Do you like Chinese food? some

47. Do you like coffee? only starbucks frappachinos

48. How many glasses of water, a day, do you drink on average? 1-3

49. What do you drink in the morning? Orange juice

50. What non-banking related card in your wallet is the most valuable to you? Permit

51. Do you sleep on a certain side of the bed? There's only one side to my bed

52. Do you know how to play poker? Sort of

53. Do you like to cuddle? Hells yeah

54. Have you ever been to Canada? Yerp, twice

55. Do you have an addictive personality? ...maybe...*uber huggles Hiei plushie*

56. Do you eat out or at home more often? Home

57. What do you miss about highschool, if anything? Still in high school

58. Do you know anyone with the same birthday as you? Yerp. My mom, and a guy I met in Seattle at SakuraCon

59. Do you want kids? yes

60. Do you speak any other languages? Japanese and some spanish that I manage to remember

61. Have you ever gotten stitches? nope

62. Have you ever ridden in an ambulance? nope

63. Do you prefer an ocean or a pool? ocean

64. Do you prefer a window seat or an aisle seat? window

65. Do you know how to drive stick? nope

66. What is your favorite thing to spend money on? manga

67. Do you wear any jewelry 24/7? yes

68. What is your favorite TV show? Lost, House, CSI, NCIS

69. Can you roll your tongue? Yes

70. Who is the funniest person you know? I don't know....a lot of my friends are funny

71. Do you sleep with stuffed animals? Hells yes

72. What is the main ring tone on your phone? 'Sweet Child O' Mine' by Guns N' Roses

73. Do you still have clothes from when you were little? Nope

74. What red object is closest to you right now? My shirt

75. Do you turn off the water while you brush your teeth? Yes

76. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed? It's usually open

77. Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of bees? I don't know....

78. Do you flirt a lot? Yeah

79. What do you dip a chicken nugget in? either ketchup or BBQ sauce

80. What is your favorite food? Dunno...

81. Can you change the oil on a car? Kind of

82. Have you ever gotten a speeding ticket? Nope

83. Have you ever run out of gas? Nope

84. What is your usual bedtime? 10:00-11:00

85. What was the last book you read? Eragon

86. Do you read the newspaper? Do the comics count?

87. Do you have any magazine subscriptions? Yes

89. Do you watch soap operas? Nope

90. Do you dance in the car? sometimes

91. What radio station did you last listen to? 103.3

92. Who is in the picture frame closest to you? No frames in the school library

93. What was the last note you scribbled on a piece of paper? SAT scores

94. What is your favorite candle scent? hot coco...that's really yummy smelling!

95. What is your favorite board game? I dunno

97. When was the last time you attended church? 1 1/2 years ago

98. Who was your favorite teacher in high school? Mrs. Peters

99. What is the longest you have ever camped out in a tent? 2 weeks

100. Who was the last person to do something extra special for you? My best friend

hieis_girl1 @ 2006-11-22T10:52:00

2006-11-22T18:52:23Z

DEATH
Death is all around us
There's no way to get around it,
No way to get away from it.
It constantly searches for
Someone new to wrap
It's cloak around and
Take from the world
It's something no one will
Ever be able to stop
No matter how much
They wish it to

Last night, a girl that graduated from my high school two years ago was found dead in a river on her way back to Oregon State after a weekend at Diamond Lake. I have known her since elemantary school, along with her younger brother who is two years younger than me.

Tigard High Graduate and Student Death count
Christina Allen Suicide 2004
Lukus Glenn Shot and killed by police September, 2006
Quinn Truong Car crash, drowned Last weekend

I'm so paradoid at the moment. We've lost 3 Tigard kids in 3 years, 2 in the last 2 months. I feel cursed, like something is going to happen to me. I hate it.

I cried so long last night after I watched the news, where I found out about Quinn's death. I went to school today, and found the teacher I had for Accounting, which was the class that I had with Quinn two years ago. It was horrible. I feel horrible for this school, losing two graduates in such a short time.

hieis_girl1 @ 2006-11-19T13:36:00

2006-11-19T21:36:53Z

Yeay! I went and saw 'Happy Feet' on friday with Ros. And I got to see the trailer for OotP! It's so awesome! I can't wait till July to see it!

Since I'm all hung up about OotP at the moment, people may comment and leave anything to do with HP (pictures, fanfics, fanfic ideas, etc) and I will gladly enjoy them!

hieis_girl1 @ 2006-11-19T13:28:00

2006-11-19T21:28:10Z

stolen from bubbly

...and which lesser Harry Potter character are you?

hieis_girl1 @ 2006-11-10T14:56:00

2006-11-10T22:56:50Z

Well, here's the picture that caused me to become Gundam Wing fanfic obsessed. I'll have the fic that went with the picture later on. I don't have it with me as I'm at Rosien's house at the moment.

hieis_girl1 @ 2006-11-06T09:55:00

2006-11-06T17:55:20Z

YEAY!!!!!!!!!!! Rupert Grint and Julie Walters are staring in a movie together! Other than Harry Potter! It's called Driving Lessons. It looks really good. But the A&E gave it a C-. They suck. I so want to see it. Mainly becuse Rupert is in it! LOL.

Oh! I have a ficlet that I'm going to post, once I find the picture that inspred it.

I've returned from Hell

2006-11-05T03:47:35Z

Waaahh!!!! I took my SAT test this morning...as did Kate and Evan and Sam and Davis and Zanroe....all at Beaverton High School. I think I did pretty good on them. Oh! And Kate and I ran into one of the guys from our old church youth group! He was taking the SATs this morning also. It was funn talking with him, especially since it's been a couple years since I've seen him.

Want to know what the best part of the SATs was? I got to take them in the Japanese room! It was awesome! I got to read all the signs they had in there when I wasn't answering questions. It was really amusing. Especially since there were a lot of things hanging up on the walls that Noriko-sensei has in her room. I was really amused.

So yeah, SATs are over and now I get to send in applications to Oregon State and U of Oregon......funn......

hieis_girl1 @ 2006-11-01T14:49:00

2006-11-01T22:49:24Z

Yeay! Krys' application got accepted to Poseidon Academy and now I can RP with him! Now I just need to wait for Darcy's application to get accepted!

But Krys might actually get to have a friend...which is very weird since he's all emo and that...it's going to be intersting to see how things are going to turn out......

family, sexuality

2006-10-25T17:42:13Z

Well, here's an update on my whole parental-angst thing. My mom is still being a bitch about it, and she's now acting like it was a bad dream and never actually happened. But my dad and I talked for a little last night and he said that he would support me on whatever my choices are. But then he also said to keep it under wraps with my mom's family because they're uber conservative, and he said that I didn't need all the controversy just before I leave for college (I think he's thinking more money from other people for me to go to college...LOL).

I guess I can live with that, for now. But once I'm in school, I'm not going to hide it anymore.

I just want to say thank you to all of you that commented on my last post and are supporting me in all this. You guys are the best, even though I only know a couple of you IRL. I don't know what I would do without the support of my friends on here!

Angst

2006-10-24T02:55:14Z

OMFG!!!! I can't believe my mom! I finally told her that I'm bi, and what does she do? She doesn't beleive me because I 'haven't shown any signs'. Want to know why I haven't? Because I've been hiding it from you because I knew you'd react like this!!! And I over heard my parents talking about it. My mom said that if I don't change, then she'll kick me out! I can't believe her! I started crying when I heard her say that! At least my dad was defending me and saying I don't have a choice in whether I'm bi or not (yeay for psychology). She thinks that I've been pressured into being bi because my friends are either bi or gay. She doesn't know that I've realized I was bi for almost two years (since sophmore year). She doesn't know that I've had two girlfriends, and that I've had a crush on Kira for a long time.

I can't beleive my mom would do something like this! Why can't she just accept that I'm not like her and let me live my life the way I want? And you want to know what else she said? After she saw one of my shounen-ai stories on the computer? 'I didn't raise you to be like that.' Can you believe that?! I seriously want to leave this house like, right now. That would be the best thing to happen to me at the moment.

Gods! I hate this house! This is why I wasn't planning on telling my parents the truth until I left for college.

Just to warn you Kate and Kira, if I'm not too happy during the field trip tomorrow, this is why.

movies, college, osu, u of o, friends, work

2006-10-23T17:12:21Z

Waaa.....I haven't posted in a while! But there hasn't been much to update on.

Well, two weekends ago (14th) I went down to Corvallis and visited the Oregon State campus for a campus visit, and I got to see two of my friends who are down there, one who is attending OSU, and one that moved back to Corvallis. It was really awesome to see them.

Then last weekend was busy. On Thursday, Kate, Kira, Emily and I went to see 'The Prestige'. It's really awesome. I really liked it. Kira was saying that I have to see 'The Illusionist' since they're both about the same thing (magicians and is magic real and all that stuff). Then on Friday my mom and I drove down to Eugene to go to U of Oregon's campus visit on Saturday (Duck Preview). I saw people from school there also, so it was amusing.

Then on Sunday I had to work.....I was cleaning the ENTIRE 8 hours I worked. I hate inspections......I'm so glad they only happen once a year....and this is the only time I'll ever have to go through it since I'll be gone by next October. Yeay for college! LOL And now I don't have to work again through Halloween. Lucky me. LOL

Well, that's about it for now.....there are some other things, but I don't want to turn all emo at the moment.

Jaa ne!

hieis_girl1 @ 2006-10-16T10:49:00

2006-10-16T17:54:00Z

Okay...I am royaly confused. On my info page, the links to all the Hogwarts Home comms disappeared, and when I went into the Slytherin house comm, my last post in there was gone. The last post was the one that I made in AUGUST! What's going on with the comm? And what's with the sudden mass of apps for hh_sorting? And with the improper subject heading? Someone wish to explain to me what's going on? Or is LJ just being evil again?

hieis_girl1 @ 2006-10-11T10:49:00

2006-10-11T17:49:49Z

Happy National Coming Out Day for the US of A!

What's with all the angst?

2006-10-03T18:02:35Z

Reading through my FList, I've noticed that a lot of people are being very angsty about things.

What's up with all the angst? None of you are Sumeragi Subaru...as far as I know...So why all the annoyiance and hate and angstyness all of a sudden?

Luke Glenn's memorial

2006-10-02T17:06:39Z

Well, on Saturday (30th) I went to the memorial for Luke Glenn (the kid who got killed by police two weeks ago). I met up with a bunch of my friends and we all sat together. I don't really know what to say about it. It was unbelievable. 600+ people showed up for the service. The auditorium was filled. I mean, there were people standing because there weren't any seats left.

I had all this stuff that I wanted to say about the service, but now I don't know what to say, or what I should say. It's weird. It's like I'm not allowed to say anything about it out of respect for the Glenn family. But I want to becase I want people to know how much this kid was loved by not only his friends and family, but the community.

I guess since there's nothing more for me to say, I'm going to end this post. I'll be back later with more random things. I might post about Kate's birthday party Saturday night.

hieis_girl1 @ 2006-09-23T21:18:00

2006-09-24T04:22:48Z

EEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!! The Covanant is awesome! I saw it with Brandon, Aki-kun, Trevor, and Sam last night! It's awesome! The only things I didn't like were the spiders (EWE!) and the fact that the movie was predictable. I liked the Harry Potter reference at the beginning though. Where...Reed (I think) said 'Harry Potter kiss my ass' just before their car lifted up into the air. But the best part? The part with Chase and Kaleb. Where Chase attacked kaleb (when didn't he?) in Kate's dorm room and then kissed him. That was amusing. LOL. I thought it was weird that there was a Kate, Kira and Sarah. Since I know people with those names. And two of them have lj's (kate and kira). well...off to sleep (soon) so I'm all rested to work at the Elton John concert tomorrow night. YEAY!

hieis_girl1 @ 2006-09-22T10:16:00

2006-09-22T17:25:49Z

Not much has been going on lately....most of the school is still shook up about Lukus, which isn't that much of a surprise. I think everyone's going to be talking about him until his memorial on the 30th. Which I want to go to.

I pulled out the Tigard Times (local newspaper) and read all 6 articles in there about what happened to Lukus. Including one that my friend Paul's dad wrote for the Soapbox (articles printed that are written by locals). I was surprised. I had no idea that Paul was such good friends with Lukus. Apaprently Paul just broke down and started crying when he heard about what happened to Lukus. Then another article was quoting Paul, and none of Lukus' other friends. I feel even worse about what happened because one of my friends was really close with Lukus.

On a better note, I might get to see Yoshi-kun when I go down to Corvallis on october 13th (yes, it is a Friday)! I haven't seen him in 15 months! I miss him a lot!!!! But now Rachel might go with me and my dad and we might get together with Matt and hang out for a while. And I also want to find Derek and Pattsie while I'm there since they go to OSU as well.

Apparently one of the girls in the japanese class that is going on during my Independent study class just won $5 for wearing Tiger gear. She was kind of confused...it was mildly amusing since it was Justin Karr who came in. He's an interesting person.....

That's all for now...I might be back later with more random, pointless information.

hieis_girl1 @ 2006-09-19T09:53:00

2006-09-19T17:17:06Z

I guess I should go into a little more detail about what happened to luke for those of you who don't live in northern Oregon. Luke Glenn was a graduate from my high school, Tigard High School. He was on the football team (one of the best kickers we ever had), and loved to play soccer and hang out with his friends. I never really knew him, but I saw him all the time in school. I always thought of him as the school's pretty boy. He was gorgeous! I mean, truely gorgeous. Here's what happened: This is an article from the Oregonian (Portland-based newspaper) website that was in our paper this morning written by Steven Duin. The last turn in the life of Lukus Glenn Tuesday, September 19, 2006 Duin: In front yard, Glenn a threat to only himself T wo irrational forces collided in Lukus Glenn's front yard early Saturday morning. Glenn, an 18-year-old with an attitude, was drunk on alcohol and anger. The sheriff's deputies from Washington County, armed with an attitude all their own, were high on adrenaline and low on patience. They also had an overwhelming advantage in firepower, leading to the inevitable funeral service and a few nagging questions about the self-described "conservator of the peace in Washington County." For the sheriff's office, "nagging" is the word. There are three distinct stages in this kind of police shooting -- the incident, the community reaction and the grand jury's official stamp of approval -- and this intermediate stage, fraught with shock and disbelief, is the only one that's not controlled by the guys with the badge and the guns. Society long ago decided cops get the benefit of the doubt when they face a threat with their finger on the trigger. That decision empowers the police at the scene and requires that DAs and grand juries hold them blameless. Only in this anguished middle ground is the need for deadly force met with any degree of skepticism. Washington County Sheriff Rob Gordon said in a statement Monday that his deputies were dispatched to Garden Home to confront a knife-wielding suspect "who was suicidal and out of control." They ordered Glenn to drop the knife. He didn't. A Tigard cop hit him with three rounds from a beanbag shotgun. Glenn didn't fall. Instead, he swiveled back toward his house, the night's last fatal turn. That's all the deputies needed to cut loose. To protect Glenn's family, Gordon said, "the deputies both shot the suspect." And sent several bullets roaring into the house, and past the family members they were trying to "protect." Said Gordon, "I always caution folks to hold their final opinion on issues such as this until all the facts are fully known." I respect that. Like the Glenn family and several other witnesses on the scene, I simply wish the two deputies had showed similar restraint. Even those who will memorialize Lukus Glenn this week agree he was drunk and depressed when he returned home at 2 a.m. Saturday and his parents refused to allow him to take his Yamaha dirt bike out on the road. No one but the Washington County sheriff's office, however, is arguing that he ever threatened anyone but himself. The knife Glenn held to his throat? David Lucas, 19, who arrived at the Glenn house before the deputies did and, along with several others, tried to calm his friend down, said it was a hookah knife, used to widen the holes in the tin foil through which the hookah hoses are inserted. "That's the knife I gave him for Christmas," Lucas said. "I was working at Big 5 and they had a six-pack of knives for sale. It's a three-inch knife with a plastic handle." The sheriff's deputies, everyone agrees, were frantically screaming at Glenn to drop that knife. "They're saying they tried to negotiate with him, which they did at no time," Lucas said. Although the deputies were supposedly trained in crisis management, neither stepped back or tried to calm Glenn down. "They just continued to yell at him. Over and over," Lucas said. "He was getting frustrated because they wouldn't talk to him. He asked Tony (Morales) to tell them to stop yelling." David Lucas will concede this: "Luke had a problem. When someone told him he couldn't do something, it would make him want to do it more." After a Tigard officer, who arrived as backup, rocked Glenn with the beanbag rounds, Lucas said, the county deputies opened fire almost immediately: "It wasn't like they shot him with a beanbag and waited for him to surrender. It happened all at once." Just what provoked the fatal shots? The sheriff's office initially said Glenn "started for the front door of the residence." Lucas said, "He took a step . . . and looked like he was going to take a second step toward the house." But Gordon's Monday statement said Glenn "started running" toward the house. "He had made threats, was armed, and was totally out of control. You don't have to search too deeply in media archives to find events where innocent family members are hurt or killed in these type of actions." I suppose that's true. But the deputies had reason to believe a significant barricade separated Glenn from those innocent family members. According to Lucas, when the deputies arrived, Glenn's parents were in the doorway to the house. "The cops told them to go inside and lock the doors," Lucas said. "The doors were locked. Or they should have been locked." That brings me to the last of my nagging questions. Sheriff's deputies were told Glenn was suicidal and out of control, yet expected him to respond rationally when confronted by two screaming strangers with guns drawn. Stranded in his front yard, Glenn was a threat to no one but himself, yet was shot and killed when he staggered away from several beanbag rounds and toward the home he might have perceived as sanctuary. On Sheriff Rob Gordon's advice, I'm reluctant to reach any conclusions before the facts are "fully known." But I have to ask: The next time a local teen-ager becomes unhinged and picks up a knife, what rational parent will dial 9-1-1? After the death of Lukus Glenn, what mother or father would expect help to arrive with the sheriff's deputies of Washington County? Well...that's what happened. What do you think of it? Do you think the police were right or wrong in what they did? I could go on and say what I believe they did wrong and let all you know my opinion, but I don't want to waste your time. I'll let you all believe what you want to believe, and not what I believe. I know some of you may agree with what I would say, and some of you wouldn't.