Thanksgiving

Today is thanksgiving and everywhere you look people are talking about what they are thankful for. So, I figured I should get into the spirit and do the same.

I'm thankful for my parents. For one, without them I wouldn't be here right now. And two, they are just the most awesomest people ever. They let me go to concerts, I don't have a curfew, they let me get piercings and tattoos. If I had any other people for my parents I would be a completely different person.

I'm thankful for all my family. I love them all. Even if we fight sometimes, I still love them. Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, I love them all. I don't know what I would do if my family was this great.

I'm thankful for music. I know, that one is kind of weird. But without music in my life, I wouldn't be me. Music means the world to me. I can't stand not being able to listen to anything. Just think about how boring your life would be if you didn't have anything to fill in the silence. My Chemical Romance, Panic! at the Disco, Mat Musto, Hot Chelle Rae, All Time Low, and a bazillion others. Especially All Time Low. I don't know what I would do without those guys. Oh, and I prefer CD's to MP3, in case you were wondering. Nothing beats going to a record store and buying and actual disk that you put in your car or stereo and listen to. Not only does it have a different sound quality, but CD's are forever. You can't just one day lose all your CD's, unlike MP3s. People need to keep buying CD's, I would be devastated it the record industry went out of business and everything was digital. I wouldn't be able to buy music anymore. So, please. I beg you: Buy an actual CD that you can hold in your hand, not just the digital copy.

I'm thankful for books. Actually, I'm thankful for words and people still read books, too. I know that in today's world everyone likes to have electronic books. I can't stand that idea. You miss out on the feel of the pages, and all that other good stuff that comes with actually holding a book in your hands. Words. What would we do without words. I love the fact that there are millions of words in the world and that any one is able to use them. People who read books. Without those people, there would be no point in my wanting to be an author. If people weren't reading books, there is no point to write books either. So, for all of you who love to read actual books, keep doing it. Please, I beg you.

So, that's what I'm thankful for in a nut shell. I'm sure there are other things, like my freedom, and stuff like that, but those are all things everyone is thankful for. It's kind of something that goes unsaid. Anyway, that's it. I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving. Make sure you eat lots of turkey and pumpkin pie. And if you don't like pumpkin pie, eat it anyway. Pumpkin pie is the most delicious pie ever invented and there is something seriously wrong with you if you don't like it. Seriously.

Anyway, eat all that delicious food and be thankful for it!

Sunday, November 20th

Before I say another word, I just want to say that I am terribly sorry that it has taken me so long to get this updated. I have been really busy lately. But, anyway, I hope you enjoy!

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After almost two weeks, I was still having a hard time dealing with the fact that my best friend, Tanya, was an alien. The new Tanya was exactly like the original and no one suspected anything, but I still knew the truth. Even after spending a bunch of time with her and her sister, I still wasn't used to it. Another thing I wasn't used to was talking to Alex Gaskarth. We had only spoken a few times in the almost two weeks since the incident. Each time I couldn't stop thinking about how awesome it was that he was not only talking to me, but he loved me. It was like my dreams had come true.

3:15pm, My phone rang and I knew who it would be before I even looked at the screen. I answered and was rewarded with the sweet sound of Alex's voice. We talked about his day for a while before he told me he wanted to see me. He said he was on his way to my house as we spoke, and he had already told all my friends to meet us in the park.

3:45, I got dressed quickly, not bothering with my hair and make-up. Alex arrived shortly after and he then drove us to the park. When we got there all my friends were there. Tanya, Michelle, Kenzie*, Tina*, Sage*, Randy*, and Gabe*. Kenzie and Gabe were making out while everyone else just stared at them. Ever since they had started dating, the couldn't keep their hands off each other.

4:00, We hung out, just talking. Alex got to know everyone. Eventually, Sage suggested we head to Salina to see Breaking Dawn since it just opened and none of us had seen it yet. Tina and Randy didn't want to go, so the rest of us got in Tanya's van and headed to the movie.

4:45, As soon as we arrived in Salina, I knew something odd was going on. When we got to the mall, we saw them. Zombies. Everywhere. They were all bloody and disgusting, definitely real. There were dead bodies laying all around. All the bodies were missing chunks of flesh, like they had been bitten. It looked like something out of a horror movie.

5:00, Of course, Alex was prepared. He always carries his weapons on him in case of an alien attack. He told Tanya to park the van and she did. He climbed out and started killing zombies. At first I was terrified he was going to be eaten, but after a while  I calmed down. He killed aliens for a living, zombies would be no problem.

5:15, Inside the van, the rest of us tried to think of a plan. We decided that the only way to prevent the apocalypse from spreading was to find the source and destroy it. I called Alex back in and we told him the plan. He said he knew exactly where the source would be: the mall food court (That's where the source of every apocalypse is. It always starts with a bad piece of food).

5:30, Alex handed each one of us a weapon before we ran out of the van. Quickly we ran into the mall, killing all the zombies that came into our path. Once inside we quickly found what caused the zombie apocalypse in the food court. It was a radioactive piece of pizza. Alex said he had experience with radioactive food, and he knew just what to do. He pulled a vile of blue liquid from one of his pockets. He carefully poured a few drops of the liquid onto the pizza slice. Automatically, it transformed into a regular pizza again. Now, Alex explained, we had to find the person who ate the pizza originally and make them eat it. He said the person who ate it will look radioactive, like the pizza.

6:00, We split up. Alex and I went further into the mall, Kenzie and Gabe took the parking lot, and Sage went with Tanya and Michelle to drive around town.

6:30, We entered J.C. Penny and suddenly the zombies were everywhere. All at once they attacked us. Alex started firing his gun. All I had was a crowbar, but I smashed in the zombies skulls. After a few minutes, I felt a sharp, burning sensation in my calf. I looked to find a zombie biting me. Alex killed it and the pulled me out of the store. My leg hurt, and I couldn't move. He looked at me with nothing but determination in his eyes. He told me that feeding the original zombie the pizza would stop everything and I would be fine.

7:00, Alex and I were down to the last store with still no sign of the radioactive zombie. We walked into Sears, hoping to find the zombie. We had almost searched the whole store and were about to give up hope when we finally found him. The zombie was busy munching on some innocent store clerk. We snuck up on the zombie and Alex attacked. I stopped thinking about the pain in my leg. All I could focus on was not turning into a zombie. Alex grabbed the pizza and shoved it in the zombie's mouth, making him chew. I watched as he swallowed the pizza, and instantly zombies everywhere started turning back into regular people. I looked down at my leg and watched as it healed itself, leaving no signs or being bitten. Even the dead bodies can back to life. No one had any idea that anything had happened. Alex leaned down and kissed me.

7:15, We all met back up in the food court. Sage decided that she didn't want to see the movie anymore and everyone agreed. We all climbed back into Tanya's van and headed home.


7:45, Finally home, Alex and I crawled onto my couch to watch a movie. We ate popcorn and drank hot cocoa, snuggling to keep warm. it was nice to not have to worry about being turned into a zombie. Who knows what would have happened if Alex hadn't been with us. All in all it, was the perfect ending to an action packed day.

Life sucks, and then you die.

So, I am officially giving up with my MP3 player. After it finally started working again, it decided that every time I press the volume buttons, it wanted to shut off. I wasn't too worried about it, because I had managed to get it a decent volume. I was perfectly fine with not messing with the volume.


But then tragedy struck. I turned it on later and the touch controls wouldn't work. It won't let me do anything! That was last Sunday. So, I have decided that I'm just going to forget about it. I feel terrible because my Grandma spent $120 on it, and within three weeks it was already ruined. My plan is to get a job, pay her back the money and then buy myself a nice new MP3 player. The new one won't be anywhere near water, ever.


Speaking of jobs, after my interview Family Video never called me back saying I got the job. So, I'm going to assume that since it has been almost two weeks, that I'm not getting hired. Now I have to figure out what I'm going to do because I really need a job. I think I might go back to the library and get an application down there again. The only other job I've had was working in a restaurant, and it was terrible. I'm never doing that again.


That's the news for now. I'm sorry it took so long to get this updated. I was really busy with writing my Psychology and English paper. Now, my Psychology paper is finished and English won't take me very long. All I can think about is that every day of school gets me one day closer to graduation, and after graduation I don't have to worry about school ever again. Senioritis? Yep, I have it. Really bad. It's almost at the point where I don't even care about school anymore. All I need to graduate is English and Government. I've seriously thought about skipping all my other classes and just going for those two. That's how much I want to graduate.


Until next time, I hope you have a good day!

It's Alive!

Great news! My MP3 player works!


I turned it on the other day and the screen worked perfectly fine. It has a little bit of water damage so the color is a little weird, but other than that everything works fine. I'm beyond happy. I don't know what I would have done if it wouldn't have worked.


Well, that was all I wanted to talk about. I hope you have a good day. I know I will.

Completely, 100 percent true.

Before I say another word, I want to emphasize this story (and all others proceeding it) is completely, one hundred percent true.


6:45am: My mom wakes me up as she is leaving for work. I quickly dress and skip breakfast (when you are as awesome as me, you don't need breakfast).

7:15: I go to wake my brother. He soon awakens and gets dressed, also skipping breakfast (he eats at school because he's not as awesome as me).

7:30: Tanya* shows up in her big white rape van with her sister, Michelle*, sitting in the backseat and gives us a ride to school. Everything seems normal. However, after dropping my brother off at the middle school, Tanya drives right by the high school and onto the highway. I start to worry.

8:15: We're late for school, but that is the least of my worries. By this time I have discovered that Tanya has been taken over by aliens. I discovered this when she started speaking in an alien language. Her sister seems to be perfectly fine. We exchange worried glances, but don't speak for fear of the aliens hearing us.

8:45: Tanya continues on the highway toward Junction City. The stereo in her van doesn't work, so we've been driving in silence the whole time. The noiselessness is starting to bother me, but I can't grab my MP3 player from my bag for fear of disturbing the aliens. Michelle looks like she is about to throw up.

9:15: As we approach Junction City, Tanya starts talking in the alien language again. It appears like she is communicating with someone. After what sounds like an intense argument she falls forward onto the steering wheel. She is unconscious. In a panic, Michelle starts screaming. I manage to grab the wheels while telling Michelle to move her sister's body. She throws Tanya in the backseat and then crawls into the passenger seat. I take the first exit I see, which lands us in the Wal-Mart parking lot. I park, jump out of the van and lock the doors. Michelle and I stare at each other for a while trying to decide what to do next. That's when we notice everyone is staring at us. No one is making a sound, they are just staying at us with black faces (kind of like zombies). Then, all of a sudden, they attack us. Before I can even think about fighting them off, a little boy of about five years old walks up to me and knocks me over the head with a hammer.

10:00: Michelle and I are unconscious.

11:00: We're still unconscious.

12:00pm: More unconsciousness.

12:45: Finally, I wake up. I'm in a white room with no doors or windows and no sign of Michelle. In the middle of room is what appears to be an operating table with lots of terrifying looking tools. I look down at myself and notice I'm wearing a plain white hospital gown. All the white is making me nauseous.

1:15: Michelle is shoved through the wall. She looks fine, but she is acting strangely. Then she starts speaking the same alien language her sister spoke earlier. She's hysterical. After yelling at me for a few seconds, she falls on the floor and starts having a seizure. I reach down to help her, but she is sucked through the floor. At this point I'm positive we were abducted by aliens, and that I will never see my family again. I start to cry.

1:30: A creature with six legs and twice as many eyes walks into the room. I'm sure it's planning to attack me. Knowing there is nothing I can do, I back into the corner and close my eyes. A few moments pass and nothing happens. I open my eyes and to my astonishment, I see Alex Gaskarth climbing out of the alien costume. I don't know what to think. MY SAVIOR IS HERE! I AM SAVED! Sure enough, Alex tells me he is here to protect me. He tells me he is part of a secret organization that deals in protecting the public from alien interference (like Men and Black).

2:00: Aliens ambush us. They are in the room and attacking. Within minutes Alex and I manage to defeat all the aliens and make it out of their spaceship (located under the Junction City Wal-Mart. Who would have known?). Alex helps me into his car and we sit there for a few silent seconds. He stares into my eyes before confessing his love for me. He then proceeds to tell me that we can't be together because of this job as an alien hunter. However, he tells me we can still see each other and he will never stop loving me. I'm perfectly fine with this. I always knew we would fall in love.

2:45: At my house, Alex calls some people and arrange for a new Tanya and Michelle to be brought here. He says the old ones are now aliens forever and I can't ever see them again. The new Tanya and Michelle are exactly the same as the old ones. No one should be able to tell a difference. Before he leaves, he kisses me passionately. When the new Tanya and Michelle arrive I'm amazed at how much they look like the old ones. I hop in Tanya's van and we drive to the middle school to pick up my brother.

3:15: Tanya brings us home. I don't tell my brother what happened, and when my parents get home I'm not telling them either. I assume the rest of my day is going to be boring. I can't stop thinking about Alex and how much I miss him. I hope we see each other again soon.

So, that was my day so far. How was your day?
*Names changed (as to protect their identity)

Fantabulous?

First things first, I found my phone! It was in my friends van. The day after I lost it, my mom let me stay home from school because I had no way of getting in contact with my friend to tell her I needed a ride. So, I was going about my day, hoping that my friend would find my phone when all of a sudden my brother's phone rings. It's my mom telling me that my friend texted her saying she had my phone. Since I was home "sick" she brought it over to me as soon as school was out. I was extremely relieved. I knew it would be in her van... I knew it. I don't know what I would have done if it would have been out on the side of the street or something. I don't even want to think about it.

On to another important matter. Yesterday I was doing dishes, listening to my brand new MP3 player (by brand new I mean I got it two weeks ago for my birthday). So, I'm doing dishes. My mom decides that she is going to help me out by doing some drying. Which is usually a great thing, except because of this, I have completely forgotten that my MP3 player is sitting on the counter right beside a sink full of water. As I go to grab a dirty dish, the MP3 player falls in the sink.

Somehow it still works. I know, its a miracle. Well, by works I mean it plays music. The screen looks like this (see picture). I'm really hoping that my dad or someone can figure out how to fix it, because I really don't want to tell my Grandma that the MP3 player she spent $130 for my birthday is already broken. I mean, it functions just fine, but I can only listen to stuff on shuffle. I guess it could be worse. It could have not turned back on at all. 

So that's all the news for now. I will be posting again later today with a fantabulous story about my most awesomely amazing day that I had. You don't want to miss it. Trust me.

Well, this is awkward.

I realize this is kind of overdue, it's just that I have been really busy and haven't been able to sit down for a second.

So, HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Halloween is my favorite holiday. Seriously. My favorite. What's not to like about Halloween? I mean, you get free candy and you get to dress up for no reason. It's great.

I spent my Halloween doing nothing. I know, it's sad. The whole town was sad on Halloween. It seemed like no one was in the spirit. I still dressed up and ate free candy. I don't care what people think. Yes, I'm an 18 year old girl, and yes I do still enjoy dressing up for Halloween.

Anyway... moving on.

I didn't go to the All Time Low concert. Yes, it's depressing. But, I lived. I didn't cry as much as I thought I would. I'm still sad though. I really wish I could have went. I just have to keep thinking positive thoughts. I'm hoping they will come back really soon.

Oh, and more depressing matters: I lost my phone today. I remember putting it in my pocket when I left this morning, but when I was walking in to school, it was no longer there. I looked everywhere. The only thing I can think of is that I left it in my friend's van. I really hope that's where it is, because I don't know what I'll do if it's gone... I'm freaking out.

And I think I'm getting sick... So all-in-all these past couple days have sucked. Because of the suckiness, I'm ready for this year to get over already.

So, now that you (Whoever you are, and if there is a you out there) are informed, I will go. I hope you enjoyed my ramblings.