A Summary of Summer: Addendum 1: Wii, Water Polo, and Whitney's Pool Party

Alliteration! Whoo. If you couldn't tell by my clever, informative title, yesterday I went to Whitney's pool party. It was actually a lot of fun. There isn't much to really cover, because we basically just sat in the pool for the entire time. But, here's some key points:

1. Angela tripped on stone.

2. Kate is a beast.

3. I met Chloe and Amanda.

4. We played keep-away with a beach ball, it was 3 guys (Matt, Patrick, and me) against 4 girls (Kate, Angela, Whitney, and Brianna.) And we so won.

5. We played Water Polo... Baaaad idea. The teams were: Matt, Patrick, Brianna and me, against Whitney, Amanda, Kate, and Chloe. Angela was the referee until she had to go. We won 21-9. :D

6. Chloe kind of tried to kill whoever got near the ball. Her strategy didn't work, because we won epically, but still. Patrick looked like he was mauled by a bear.

7. Whitney finally added me on Facebook! After a year and a half...

8. I met Brianna's new puppy Angus. He's a Scottish Terrier, smaller than a cat, and *adorable.*

9. Matt cut his foot open on the side of the walkway of the pool. When he went into the pool later, he wore a sock.

10. My brother got lost when he picked me up, so I left 30 minutes later than everyone else. Whitney and I played Wii Sports Resort... In which I failed.

And that concludes this post. G'night, everybody.

Ignore the fact that it is quarter of 5.

A Summary of Summer: Badminton, Licorice, Zappos, oh my!

Well, hi there, blogosphere. It's been quite the long time, hasn't it?

I would like to tell you that I have been absent here because too many interesting things have happened, I'm very busy, I gained a social life, my internet stopped being a badass, etc.

But I can't. Because I haven't blogged because I'm just too damned lazy.

However, that doesn't mean the above excuses aren't true, because in some aspects, they are. I've been busier this summer more than ever, really. I guess that qualifies as gaining a social life? I'll expand on this later.

And yes, my internet *did* stop being a badass. For the past 2 months and a day that I've been in my new house, good ol' Linksys has been bipolar, really. Nobody from AT&T can fix it. I've suggested to my mom that we get Hughes Net, but for some reason, she's waiting.

And now for my social life... Where should I begin?

Danielle and I are trying to watch the entire Pokemon series. We've only watched 19 episodes, and have yet to get together over 2 times. We've just been busy/lazy.

Angela had a bonfire in early July. We Munchkin skipped, collected BeeBees, and threw fireworks into the firepit. It was epic.

Rhiannon came over the week after. We went to McDonalds, because it had been 5 years since she last went. (Her parents are organic, and I live to defy authority.) We walked back home, which was like Whoah!, because I don't walk.

Makenzie, Angela, Jami and I went to see Eclipse in theater. I'd just like to point out that I've neither read nor seen anything Twilight, I saw it before my sister who loves Twilight, and I liked it. What?

I went to Makenzie's Sweet 16. There wasn't many guys. Angela called Twizzlers 'Licorice', so I couldn't help but continue calling them Licorice from now on.

Josh and I went to a New Britain Rockcats game. (Minor league team, in which players, hopefully, move up to the Baltimore Orioles.) I lost my 20 dollars (which Josh later found at his house.) We watched a TiVo'ed episode of SNL, the one with Betty White (and boy, do I love Betty White.) We also played Badminton (which I lost, non-surprisingly.)

On the 4th of July, Angela, Jami and I went to Alicia's. I don't think I can actually say Jami 'went' there, because she practically lives at Alicia's. We played Badminton, which I redeemed myself from Josh's. They all made me go on the slip n' slide while there was *no water* on it. And it *hurt.* Oh, and speaking of hurting, Alicia's niece, Victoria, is vicious. She's like a Russian torturer, but 7.

I went to Maine with my brother and dad. It was not the most fun experience ever. It had its moments, like riding ATVs, eating at The Blue Moose, going to my first Pizza Hut ever (which wasn't really that good), and bonding with the baby birds in the porch. But overall, I'd rather I didn't go.

Our family had a combination Amanda's graduation party/Marc's 21st brithday party/I invited some friends because my mom pitied me. Rhiannon, Kate, and Makenzie came. Makenzie brought homemade scones, and they were *delicious.* Rhiannon, Kate and I played volleyball. Zachary and Amanda came up to watch. Later, Amanda told me Zachary wanted to watch because he had a crush on Rhiannon. We played the laziest version of whiffle ball, in which the bases were two feet apart. It was team Rhiannon and Kate versus team Eric and Makenzie. Each home-run was an out, because we're too lazy to get the ball, and we only had three different ones. I think we tied. We all talked for a while, and then Makenzie had to leave early. Kate, Rhiannon and I played Botchi for a while until they had to go.

On the 30th, I went to Olivia's birthday party. It was weird because it was the first party I went to in which there was a large portion of people I didn't know. The only people I was friends with before the party were Jami, Kim, and Olivia obviously. I kind of knew Lee because we had Art Skills together, but we didn't really talk until that day. I knew of Cassie from Danielle, and she was in Into the Woods, but again, we never talked. Lee turned out to be really nice, and Cassie is just awesome. And then there were people from Olivia's old school/other people she knew. I met Michael, Emily, and Casey from her old school. Michael is a little type-A, but he's nice. Emily and Casey were cool as well. I killed a fly with an electric fly swatter, and it landed on Emily. Oops. I also met Megan, who just graduated. She's going to spend next year in a student-stay program in Sweden, then she's going to college in Wisconsin. She's so awesome.

On the first of August, my sister, mother, and I went to Walnut Beach in Milford. I never really liked the beach, but I actually had a fun time. I sat on a rock, where the waves crashed onto it. I asked my mom "Do I remind you of a certain mermaid?" My sister and I went into the ocean. She was going to dunk under, but she was scared so she made me hold her hand, which result in many laughs from my mom. She never went under. I, however, in an attempt to float without standing, couldn't get back up, and ended up going under multiple times from waves and such. Which resulted in even more laughter from my mom. We're planning on going back multiple times this summer. I get my first sunburn of the summer, and I'm proud of it.

So, that's how my summer has been so far: relatively amazing. Sure, there are setbacks, like Maine, and mowing my grandparents' lawn every Thursday, but I can deal. At least after I mow, I get to watch Golden Girls with my nana.

There is a thing going on currently called BEDA: Blog Every Day in August. I've decided to not to it, because, I virtually Blog Every Day in September, October, November, December, January, February, March, April, May, and June. I get my summers off.

Which online shopping network loves me?: Zappos.com

Average time I fall asleep: 2 AM.

Days until school: Somewhere between 28-30.

Softball & Explaining & Stuff

Ok, today was our softball team's last home game. This is what went down...

My sister pitched the entire game. Katie, our lead pitcher who is recovering from an appendectomy, decided not to pitch, and instead was a DH (designated hitter.) After the first inning, the score was 2-1, Seymour (our main rival, whom of which we previously beat 1-0) was winning. A couple of innings goes by, and Aubrey hits an in-the-park home-run. It was Woodland's first home run of the season. After a couple innings, the score is 7-3, Seymour still ahead. Angie hits an in-the-park homerun also. Flashforward some more to the final inning.

It's 10-5, bottom of the 7th (the last inning in softball), and Seymour is still winning. A rally starts. My sister actually hits the ball well, and we score some more. With no outs, the score at this point is 10-8. Lindsey hits the ball hard, and it goes deep into the outfield. Lindsey is our best runner, so she's pretty fast. Another runner was on the base in front of her, but because she isn't as fast, Lindsey ends up almost right behind her. When they realize they're both on third base, one of them starts to run home, and Lindsey runs back to second. We score one more run, and Lindsey is tagged out. The score is 10-9. Someone else gets out from a caught ball. Then Aubrey is up. There's two outs, one person on base, bottom of the last inning. Aubrey previously hit a home-run, so the outfields are almost against our fence (which is 275 feet deep, more than pretty much every other field in our league.) She ends up getting a groundball, and is out. We lost by 1.

So the question was still up in the air: Who wins the division? At the moment in time, there's a three-way tie for first of the Brass Division: Us (total record 17-3) , Wolcott (17-3) , and Seymour (16-4). First they look at in-league records, in which we're all tied with only 3 losses. The next tie-breaker is out-of-league. Seymour is out because they lost against Ansonia, who is out of our league, the other night, whereas Wolcott and Woodland haven't lost against an out-of-league team. Then total record, which Wolcott and Woodland are also tied. Next is runs for/runs against ratio. We are also tied. So finally, it is our latest game. Since the results of the Seymour game weren't known yet, we both last played against Holy Cross. Wolcott lost, whereas we beat them with runs to spare.

So, that's how we won the division.

Next up is the NVL's, which is the top 2 teams of each league. Woodland and Wolcott will be in it, as well as 6 other teams. It's a one-loss-you're-out tournament, so it's pretty intense. Regardless of our results in the NVL's, we will also be participating in States. The only qualifications is to have 8 or more wins, in which we have more than twice that amount.

This was the best softball season that Woodland has ever had. Our team will be getting their respective banner in the gymnasium. It's sad that this is my sister's last softball season, since she's not planning on continuing in college. But, I suppose after 15 years of pitching and hitting, she deserves her rest.

Manly Things I Love Monday/Cat Diaries 101

Because I only thought of 'manly' for an alliteration with Monday. Other ideas included monstrous, many, magical, marvelous, mallarish*, mistaken, morbid, microscopic, masked, and massacred. Let me know which one is best.

-I Will Never Leave You

- My house

- Beanie Babies

-Snorlax

- Doritos

-Lolplants

- Whoever pitched the idea of Planet Sheen

*this adjective was 'found' by Kelly.

**She insisted I give her credit, so there.

LIFE UPDATE::

Hello, everybody. I don't seem to really post good, fun content anymore, and sorry 'bout that. I've got some news for the extremely late. I'm moving! Whoo. p: It's just to Beacon Falls, so I'm not leaving the school or anything. I've been told it's a nice enough house. 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. It's a dual-family home. I'm just starting to pack up my room. It's kind of depressing. I've had to get rid of about half of my Beanie Babies. That hurts my soul. My SOUL.

I took pictures of the house pre-packing. I'm currently taking pictures whenever significant progress is made in packing and whatnot. I'm gonna miss this house, really. It's been part of my life since practically I was born. My grandma lived in it before we moved in. We lived here for only about 5 years, but it seems like so much longer, because of said grandma.

So far I've gotten a small box together of some DVDs, and a few books in a separate box. I'm trying to stall as much as possible because: A. I want to keep my room in tact. 2. I don't know what to store now or save because maybe I'll want to watch/read something. C. Jojo doesn't want me to disassemble my room. He likes it that much.

I need to decide what to sell at the tag sale and what to keep. I hate doing this kind of thing, because about the same reason as 2, I don't know if I might decide "Hey I wanna watch Cat Diaries 101 featuring Molly Ringwald!" and then remember I sold it to some 11-year-old girl from the neighboring city.

So, that's basically all that's going on in my life. How are you?

I become a Marathon Runner and Marry an Alcoholic

Yes, I'm doing this meme again. Put your iTunes on shuffle. Whatever song comes up, you write the title next to the time in your 'life.' No cheating.

Birth- White Flag- Dido [My mom was really young and everyone wanted her to have an abortion, but she didn't want to surrender her baby boy]

First birthday- The Wizard and I- Wicked [I felt I was magical]

First day of school- What is this Feeling- Wicked [I discovered my hatred of people]

Middle school- Don't stop believin'- Glee [I hated people so much, but I wasn't gonna stop]

First girlfriend- Defying Gravity- Kerry Ellis [But then I got a girlfriend, and it was like defying gravity.]

Puberty- Something Beautiful- Stephanie J Block [I became attractive]

First breakup- 4 Minutes- Glee [But I felt I had no time for a girlfriend, so we broke up]

High school- Both Sides Now- Joni Mitchell [I learned a lot about myself and walked in other people's shoes and thought a lot about love and life]

High school graduation- The Word of Your Body Reprise- Spring Awakening [I felt lonely]

Choice of college major- A Thousand Miles- Vanessa Carlton [I became a marathon runner]

College- Come to Your Senses- Tick Tick... Boom! [I realized I was living my life wrong]

College graduation- Seasons of Love- Rent [I thought about how I wanted my life to be great and full of love]

Meets future wife- The Dark I know Well- Spring Awakening [We had a lot of fights]

Engagement- Hello- Glee [We waved hello to our new life together]

Marriage-Rehab- Glee [She was an alcoholic]

Have a child-Without You- Rent [We realized we needed each other to go on, and we loved our new baby]

Become sick- Breathe- Michelle Branch [I felt I just needed to relax and I'd be fine]

Death- All Grown Up- Bare [Everything's ending and I regret so much and I'll miss the times alive]

Funeral- Out Tonight- Rent [My wife gets over me very fast and becomes a cougar.]

Well, this makes sense for the most part. Except the end... how sad. Please do this in the comments (Even though I don't get any comments anymore)

Cheers to "Both", Change, and its Persistence.

Change.

It happens all the time. Everyone changes. Change your clothes, your personality, your classroom, etc. Change is constant. It won't stop. So why should I hate something that's ever so persistent? Things in my personal life have changed, some gradual, others suddenly. Sometimes it's for the better. But not all the time. There's a bad kind of change. Ones you wish never happened, but unfortunately, you can't change change.

And then sometimes, change is a mixture of good and bad. And this is where you get lost. And you know why? It's because you can't figure it out. Are you supposed to be happy? Are you supposed to embrace this change? Or are you supposed to push it away? Refuse it?

I don't know the answer. Sometimes, you have to let it all go in front of you. Let change, change. That's what it does. It changes things. I'm not extremely passive, but I know that I can't resist it.

Right now, I'm lost. I don't know if I should be happy, or sad, or both. The latter is what I've been. Both.

Things are complicated around here. I can't really explain it at the moment. And that really sucks. Because I don't have a shoulder to lean on except my own. (And Jojo's) I'm mentally strong enough to tell myself that I'll be ok, and I legitimately believe that I'll be fine, but there's also this tug of... I don't know. The other half of "both." Whatever that is. I feel it.

You don't have to worry about me. Whatever change is bound to happen hasn't happened yet. It's nothing serious. For me, maybe, but it's nothing to be concerned about for you. For the most part, this change is a good one. But like I said, I feel some serious "both."

So cheers to "both", change, and its persistence. Because it'd be rude not to give them a nod, especially since they're here. And there. And everywhere.

Four Fact Friday

...When Things I Love Thursday fails.

Four Facts about me:

1. When I was little, I stepped on a hornet's nest. They all stung me. I was like, 4, and in Monticello, Maine, where my grandparents own a bunch of land. We were out picking Christmas trees (they grow them) and... crunch.

2. I love eating shredded Mozzarella cheese from a cup. I think it's magically delicious. Kind of like Lucky Charms, but without the stale marshmallows and cat food

3. Since after I was a baby, I've puked 2 times that I remember. Once was because my sister put the medication in my inhaler for me, but she put to much. So it went something like this: *Breathe in* *Quasi-honking sound* *vicious coughing and gagging* *puke*. The second time was after my 11th birthday party, I ate too much candy.

4. There's a pink wig on the far side of my room. It has a mysterious origin, one that even a handy-dandy PokeDex can't even tell.

I know, I know, I haven't posted actual blog posts with much effort lately. Sorry, but until something so interesting happens, in which I have an inner monologue which says something along the lines of "oh man, I should really blog about this. Isn't it creepy that when I have fun, the first thing I think of is to blog about it? Yea, it is. Wow, way to insert yourself into my conversation.

Now go away, and stop reading. You stupid humans.

So thanks for putting up with all of these pointless entries xD And my lame attempts at jokes. Really, you all deserve an award.

No they don't.