Forgotten

Like so many things in life, when something big happens you have to drop everything to be apart of that big thing. And then some of the things you dropped will forever remain dropped until one day you look down or backwards and think, wow I forgot about this. That is what happened to me with this blog. I thought the last time I had posted was around a month or two ago, but it turns out it has been exactly one year. Last year at this time, I was putting on my dress and going inside of Mandel Hall getting ready for graduation. It was hot and gross inside, but on the outside it was a beautiful day. Flowers were blooming, and everything seemed perfect. Today, I just took a two hour math final inside of a room with all the lights off. There is a dark light shining through the windows, and it is raining outside. The sky is gray. It is cold; cold enough that I wore a hoodie and a coat to the final. This does not feel like summer. This does not feel like after eleven o’clock tomorrow, I will be done for three months and can sit outside in the hottest weather here, about 110 degrees. It is half that amount right now. I think I might need gloves. In New York, it is 79 and sunny. Here it is a dark hole of floods, wet, dark and cold. It’s also pretty lonely. I had a dream that it was snowing. Apparently, the ice caps have reached the point of no return, but you wouldn’t think that here because it’s that cold. I want to be in front of a fireplace. I have never read or seen Game of Thrones, but this is a quote that I think is fitting:

“Nothing burns like the cold.” 
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

I know that nobody reads this, and I bet nobody ever will. If you have read this, than I apologize for leaving you hanging, but that is a pretty big doubt in my mind. There are billions of people in this world that have big thoughts like this, and if everyone were to write them down the world would be so much more interesting. I am going to find a blanket, to hopefully and finally get warm.

Hallelujah

HALLELUJAH: Used to express joy, praise and thanks.

That is how I am feeling right now. So relaxed. FINALLY. this is my day today:
1. Wake up
2. Play tennis
3. Have a big breakfast (english muffin and serving of oatmeal)
4. Write an essay (so much fun!!!)
5. Read Chapter Four of All Quiet on the Western Front
6. Write a story based off of what I read
7. Take a Walk with Mom
    a. Go to Starbucks and get a Very Berry Hibiscus Refresher
    b. Walk to Treasure Island and run into the rabbi
8. Bake mini-strawberry-and-blueberry pies
9. Do my science homework
10. Have dinner (fajitas :P)
11. Edit my essay
12. New blogpost

OY VEY

Did you know that on April 6th 1917, the United States of America entered World War I? And did you know that on June 28th, 1914, Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sofia, were shot?

I know that probably most people know this. Learning about WWI is tiring. Honestly, it's really interesting, but there isn't enough time to learn about it, plus we have only spent a week or a week and a half learning.

Boy has this week been a long one, and I am only halfway through! Test or quiz EVERY DAY.
Here is something I bet you didn't know: the second entry on urban dictionary for OY VEY is as follows:

oy vey
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	Jewish exasperated exclamation I have tons of homework tonight! Oy vey!

Don't ask me if that is a coincidence but that is exactly what I am thinking right now!

Superpowers at his Command

I wish I had superpowers. I mean who doesn't? But the superpowers I wish for are the ones that you could use to make the world better. I wish I had the superpower of multiple identities, so that I could be a writer, actress and a photojournalist. I wish I had the superpower to get people to apply good ideas that will help other people and animals and beings. I wish I had the superpower to give all the food in the world to the hungry, and give water to those who are thirsty, and give a home for those who are homeless. Think of what you could do with any superpower at your command.

Stay

I would just like to say that I think I have another favorite song!!!!! For those of you who don't know, I have a lot of favorite songs. But this one is high up there! Stay by Rihanna is one of THE BEST SONGS EVER. I feel like I can sort of relate to it. Not in terms of the romance where Chris Brown punches Rihanna in the face and yet she is still in love with him. Definitely NOT. But in other ways. Maybe I will sing it for graduation.

All along it was a fever
A cold sweat hot-headed believer
I threw my hands in the air and said, "Show me something,"
He said, "If you dare come a little closer."

Round and around and around and around we go
Oh now tell me now tell me now tell me now you know

Not really sure how to feel about it.
Something in the way you move
Makes me feel like I can't live without you.
It takes me all the way.
I want you to stay

It's not much of a life you're living
It's not just something you take – it's given

Round and around and around and around we go
Oh now tell me now tell me now tell me now you know

Not really sure how to feel about it.
Something in the way you move
Makes me feel like I can't live without you.
It takes me all the way.
I want you to stay.

Oh the reason I hold on
Oh cause I need this hole gone
Funny you're the broken one but I'm the only one who needed saving
Cause when you never see the light it's hard to know which one of us is caving

Not really sure how to feel about it.
Something in the way you move
Makes me feel like I can't live without you.
It takes me all the way.
I want you to stay, stay.
I want you to stay, oh.

Bienvenidos a Marzo

Hey!!!! So it is March. FINALLY! My favorite month. Of the whole year. EEEEEEEK! To completely spin the blog around and go in a full circle, I am really happy! Sorry about the exclamation points, but I feel like exclaiming, so it's okay. Well, in Belize it is about 75 degrees, while in Chicago it is 29 and snowy and in Boston last week there was a blizzard. So yeah, crazy. But that's why I love March. It's like a curse has been lifted. No more stress.

Book of the month: Wicked. This is my book to conquer for March. You should read it too. It asks, "Are people born wicked? Or is wickedness thrust upon them?" Post what you think. I will share my thoughts in the next time.

“Remember this: Nothing is written in the stars. Not these stars, nor any others. No one controls your destiny. Even at the very worst - there is always choice.” 

“Where I'm from, we believe in all sorts of things that aren't true... we call it history.” 

“People who claim that they're evil are usually no worse than the rest of us... It's people who claim that they're good, or any way better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of.” 
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

The Last Day of the Month

Hi. I am not writing to anybody anymore, because I know that nobody reads this. Except for me. So if you do happen to come across this, read it. Because I am just like everybody else. I found this quote about moving on. I am in a depressed mood, so I am posting this.

“Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.” -  The Perks of Being a Wallflower

It's Time. Not to quote the theme song for Perks, but seriously guys it's time. Get a fresh slate. Please do. I am getting a fresh slate too. On the first last day of the month of february in 2013. There won't be another one. 

Here is another Perks quote. But this one, this is good. It makes a real statement.

“I would die for you. But I won't live for you.”