Are you restless like me?

Jenna's former blog. It will still be here, but she will not be here.

3/31/2005

 

Kitty cat.

Sick? Or funny?

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Yeah, I can't decide either.

 

Gah!

I MUST have this shirt.

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3/30/2005

 

Productivity.

I want to be productive today, but I can't decide on something to do.

So, for now, I'll read.

3/29/2005

 

Word of the week.

Blogger must be PMS'ing, so screw the intro I wrote earlier. Here's the first word of the week.

kvetch \KVECH\,
intransitive verb:
To complain habitually.

noun:
1. A complaint.
2. A habitual complainer.

Kvetch comes from Yiddish kvetshn, "to squeeze, to complain," from Middle High German quetzen, quetschen, "to squeeze."


Enjoy.

3/28/2005

 

Listing.

Today I:

- Surprised my mom by suddenly appearing in the car, dressed and ready to tag along as she took my brother to get shoes.

-Drank a cup of coffee, a can of coke, and can of Doubleshot, all within an hour and a half.

- Completed my unannounced mission to find a pair of slip-on canvas shoes to spruce up for spring/summer.

- Was disappointed because I saw the greatest track jacket ever, came back a few hours later and it was gone.

- Got a lesser track jacket that was overpriced..

- Realized I resent my sister, and I'm not proud of it.

- Swore at my sister a lot.

- Walked home from Ross alone and angry.

- Made a rather odd and ugly bracelet, a tank top thing, and a cuff out of some neat vintage fabric.

- Made my new shoes pretty.

- Ate crap that's bad for me.

- Checked my Gmail like a junkie waiting for a fix.

- Wished that I could drive.

- Decided to not be so antagonistic.

- Wrote a list of uninteresting occurrences.

3/27/2005

 

Hoppy Easter

Lauren told me to.

I found out that it wasn't my laptop making the eeeeeee noise for the past day and a half.

Last night my brother and I decided that the sound was too annoying, so I shut down the Lappy. It was still there. I unplugged the Lappy, I still heard it. I unplugged Lappy's adapter, still going. I unplugged the speakers from the wall, yep, still annoying. At this point we were going crazy. We turned lights on and off, checked things with batteries, anything. Then I think, maybe it's that piece of crap camera some how...and I open the drawer it's in. All of a sudden the noise gets three times louder. I check the camera, not it. We dig through the drawer and find the offender. It was that cursed Tamagochi Lauren gave me. You see, I had put it on pause for weeks I guess and then it gave me the dead battery symbol, so I tossed it in the drawer. It must not have liked that.

So we try pressing buttons to stop the noise, but no dice. I see you need a screwdriver to get the back off and I get tweezers, because who has a tiny screwdriver in their bedroom? I couldn't get it off, so Jordan tries. As soon as he touches it the noise gets even higher pitched. I say "Throw it out the damn window." Eventually we got the back off and it got EVEN higher pitched. He couldn't pull the battery out, so did. It made this kind of draining sound.

I think it was going to explode.

Happy Easter. We're all Pagans today.

3/26/2005

 

Metro.

Hello there, slightly-egotistical new site design.

But hey, this thing is written by me and all about me, so why not?
And at least it's not angsty pictures of me looking off towards something taken in a mirror, myspace style.

My head is really hyper, but the rest of me is rather tired, so I guess blogging is the result. Takes little physical effort and lets me get my thoughts out.

My laptop (Lappy386) is making this odd eeeeeeeeeeee noise that's getting on my nerves. It's kind of quiet but it's that electrical high pitched tone that just bugs the shit out of me. And Manda's in bed already so I can't drown it out with music....where are my headphones?

My room's clean(ish). My brother's here. The swirly egg dye kit is not fun or pretty, just very greasy, rather gross, and entirely too labor intensive.

I went to my beloved Thrift Town and bought two of the greatest coats in the world. Too bad it'll probably be too warm next week to wear them. I'll just have to go out at night to show off my beauties. One is this almost knee length grey wool/cashmere/polyester blend with a mandarin(?) collar and princess sleeves. The other is an olive green men's Calvin Klein motorcycle-esque jacket. The kind with the zipper on a diagonal. It has hidden pockets, too.

I took some pictures today, because I kidnapped my dad's camera again. I'll upload later and since I'm lazy you can find them on my Flickr.

I found the picture Tasha drew of a snail with deer legs. She drew it on I think it was the second-to-last day of school last year. She named it Sgt. Peppers. I want to make it a screenprint because it's awesome.

So, tomorrow's Easter. Maybe this year I'll win the egg hunt. I think I may have won it once in my whole life. Damn my (second?)cousin Whitney. She's a snob anyway, she shouldn't be allowed. Thanks to my brother I will most likely be berated with questions about "Ed".

It's funny when teachers give midterms when they have a substitute. Silly teachers. At my school the general feeling is "honor system, what's that?"

Joey sprayed windshield wiper fluid at me. Meany. It got in my eye, it went around the sunglasses. Evil stuff, that soapy water.

I remember when we went through the pointing thing. That was fun. We all pointed at one thing, like the circle, or just in different directions, or at each other. Last year was fun. I thought of that because for some reason I just started pointing at random things in my room. Don't worry, no one saw me.

Well, I'm off to....do something else. I'll type again soon.
Until then, be sure to keep your noble gases liquefied and your division synthetic.

3/24/2005

 

I've been cleaning.

I've been cleaning my room, slowly, but I am.

I found more stuff I had written, but this is from around mid-November and my feelings have long since changed. I've more than moved on, but I wanted to post this one part;

"It isn't fair for me to say you stole my heart, it's more like I put it in your pocket and you haven't noticed yet."

It's weird to think about how sad I really was but I didn't realize it at the time, I didn't have anything to compare it to. Sure, I had good days and I enjoyed things, but all in all I was upset a lot of the time. I wouldn't go so far as to say I was depressed, but pretty close. And not just because I thought I was in love with someone who didn't notice me, but because I felt really weird about my friends and I could barely stand my math class, among many other things. It was before I had my own room, so I couldn't get away from any family conflicts and most of the time I just sat around watching tv.

I've come across a lot of sad posts on numerous random and familiar blogs and journals lately. I feel kind of bad because I'm in such a great mood so often now. I can tolerate my classes, I'm more productive and active, I'm on good terms with all of my friends, the weather has been neat, the family thing is going well, and now break is coming up.

I guess, in conclusion, I'm living proof that things get better. It may take a little while and get worse first, but it will get better.

I'm really glad things got better.

P.S.-I added new pictures to my Flickr account, click on one of the links in the side bar.

3/21/2005

 
I was trying to find a blank piece of paper earlier and I found some things I had scrawled out, I guess it was like 3 weeks ago. I had completely forgot that I had written them.

Why am I waiting so desperately for the answer to a question I haven't asked?

Well, I never really asked, but I got the answer.

There was more, but I'm afraid they're too, well, I guess sappy might work. Not really the stuff anyone wants to read, not really the stuff I would want anyone to read. But I liked that line.

My moods seem kind of fragile right now. I'm not sure why.

Don't let me waste my spring break.

Time to go.

 
I just made my mom cry.
I yelled at her.
About laundry.
I'm such a fucking bitch.

When the hell did that happen?

3/20/2005

 
Procrastination is fun!
I've been "working" on homework since around 12 today. I still have the writing to do for the storybook and part of my chemistry worksheet. As I've said before, if I'm not crunched for time I'll spend hours on stuff and it will come out worse. I think my work expands to fit the time I give it. Great, isn't it?

But I got to use my x-acto blade, and I was actually using it for homework. I like things that involve x-acto blades.

I also like 50's themed murder mystery parties. I knew who did it before it started, but it was still fun.

This Muse cd kinda sucks. Itunes, skip please. The Weakerthans will do just fine.

Damn. I hate not having a functioning washer and dryer. I hate having to dig through my drawers to find something that's clean. And it's only clean because I don't like wearing it anymore. Of course my dad can't go to the laundry place on Sunday night like we decided, he's tired from playing java games online all day.

There should be a few extra hours floating around that you could tack onto a day when you feel the need. Like now. So I could finish up my homework and still have time to do something fun with someone. Or at least a pause button that you could use every once in a while.

Right now I don't mind being called a loser emo kid.
But if I'm an emo kid, then I'm an emo kid with a huge smile across her face.

"Throw away my misery/It never meant that much to me/It never sent a get well card."
This band needs to take a trip south of their Canadian home so I can sway and sing along in person. In case you're not sure, the band is the aforementioned Weakerthans.

 
What. The. Hell.

Dearest Blogger,

Stop being a bitch, please.

Thank you,
Jenna Howes

3/15/2005

 

A real one this time.

It's been almost a week, so I figured I'd make a real update. I should make another paper one soon, too...

I've been busy, well, not as busy as I think I am though. I just feel busy. And to me that works just the same when it comes to preventing things from getting done.
And I also feel really itchy. I have over 30 fucking mosquito bites. I HATE mosquito bites, I get allergic reactions kind of, huge welts that sting and ache along with the normal itching.

In a little bit my hair will be a few different colors. I already cut it some. More like hacked off random little pieces. When you look at what I cut off it looks like more than what you'd think from looking at what's left. That is one awkward sentence.

Joey took me to Starbucks and bought me coffee because he's cool. And we drove down Redwood Road blasting Taking Back Sunday and singing along, loudly, because we're so damn emo cool.
Stephanie, if you read this before I get it to you, I borrowed Joey's MCR cd to burn a copy for you, can't give you an estimated time of arrival though.

Today was odd.

Oh shit. All of a sudden I feel all angsty. I think my damn sister is rubbing off on me. Time to turn up the Alkaline Trio.
"Now here I sit, alone in this room, no one to confide in."
I'm such a loser.

3/12/2005

 

emoPod.

My iPod is now my emoPod.

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3/09/2005

 

Consider the odds.

The past week has been so great.

Tasha shouldn't read this, it will probably piss her off:
For a little while there I was getting so wound up about school and grades, but now I think I may have "calmed down" a little too much. I really would like to have a 4.0, but history is such a bitch. It doesn't seem important at all and she's crazy with the projects. Math I can handle because it's so straight forward, plus I know (with 99% accuracy) that I'll have the same teacher for stats next year so I can't slack too much or he might decide I'm not worthy. Chemistry has been going well because I've been finishing the night's homework in class so I don't have to carry my book around, which makes it all worth while. Plus, something has to be going right when kids are saying they want a steady A, a "Jenna A." Even though I was very uncomfortable when she said that. It may sound stupid, but I can't stand other people calling me smart even though I'll readily admit to getting good grades and such. I'm becoming kind of big-headed, and I hate it.

Back to the fun stuff.
The blog will soon have yet another new design, as I have acquired the perfect picture for the top of the page. You'll see soon enough. But I need input, what color should I use with the black and white picture? I was thinking some sort of blue, but you guys look at it more than I do.

One bad thing about the weather, I can't wear my beloved scarves.

Well, it's almost 10:30, looks like I'll be doing pre-cal homework early tomorrow morning. Hopefully we'll have "storytime" in history tomorrow, because I'm not doing the homework.
There's only one thing that seems to matter right now anyway. And it's definitely not schoolwork.

3/08/2005

 
I will start my homework in 10 minutes, promise. (It's 9:50)

From Things I Hate About My Flatmate;
"Last night at 1am I was woken by the door bell ringing, and was greeted by my flatmate apologising because she claimed to have lost her keys, again..

Before I left this morning, my flatmate asked to borrow my keys so she could get a new set cut, and casually mentioned that hopefully someone will return her keys because she had her name and address on the keyring. "Are you serious?" I said disbelievingly. "Yes, after loosing them last time, I thought it would be better if anyone who found them had enough information to return them". I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Her stupidity is just to great for me to tolerate. "So, you know now that someone might have the keys to our apartment, and know where our apartment is... right?". "I guess so". "Do you think that might be a problem?". "Umm, maybe..". Oh dear, this bitch has no idea where I'm going with this. "OK, you're staying here today. You will not leave this house. I will put a new lock on the door."

Today's reason my flatmate pisses me off is she lost her keys which had her name and address on them, and didn't understand this was a problem."



Go read more entries. Over there.

 
"Just friends? BORED friends? At the MOVIES friends?
As a guy, I know this for a fact.
He is not taking her to the movies...for movies. OR POPCORN, OR EVEN THE SNACKS AT ALL..."

Greatest explanation ever.

I'm dancing like an idiot to some remix of Take Me Out. I realized Lani and I haven't broken out singing Franz Ferdinand in a long time. Makes me miss German.

But that's not gonna mess up my mood. The weather was so nice today. And it was just a good day. I love good days. Why does the sun have to go down so early?

This summer will be good. I swear. I'm going to do many awesome things and spend time with my wonderful friends and have a fantastic time, I can feel it already.
Ich werd ihr sagen, sagen heute nacht, ja!

(Jenna's just a little hyper.)

I think that's all for now.

3/06/2005

 

The beads on my bracelet are the color of the bay.

It's Sunday night, 9:26, and I'm not doing my homework. Because I don't have any!
Here's what I did instead of homework today:
-Went to the beach with Manda, Danny, and my mom.
Well, I guess that's all I did really, except for waste time on the internet, which I'm still doing.
I also spilt apple juice on my pants. It came very close to my laptop, I was scared.

I haven't been this happy in a very long time.

I feel like dancing. Where's little skankin' Sarah when you need her? The kid's pretty damn cool, and it's even more impressive that she's only an 8th grader.

 

Do you feel the same as I do?

Time to quote Slept Thru High School.
"I woke up once again, thoughts of you still in my head."

It's 2:04 AM. No, I didn't just wake up, I haven't gone to sleep yet. I just like that line.
I'm not really tired yet, but I'll try to sleep in a few minutes. I think I might go to the beach tomorrow. I hope so. There are few things better than going to the beach.

I made two bracelets today because I had decided I didn't have enough neat things to wear on my wrist.

I have chalk dust on the knees of my jeans.

I just tried blinking my eyes to the beat of a fast song, and now I am dizzy. I think I'll turn off my music and go to bed.
I leave with another quote, Mike Park this time.
"I'm wondering about you everyday."

3/05/2005

 

Mr. Blue Sky

I don't know where to start with this entry.
Ok, here.
This weekend feels so neat. I have absolutely no homework to worry about, and no stress. For the first time since school started this year. It's such a great feeling. And the weather today was fantastic, all the good things of summer without the heat. It was just warm, and nice and breezy and crisp once the sun went down. I bet I still wouldn't need a jacket out there, even though it's past 11. Kind of makes me want to go outside and draw with chalk. Maybe I will in a few minutes because I'm not tired. I slept until 10, and only woke up because my mom yelled that she made pancakes. Last night got weird at the end, my sister doesn't realize that she's supposed to be on restriction. But overall I had a very good time. I think I would like to write a book. But of course I couldn't just leave it as a normal book, it would have to include photos and maybe collage things and maybe doodles. I wish I had the time, supplies, and know-how to bind my own books. Maybe over summer I'll make something like that. The weather and the lack of responsibilities this weekend have made me very anxious for summer.
Today I rolled the car window all the way down and we blasted ELO and other classic stuff and it felt so awesome. That song "Mr. Blue Sky" was perfect.
"Sun is shining in the sky
There ain't a cloud in sight
It stopped raining
Everybody's in a play
And don't you know it's a beautiful new day
Hey, hey
Running down the avenue
See how the sun shines brightly
On the city
In the streets where once was pity
Mr. Blue Sky is living here today
Hey, hey
Mr. Blue Sky
Please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long"
..............(skip to near the end)
"But soon comes Mr. Night
Creeping over
Now his hand is on your shoulder."


I'm going to go color now.

3/02/2005

 

Out in the open.

I hope things don't start to get weird now.

I thought I'd do all my homework, but that chemistry paper isn't worth it. He better keep his word and have homework only be worth 5-10 points. And I'll have to get the pre-cal from someone. So much for being a "productive citizen." Those ESLR's are stupid. We have better things to learn than how to impress the WASC team.

Voltaire rocks. \m/ h4rdXc0r3Xph1l0s0phy.

 

Finch.

Just a warning:

"Call m e oister: .....did i just say that?"

3/01/2005

 
Today was another weird moody day that wasn't so great.
History was a low-point. To quote Tasha's lj, from her list of bad parts of the day:

"7. In History, my future crashed down before my eyes during Mrs. Hearne's speech. I might as well buy a McDonalds uniform now."

Ms. Hearne certainly is a downer when it comes to college stuff, and isn't she the scholarship club thing leader? Isn't she supposed to motivate us? And what she was saying about the AP history class didn't help, but talking to the lady who teaches it did. I wish someone had said that two AP classes was enough in the first place. But at least I'll have Dwyer (I hope) who everyone likes.

There quite a few things killing me right now. Homework is one of them along with my remaining symptoms, stress, my shoulder, and a few people.

Oh, I won a 1-liter of Coke.
I finished painting my stepstool in shop.

I can't stop gritting my teeth. I don't even know why I'm so stressed, my classes are going okay and everything. I think I need a break. Too bad I can't miss even one day of class.

Normally a distraction would help, but I've been too distracted lately, I just need a break with nothing to worry about. I wish I could go camping or something. Maybe I'll get my mom to take me to the beach if there isn't a storm.

We looked at a house for rent on D-street, below All Saints. It was a cute yellow Victorian, but it was a duplex. We're too loud to be above someone. When my dad and sister argue they'd end up calling the cops, my dad's voice sounds like he's going to kill everyone and my sister sounds like someone is killing her. But the lady also is about to rent a house right down the street from where we live now. My mom doesn't like the place though.

On another note, I wish I wasn't so afraid of rejection.

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