Feeling Awful!

I feel awful right now! It's not that I'm sick. I am really not liking life at the moment. This one is short, I just felt like I had to at least write that. So bye!

It's Been a Long Day...

My day began like all of my Wednesdays, with me ignoring my alarm, and ending up finally waking up later than I meant to. I always wake up before my alarm, and when I notice that there is still time to get some extra sleep, I take it. Sometimes I completely ignore my alarm, but this is kind of a hard task to accomplish since my alarm sounds like the fire alarm. I know this because we had the fire alarm go off on us at 4 in the morning. Later that morning, my alarm goes off 7:45, sounding oddly similar to the fire alarm. So most days, I wake up panicked that it's the fire alarm, and that my residence hall is about to burn down with me in it, cause I didn't wake up. I do know that it's not the fire alarm, so most days I do manage to ignore it, and wake up 30 minutes after I wanted to. at least it's not an hour, or I would be in big trouble. I have already had that happen to me twice. One morning, my phone kept going off because I had a text message. From who? Who else but my mother, of course! She sent me a text asking me how I was doing, at 6 AM! Most of the time my phone is on silent because it has a light show sort thing going on that I usually notice, but I had decided to leave it on vibrate, why, I don't know. My phone has a weird vibrate mode. It does different variations for different things, like a call or text or email. For email it only vibrates a couple of times then goes off. But for text message it has this extremely loud vibrate that doesn't stop till you check it or after a minute. It's really annoying. So that's what I heard one morning, when my mom, being the considerate person she is, text me. She now knows, I am not wanting to be woken up at 6 anymore.

Anyways, back to what I was originally writing about, well today was not my best day. First off I'm still sick, but it's more like allergies or something. I do have a headache at the moment though. So I didn't want to get up this morning to go to my 9 am Chem. lab. I am not loving my chem. lab. It's ok, at least the people in my lab group are ok, but the rest not so much. After that I had my chemistry lecture, so ironic I know. Then I had my math class. To let you know I go from 9 in the morning till 2:15 with no break except to get to the next class. So I didn't get lunch till after 2. Then at 4 I had my communications lecture, which I also had an exam in. Fun! Then at 6:30 I had my math exam. Again, fun! Both weren't too bad, but I felt like I had not time for anything but class and exams. I ate before my math exam, or else I would of had to wait till after, which would of been after 8. I truly hate my Wednesdays and Fridays because I don't have like any break. It's just classes back to back. It's my own fault, I created my schedule. It wasn't like it was really flexible. The times were already set, and by the time I got to register, most classes were full already. I just now feel like I've gotten a break, and I also just realized that I need to prepare my outline and notecards for the speech I have to give on Friday. Oh, will the fun never end?!?!  Well I'm going to stop my rant about my wonderful Wednesday's.

Alisha

I Just Love Getting Stuff in The Mail!

It does seem like that every time I get an email from my post office here at school that I have a package waiting for me to pick up, I get really excited. I know what it is most of the time, but I still get excited about going and getting it. I know others do too. How do I know this? Well it's not because I see people walking around with a box from the post office in their hands smiling all the time. No, it's because I work at my post office. Yep that's the job I got. I started a couple of weeks ago, but I only work 2 days a week, Tuesday and Thursday. So I haven't been working long. I'm a clerk. I basically give people their packages, bringing smiles to their faces, and I sell postage and mail things off. It's actually been kind of interesting. I have made some mistakes, which is to be expected since I just started. Today was interesting. I have a time card that I have to put in this machine to clock in and out. Well, I went to clock out for my lunch break, and the machine ate it. Really it ate it! Actually it just got stuck, but that thing seriously hates me! It takes forever for it to actually stamp my card. I have to stick it in there multiple times, and last week it hadn't clocked me out for the week before, so it had me working for 3 days straight! But one of the directors fixed it for me. Well about my time card being stuck, it's still stuck! Yea the main director tried to get it out. When I told her about it, she said that it had never happened before, so of course it had to happen to me first. Again, I tell you this thing hates me! Well when she tried to get it out, she stuck another time card down in there. Why, I don't know, maybe to see if it could still work with mine in there. Well that just jammed mine further in there. Before u could see the top of it, and if you had extremely skinny fingers, you could of probably gotten it out. Well now you can't even tell it's in there. Another weird thing is that they don't have a key for it. You know a key to to open it up and possibly get my time card out. So for now it's stuck and everyone is having to write their time down. I hate that they have to do that, but it's not my fault. I didn't tell the stupid machine to eat my time card! So today was just another exciting day at the post office. I did actually get something in the mail, and I got to get it myself. Yep, I'm special. I hope Thursday is just as interesting. Really, I hope that my time card is back in its spot where I usually put it. So this ends my rant about my wonderful, never boring, job at the post office.

Adios,

Alisha

Something is Wrong, But I Don't Know What

So I haven't been feeling well lately. I have no idea why. It's basically been all summer that I've felt awful. I started being constantly thirsty, but I also have stopped eating very much. I don't know if that's a symptom or has to do with something else entirely. The other day I had the worse stomach ache, and couldn't really get out of bed. The clinic on campus is closed on weekends, and I really had no way to get to anywhere else, seeing as I don't have a car, and my roommate, who has a car, was gone to the football game. I was fine staying in my room. I took some medicine, watched some movies, and basically slept off whatever was wrong with me that day. I did call my mother, and she wants me to go to Redfern, our health center here at Clemson, whenever they are open again. I don't really have the time to be sick or to go get checked out. My schedule is fully packed each day. Maybe that's what's wrong with me, the stress of being in a new place and not doing the same thing everyday like I use to. Who knows? I just know that over my whole summer I didn't feel well, and now it just seems to be getting worse. I want to be my somewhat normal self again! I don't know what could be wrong with me. I have a lot of different things going on that don't really seem to add up. Maybe I should just stop complaining. I don't think complaining about this will help me at all. At least I felt a lot better today, but who's to say I won't feel just as crappy as I did Saturday. Argh!!!! This is just frustrating. Well hopefully I will start feeling better, or at least someone can tell me what's wrong when I go to Redfern when it's open again.

Adios,

Alisha

Laundry is So Exciting!

So I'm sitting here, in the basement of my residence hall, doing my laundry. No this is not the first time I have ever done laundry, nor is the first time I've ever done it here at Clemson. I did it a couple of weeks ago, but I really needed to do it today, like I should of actually done it yesterday, but I didn't really feel like it. So since I have nothing to do right now, I decided why not hang out in the laundry room. I mean it's the place to be, or so I'm told. Last weekend we had a laundry party, my roommate, our neighbor, and our neighbor's friend, who's a guy and I don't think he really was suppose to do it here since this is an all girls dorm but who really cares. Last weekend I didn't have to do laundry, but I hung out here anyways, because I had nothing better to do. It was a whole lot of fun, and I learned how to make a hemp bracelet. I thought it was a productive day. Anyways things are going good here at Clemson. I'm really liking college, and the freedom to do my own thing. Except I haven't been feeling well, and I don't know why. I think I have another post where I'm going to talk about that. I think I started it, had to go do something, so I saved it, and I haven't returned to it yet. So I think I'll talk about my weird medical problems in that post. So this is all for my post from the laundry room, I think I actually need to work on my homework. College is so much fun when you have homework!

Adios,

Alisha

All Is Going Well

So my post from the other day made it seem like I was not liking college or my roommate. Well after that, my roommate and I are actually getting along, and we now have a class together. I'm really liking my chemistry class, and I think I may like my communications class, but it's still too early to know for sure. It's the second week of classes, and I just started my introductory food science class. It seems like it will be interesting. I hope it goes well so I don't end up changing my major. I am done with classes for today, so I have nothing to do right now besides homework, fun! I guess I should get it over with. Sorry this one was short.

Adios,

Alisha

Second Day of Classes, a Little Aggravated, But I'll Get Over It, Maybe.

So I'm doing okay here at Clemson. I've met some cool people so far from this thing I'm involved in. I've decided that my roommate and I may not be good friends like I had wanted. It's okay. I've met people who don't get along with their roommates or be friends with them. She's okay, just she's decided to stop asking me if I want to go places with her. Not that I wanted her to ask me in the first place. Like today she went to dinner, and I hadn't eaten yet, but she didn't even ask if I had. I don't care that she's making other friends. I want to make new friends too. I think one problem is that I'm not very outgoing so I'm not always talking. I'm quiet, and I know this. But if you do get to know me you'll come to find out I'm very sarcastic, and will start talking to you. I did meet this cool guy at the thing I went to today, and he seemed like someone I could be friends with. I just don't know if I'll get to see him that much. So, this weekend I'm hoping to find something interesting to do. I have 3 classes tomorrow, and I think the last one ends at 3 or 4 not sure. Today I only had one class. It was Biology and it started at 8, but I didn't mind since it gave me a free day basically. So I'm going to stop my rant, and maybe my roommate and I will find something in common. We do have some things in common, but she doesn't seem to want to hang out with me. Like I said, if she just got to know me she'd find out that I will actually talk to her. Right now it's super quiet in my room, except my jamming at my keyboard. I need hints on how to meet new people, it's not like I've never made new friends. I made of couple of friends this summer, who seem like I'll actually stay friends with. Argh!!!!!!!! I'm stressed out enough as it is. I don't need this added on to it. ARGH!!!!!! AGAIN! So now I think I will officially stop my rant!

Adios,

Alisha

First Day Of Classes! Am I All Grown Up Now?

So today I officially started my college career by going to my first day of classes. I only had 3 today, but once labs start I'll have 4 classes on Wednesdays. Tomorrow I only have one class, which is awesome, but it starts at 8 in the morning, which sucks. So considering I'm at college now, does that mean I'm all grown up? I'm also 18, but I don't feel grown up. I can't even believe I'm 18. I still believe I should be in high school goofing off, and making A's in classes even though I didn't study till the night before. I was just lucky I guess with that. But all I hear here is that cramming the night before doesn't work like it did in high school. I expected that. I've heard that from high school teachers. So far college isn't like what I expected at all, which is a good thing. I really think I'm going to like my chemistry and communications teacher. I don't know about the public speaking part of my communications class, but I'll deal with that when it comes. Tomorrow I have biology, and I'm not sure what to expect in that class. I like science, but I like chemistry better than biology. Friday I have 4 classes, but again once labs start I'll have 5. Wednesdays and Fridays I have a full schedule and it seems like I have no break. I don't even think I ate lunch today because I had a class at 12 and then one at 1:25. I did eat dinner, so I didn't starve myself. Next week I start work, and it will be after my biology class, so I don't get a full day to be lazy like I would originally. No, I had to go out and find myself a job! I needed one, but I had a basically free day to do anything! I just had to go and mess that up! In all actuality, I'm not complaining. I'm going to have money in the bank! It would be good not to be the typical broke college student, but really I am since I have to pay back student loans as soon as I graduate. Joy! Life could not get better than having to pay student loans. So getting back to my original question, I don't believe I've grown up yet. I still have a lot of learning to do, and I believe I have plenty of time to grow up. I'm a college student now! Whoo Hoo!!!

Adios,

Alisha

Getting Use to This, I Guess?

So I've been away at college for 3 days now. Wow! I can tell you it's not like I expected at all. I thought it would be different then how it is, I don't know why. It's cool though. The only problem is I'm missing my sis and friends. One of them I've been texting and he's decided to give me an awful nickname. I won't even put it on here, I don't like it that much. It's my own fault. As told to me by him, I was suppose to come up with my own. I was told this because I made the mistake of asking him how he got all the nicknames he has. He came up with most of them himself, of course. Just to let you know maybe 2 of them are actually good. He's really big into nicknames, and thinks he's the master of them. He wishes. Well I couldn't think of anything, so again I make the mistake of telling him this so he comes up with one. One I don't get, but whatever. He's in a totally different state than me, like 5 hours away. Which is sad, but at least I don't have to hear that nickname all the time. So as I have already pointed out, I also miss my twin sis. I text her way more than anyone else. Wait, let me rephrase that, she's the one who is usually texting me. She's about 3 hours away at a different college, like my friends, but we always manage to talk to each other. I think I won't miss her as much if we text most of the time. She doesn't even have to be at college yet. She went early for some program, and doesn't start class for a week or more. I start on Wednesday and my first class is at 9. It's my chemistry lab, joy! I at least know where most of my classes are. I hope I'm not late to any of them. It's always a possibility. One good thing, I finished that essay that was required of every incoming freshman. It was due by midnight tonight, and I just finished 45 minutes ago. It's probably the worse essay I've ever written, but I'm not an English major, so it doesn't matter to me that much. It's also a pass/fail course. All I have to do is do all the required material, and I pass the class. It's not for any credit what so ever, which is kind of disappointing since I have to do all this work for it.

Just to let you know, in case you were wondering, my school's colors are orange, purple, and white, and that paw is the tiger paw. I'm a Clemson Tiger now!

Adios,

Alisha

Two More Days!!!

This Saturday I will be moving into my dorm at Clemson. I cannot wait! My roommate and I have been talking through Facebook, discussing what we're bringing and what we're not. We're also deciding whether or not we're lofting our beds. She's from Florida, but moved to Texas last week. She has a 20 hour drive, and she left today to get to school on time. She seems pretty cool and I can't wait to meet her. I also can't wait to move in. The only hassle is trying to pack everything up and remembering everything. I think I've got nearly everything I need. I really hope I don't forget anything. One problem that I'm having is that the replacement book bag I ordered after they sent the other to the wrong Alicia is not here yet. The person I talked to and placed the order for me said it should of been here on Monday, but it's still not here. I called PBTeen again today. This time the guy told me that my order should be here either today or tomorrow. If it's here tomorrow then that will be too late because we're leaving tomorrow morning to take my sis to school. She moves in tomorrow. My mom said she would bring it to me when she takes my sis the rest of her stuff next week. I'm really hoping that it will be here today. I don't want to have to wait till next week to have my new book bag that I really need. Argh, live is soooo frustrating sometimes!!! Well I need to finish packing, and I need to get my sis movitated to actually start packing her things. She's only packed some things, and now she's lounging on the couch watching TV. She doesn't seem to want to pack at all. So I've got to get a move on, I still have a lot of things I have to pack, and at this moment I can't remember what all it is.

Adios,

Alisha

Something New!

So I got a new laptop on Monday. I got a MacBook Pro, and I love it so far. I'm actually using it right now for the first time. I was required by Clemson to get a laptop. Originally I was going to get a Dell that would of cost me only $400. It was one of two laptops that I could of gotten for my major. Both of them were Dells. Clemson sends out a Laptop recommendation list every year, and last year's only had 2 computer's for me to choose from. So I go to see if I can buy one of Dell's and it turns out that Dell no longer makes that model. That totally sucked. Well I signed up to receive an email when the new recommendation list came out, and on it I could choose any of the computers listed. Well it turns out the cheapest computer is $1200, and it's a MacBook Pro. Originally I never wanted a Mac. I'm really use to having a PC, but so far I'm liking my Mac. I would of gotten the Dell, but it was like $200 more, which makes a difference when I still had other things to buy after I got my computer. So I'm happy with my choice, but I think I would of been happier if I could of gotten the $400 laptop and had an extra $800 to spend on other things I need. I'm even going to add a photo I took using Photo Booth with my webcam, which I'm finding I like having.

Total Weirdness

So I recently purchased a book bag from Pottery Barn Teen or PBTeen. I had ordered it online, and it was suppose to be here two weeks ago. So as usual with me, I kept tracking my order to make sure that it would arrive when I needed it to, which isn't till next week but I would like to have it already. So I tracked and one day it tells me that it's in a town only an hour away from mine. It says something about changing the address but I pay no attention to it. I just get so excited because I know it should be in my mailbox in just a day. The next day I go and check the mailbox to see if it's there and it's not. I don't think anything of it. I was just a little annoyed. The following day is a Saturday, so when it's not there I just think that it will be there that Monday. It's not. So now I'm frustrated and totally confused. It should of been there. The past week I have been going to check the mail to just get things that I haven't been expecting, but not the one thing I have been. I try to contact PBTeen through email, but they're no help. They just suggest to go and track my order. I track it and it says it was delivered to the front door. I think, "that's funny, it was suppose to ship to a P.O Box." I never get mail at home anymore. I usually ship everything to my P.O Box, and if it can't go there than I just don't get it or wait till I have time to go to the store and buy it. So after much frustration, I finally decide to call customer service and get to the bottom of this. I talk to a lady and tell her my order number that I read from my computer screen. She says that it was delivered to the front door. I tell her that it was suppose to go to a P.O Box, and that if it was delivered to my front door I haven't seen it. She puts me on hold three times. One time she comes back on and tells me that it was delivered to an address, but I tell her that that's not my home address. She tells me that they don't ship to P.O Boxes. I think this is odd because it never said that they couldn't ship to a P.O Box. Usually when I enter my shipping address, it tells me before my order is confirmed that they can't ship to P.O boxes. PBTeen never told me that. I thought it was all good. So after the third time that she put me on hold, she asks for my home address and tells me that they're shipping it to me again and that I won't be charged again. I'm relieved but surprised that the person didn't send it back when they got my order. I tell my mother this because I have been complaining to her about how my order should of been here. She asks me the address they had shipped it to and she looks it up online. She finds out that the person they shipped it to has my name just spelled differently. I spell my name Alisha, and this person spells it Alicia. We have the same last name, and it's spelled exactly the same. I never knew there was someone else with my name in my town. Somehow my mom gets this lady's number and tries to call her. Why? I don't know, she probably wanted to know if she got my order, and if she would send it to me. Well the number had been disconnected so we never found out if she did actually get my book bag. I just found it weird that this happened. It never has before and I hope it doesn't again. Another thing I find weird is that I never knew there was another person in my town with the same name and my town is so small. I'd think I'd know a thing like this. It's a crazy, mixed up world we're living in!

Adios,

Alisha

Why Not be Nice for Once?

So my brother's birthday is today, and he turned 20. Before now my twin and I have never really given anything more to my brother for his birthday than a singing card and a gift certificate to some place. To be honest I never felt the need to really have to give my brother anything for his birthday. He hardly gives my twin and me anything on ours. I have actually never given my twin anything on our Birthday or Christmas. I sometimes view that as odd, but she has also never thought about giving me anything too. I think it's because we share the same birthday, and we - I - feel like it would be like giving myself a present. Anyways, I have strayed away from the point. So until two days ago, my sis and I have never felt compelled to give my brother anything more than a funny, singing card(cause you know those are the best). Well for some reason this week my sis has be acting really nice instead of her usual sarcastic, say what I feel, self. Not that she isn't nice from time to time, but she's never nice all week. I feel like I just jinxed it, it's only Wednesday, she still has a few days to go back to normal. Well she came up with the idea that we should give our brother an iPod. We both found it weird that since we've been in the 8th grade we have always had an iPod, and our brother has never had one. He's nearly 2 years older than us, and has never had an iPod. I find this quite shocking because what kid doesn't have an iPod or at least wants one. But no, my brother never asked our mom for one for Christmas or any of his birthdays. He didn't even ask this year, which I understand, he's 20 with a job, so he can buy his own iPod instead of asking mommy. My sis and I have been asking for one since we were in the 7th grade. We've had every kind of the shuffle, from the first one to the colorful ones that clip on. We finally upgraded from the shuffle to the nano on our 17 birthday, and I for one don't really care to get a different one. I like the one I have now just fine. Anyways, my sister in a moment of weakness(we were at Wal-Mart, when do you never want to buy something from there) said we should get him his first iPod. Up until this point, our brother has had other ways to listen to music. He's always had a phone that he could hook up to his laptop and download songs onto, but recently he got a new phone(and his own plan), and no longer can put music on it. He also has gotten into mountain biking and running a lot. We thought the new iPod shuffle would be perfect for him since it clips on, and he wouldn't have to buy a thing to strap it around his arm. I actually thought he needed an iPod because I saw the iTunes gift cards and thought about future gifts. I wanted to get him one that day, but he had to have an iPod first in order for me to go back to normal birthday presents. Again, to be perfectly honest, my sis paid for the iPod. I'm broke because I have to buy a $1200 laptop for school(and yes I have tried to find a cheaper one, believe me this is the cheapest one that is on the list that they gave me, I'm required to have a certain computer) and have to save most of my money so I'll have it when I go purchase my laptop. It wasn't the most expensive gift in the world, $55 plus tax. It's the thought that counts, remember that people. Also as my sis put it, "He can't have one better than us," well not until he buys his own. He didn't expect anything except the usual funny, singing card, which we still got. We also got him a yummy cake, and it really was delicious, and our mother cooked him dinner. This was all 2 days ago because my brother decided to spend his birthday with friends instead of family. I don't care, I was surprised he was home 2 days ago. So, as my twin and I have told our brother, this may be the last time that we do this sort of thing. Our niceness is rare, well my sis's more than mine, way more. He actually does like his new iPod. Bonus, he doesn't have to download iTunes because we already got it, and most of the kind of music he listens to is already on there! I think we did well, and just to let you know, my sis owed me money, and I told her that she didn't have to pay me back she could just say that was my part of paying for the gift. So there I did actually, kind of, buy it too. Whatever. I just hope he returns the favor. I expect a really big care package when I go away to college. It's the least he could do.

Adios,

Alisha

Just When It Starts to Get Better, It Gets Worse

So I was having to get up before six and be to work by seven. Now I won't have to be at work till nine thirty. This seems like something good, but that is wrong. It's bad because I'm being cut three hours. I won't be making nearly as much as I would of been. Totally sucks. I feel like I should just quit and have really nothing to do all summer. I need something to do. I have never really liked summer. It's too hot, and I'm always bored. I've always liked winter more. At least I've made friends with a couple of my co-workers. The only ones close to mine and my sister's age. These guys are I think at least twenty-one. I wish I was twenty-one. Being eighteen is not what it's cracked up to be. I have yet to buy a lottery ticket or go to a club. I feel like I've been jipped out of being eighteen. It's been all my choice though. So it's my fault if I haven't been living it up being eighteen. I need to get out, and do something. Now since I only work from nine thirty to one thirty, I might have some time to do something actually exciting over the summer. Now what will I choose to do? So many choices in a small town like mine. I think I would rather go on a road trip and just get away from everything. Maybe I will. I just need people to go with, because a solo road trip is no fun. I can't count on my sis going with me, she can be a total bore, and never wants to do anything fun. I somethings wonder how we're related, then I remember she looks almost exactly like me. So I know we have to be related, or Mom managed to find my doppelganger and adopt her. So I'm going to go think about what I should do to have fun in what is the most boring town in the world. Maybe they'll be something to post about later, probably not.

Alisha

Does it Get Any Better? The Answer is...

NO! What I am referring to is my job. It's just awful. It's too hot to be sitting outside all day waiting for people, and I have much better things I should be doing instead of preparing and serving(not actually) to people. Most of the time no one shows up. Today we didn't even go to one place, because they decided to stop serving there. So my sis and I had 30 minutes to waste before we had to be at the next destination. We just went ahead and drove to the next destination because it's all the way on the other side of town from where we were, so it takes forever to get there anyways. Yesterday we were late to every destination, not that any one was there or that anyone noticed. Today we were early to every place. I wonder if we'll ever be exactly on time. Tomorrow is the last day I have to go through this torture for this week. Next year, I plan on finding a different job. It's money, but I'd at least want to like my job, but still it's money, and I need that, right? Right. I'll just keep telling myself everyday when I have to get up before six during the summer, and have no time really for anything else. Yea telling myself that will definitely work. No, it's never going to work. I have to deal with it anyways. This really sucks. Blah, blah, blah. Something, hopefully, will brighten my spirits soon, or not.

Alisha

Work Is Such a Bore

As I am writing this I'm sitting on concrete waiting for people to come get food. It seems utterly pointless to be doing this. I thought someone would of shown up by now but no. All I get is someone in a Lexus who just parked here, and not doing anything. Also some old man keeps driving by. Wow! My job is fun. What my job is is this summer feeding program, where me and some other people including my twin sis, fix lunch and hand it out to kids in different communities in my town. It's something my mom's boss decided to try out this year. So at the places I went to, because right now I'm actually off work, no one showed up. Maybe it was because it's a holiday or because my sis and I looked like we didn't really want to be there, so no one wanted to approach us. No one even bothered to come up to us, so maybe it wasn't us. Who knows.

I was so bored earlier, I decided to try out my mobile posting. It worked pretty good. I just have no idea how to add a title and all that. So I will try it again some other day. Right now, I'm typing this on my laptop. So much easier than trying to do it on my tiny keyboard on my Palm.

Oh, my job gives me so much joy! Yea, I'm never going to say that again.  I just hope it gets better. Maybe someone will actually show up tomorrow. I hope so, or I'm really going to regret that I that I told my mom I'll work this. Wish me luck that it turns out better tomorrow.

Alisha

Can You Ever Possibly Read Enough?

I ask myself, do I read too much? Sometimes I think the answer is no. I think this because I ask others what they have read so far this year, and they seem to have a lot. Sometimes I have never heard of the books they read and sometimes I have but have yet to read it. Sometimes I find myself answering the question yes. The other day I went to the bookstore, and I couldn't decide which book to get. I never leave a book store without two or more books. I had a ton in my hand the other day, all books I was dying to read. I ended up only getting two because I did not have enough money to get more. Oh, money. How I wish I could have more than enough, so I could get any book I wanted. Sadly this is not true, and I have to always narrow down my choices by which ones I really, really want to read. Or sometimes by which one is cheaper. It's always a tough choice, but I do either go back and buy the other books another time or find it at my library.


So what I really want to know, can I really ever quench my thrist for reading? I think not. I'm pretty sure that never will be possible. I use to think back in middle school that I'd never pick up a book again. Middle school somehow ruined reading for me. I didn't really get back into it till close to the end of the eighth grade. It's not like I didn't read at all in middle school. I was forced to so I could earn points each quarter for a grade. I hated being forced to read books because they were on the list of books that you could earn points from. I usually just read books that weren't on them, and also the books that were assigned in class. I think the first quarter of my sixth grade year was the only time I got all the points that I was required to get. It's not like it affected my grades that much, just how much I read. Now I think that I'll never go a day without at least picking up a book and reading at least a few pages of it. I'll probably be like my awesomely, blunt mother and read books, but just skim them and skip all the boring parts. I already do that now with some books. Most of the time I read a book word for word. My mother rereads books, and I barely do that. I read a book because I don't know what's going to happen. Rereading, I'll already know what's going to happen. It just ruins it for me. Except sometimes I haven't read a book in a few years and maybe I've forgotten what was going to happen. Then maybe I'll reread it, or if it was extremely good, and I just have to pick it back up again. I just know that I'll always be a book worm, and I'm proud of it!

Alisha

Can I Ever Stick With the Same Thing???

So I can never seem to keep the same template for either of my blogs. I am constantly changing. Like just a few minutes ago, I switched from a star lamp as my background, to a coffee cup. On my other blog, I use to have some books as my background, and now have a guy holding a camera. I'm just wandering if I'll ever stick with one for more than a month. I don't think people really care if I do. I notice a lot of other blogs change how they look too. They just don't seem to change it as much. I've changed my book blog template a few times, and I haven't even had this blog a month and I've already changed it twice. I'm also wondering if this will happen with other things in my life. If I'll be able to stick with my chosen major, or keep changing it. Will I want to change colleges after just one month. I hope not, this is my dream school.

Life sucks, just to let you know. Maybe not to you, but to me it does. I'm so wishing I could just not think and worry about things, but that's all I do. Argh!!!!!!!!!!! I just want to scream some times. This is so not on topic, but who cares about that. So as with last Friday, and yesterday, today is really boring. This one's short, I just don't feel like blogging that much today.

Alisha

Who Doesn't Love Roller Coasters and Music?

So Sunday I went to Six Flags Over Georgia. I haven't been in about 3 or 4 years. I really do love Six Flags, even if I don't get to go every year.My favorite rides are Superman, Goliath, and Batman. So on Sunday they were having the Bamboozle Roadshow which featured All Time Low, Boys Like Girls, Hanson, Good Charlotte, Forever The Sickest Kids, Cartel, and Cady Groves. There were other bands, but they were playing in a different area, and I didn't get to see them. I don't really care too much for Hanson or Cady Groves. I was mainly there to see All Time Low, Boys Like Girls, and Cartel. I had heard of Forever the Sickest Kids before the show, but hadn't heard any of their music. I don't know why, I realized I loved every one of their songs that they played. They also were one the best performances of the day. The show started at 2 something and didn't end till almost 8. So my friends, sis, and I rode a few rides before the show including Goliath and Superman, and rode Georgia Scorcher after the show before we headed home. I really wanted to ride more, but I wanted to see this concert more. I can always go back and ride roller coasters some other day, this concert was only going to happen one day. So Sunday became more exciting than Friday, and today is just as boring as Friday was. I am so wanting to go back to Six Flags, and ride some rides. I also really want to go see another concert. Like who wouldn't want to see these bands perform? Honestly, Martin, the lead singer for Boys Like Girls, is kind of crazy. I knew he acted weird, but I have never been to one of their concerts before, so I didn't know how weird. I liked him though. He was just being himself, and he even challenged some guy out in the audience who didn't seem to like Hanson that much. But the guy couldn't get up on stage because it was against Six Flags' policy. Whatever. It's what he told us. I also didn't think that All Time Low band members were going to be like they were. The guitarist, Jack, was always running around, you didn't always see him on stage. He also went out in the crowd once. Him and Alex, the lead singer and guitarist, would talk after some of the songs, and it was hilarious. They would argue, and they fought over some hat that someone in the audience threw up on stage. Jack tried to get a hat from someone that looked like a rabbit. Alex threatened to throw picks at her till she did. Forever the Sickest Kids acted the same way. Their lead singer was my favorite. Over all, I think I will go see each of these bands in concert again. I'm hoping that later on in the summer, I can go to the Vans Warped Tour. Who knows if I'll actually be able to.

Alisha

Friday Can be Just as Boring as Monday

So it's Friday, and what do I have to do today? Nothing that's what. I have school work I need to be doing, but do I feel like doing it? The answer would be no. My mom gets off early today, so if she decided that we're going, I may go to the outlet mall and buy a new dress or skirt for my sister's graduation tomorrow. My mom may decide not to let me get a new dress and I'll be stuck with one of my old ones which I don't want.
So besides having nothing to do, today is boring because it's raining. It has been sunny all week and today it decides to rain. Normally when it rains, and it's not some bad thunder storm, my sis and I watch a movie. We've always thought rainy days were the best movie days. If it looks like rain, or just started to rain, we always go, "Movie time," and then pick out a movie to watch that we've probably watched a million times. I think we get this from elementary school. We always watched movies back then when it rained and we couldn't go outside for recess. Oh, the good ole days. I'm just hoping it doesn't continue to rain all weekend. Sunday I plan on going to Six Flags with my sister and some of our friends. I have already paid for the tickets. It was not just for a one day pass, they're also having a concert that day. The Bamboozle Roadshow, which features All Time Low, Boys Like Girls, Cartel, and many others. I absolutely love All Time Low and Cartel, and I do not want to miss out on this. So I'm hoping that the Big Man Upstairs will decide not to have it rain Sunday. It's the first time in like two years I will be going to Six Flags, and I really want to ride Goliath and see this concert. Don't let me down please. You know, now that I've asked for it not to rain, I've probably jinxed myself. Oh well, maybe they'll reschedule it. So I'm going to continue my boring Friday with nothing to do, and hope that I get to go shopping and see All Time Low.

Alisha

Sugar Cookies Don't Like Me

So last month for my great aunt and uncle's 50th wedding anniversary I was assigned to make sugar cookies. It wasn't that big of a deal to me. I'm actually a good cook, and desserts are what I'm best at. So I'm usually assigned to make something. For instance, I had to make nearly all the desserts for Christmas one year. It turned out pretty good, with almost everything I made gone by the end of the day. So I thought, "Sugar cookies, no problem." Boy was I wrong. I had decided to make them from scratch. I thought it would be more special than buying pre cut ones. I had wanted to make ones that I could cut out because I wanted to cut them out into the shapes of butterflies. I should of known things wouldn't work out when it took my mom, sister, and me forever to find cookie cutters. Wal-Mart let me down. They only had one thing that was cookie cutters, and it was this big box that contained 100s of cookie cutters but not the ones I wanted. We bought it anyways.It did have one butterfly cookie cutter, so that made me somewhat happy. So when I go to make the cookies I don't read all the directions before starting them, and I find out when I finished mixing the dough(my mixer also broke on me while mixing it) that the dough has to chill in the fridge for 2 hours at the least. I just wanted to scream at that point. I had waited to make them the morning of the party. Big Mistake. So my mom, being the psychic that she is, had bought a mix that all I had to do was add a little flour and one or two eggs to for just in case we didn't have enough. This mix only would make at most 30 cookies, and there was going to be at least 100 people there. But I made cookies from that batch, and I read all of the directions before I mixed them. They didn't need to be stuck in the fridge and they actually turned out good. While I was waiting on the other to firm in the fridge, I iced these as they cooled. So when a little over two hours was up, I checked the dough in the fridge, and thought it was firm. I go to roll it out, and it sticks to the rolling pin even though it has flour on it. It also doesn't cut out. By this time I was needing to be already done with these cookies, and getting ready to go. So I decide to just drop dough them, and call it a day. My sis helped me ice them and put them on the tray.

So that was last month in April, I tried again just a couple of days ago. My sis and I had been wanting something sweet, so I decided to see if these cookies would turn out like they're suppose to. I had plenty of time and nothing to do that day. I also had gotten a new mixer, which was what I thought was the reason for them not working last time. So I make it, put it in the fridge, and leave it in the fridge for way over 2 hours. Again I try to roll them out, and again they don't do as they should. So I drop dough half of it, and leave the other half in the fridge. I leave it in there for the rest of the day, and don't try again till the next day. It does the same as it did the first couple of times. So I gave up, and realized that sugar cookies are not the dessert for me. They just don't like me.

Alisha

So I Guess This is What You Call an Introduction

So I decided to create another blog. I don't know if I'll keep this one up as much as I do with the other one, but I will try to not go too long without posting. So I wanted a blog that wasn't about books. I seriously have a love for books, but it's not my whole life. I have also realized that there are a ton, and I mean a ton of book blogs out there. So I wanted to do one that wasn't just a bunch of reviews.
So I guess I should introduce myself. If you follow my other blog, than you already know things about me, but if other people are actually reading this than I should tell you something about me.
Where to begin??? Let's see, I am not the only person out there that looks like me. Yep that means I'm an identical twin. We have a lot in common, except she doesn't blog. She's also my best friend. I guess this is where the awwws come in. Yea, well when you have to share a room with someone ten years of your life, and you have to get along than you learn it's best just to not argue. Nowadays we do argue, we also don't share a room. For some reason my friends think it's so funny to see my sis and I fight. One of my friends also tells us that we have a evil twin laugh, but we're not evil, I swear.
So I've decided to list all the rest of the things about me, and not go too into detail.
Here it is:
I'm a vegetarian, the only one in my family.
I'm a senior in high school.
Attending Clemson University in the fall, majoring in Food Science.
Book worm
Music fanatic
Middle child, I'm older than my twin by 13 minutes.
Have black hair, but not my natural, but does look it.
I love punk rock music.
Favorite color is green.
I read way too much, sometimes a book a day and sometimes more than that.
I procrastinate way too much.
I live in a small town that's way too close minded.
I'm biracial, half black half white.

I think this is enough for now. I hope you will like reading my blog, if any one reads it.

Alisha