Begin Again?

Hmm...I should work on this blog again, eh?

New Blog!!!

Hi everyone, I'm kinda moving websites, but not really... I'm keeping this one, just starting a new one.

You'll have to e-mail me if you want the URL. I only want certain people reading it...girls only, actually ^^


love you guyz!!

Holy Cow!! OOPS!

Sorry everyone, I didn't realize people actually read my blog!!

Well, this summer has been fairly boring... I've read over like....20,000 pages... I just started a new series called the Uglies, which is really good. Summer Band has been going pretty great. Josh, the other tenor, went to punch Sellas, one of the altos, and he accidently punched Sellas' brand new alto sax and broke it, but Sellas fixed it. Good times.

So, everyone's watching the olympics, right? Well, my family kinda gets into it... I'm sure most people who watched the relay swim that the French had been talkin' smack about the Americans before were into it, also. All 4 members of my family and the dog were on our feet yelling and screaming. Well, not the dog-she ran and hid under my bed and got stuck there, but, whatever, y'know? Still, that was probably the most amazing race in history!!!! It was awesome!!

...rawr

I'm craving watermelon...

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WOAH!

Y'know, Keenan once said, "I'll probably start my blog and post several times a day, then I'll slow down after a while."

I agreed with him, of course. But now I realize-I didn't just slow down after a while, I came to a screeching halt!!!

I can't ever think of anything intellegent to say anymore...and the fact that no one's leaving comments isn't really helping... =(

But, I'll try to start saying great stuff again... ^^

OH!

Oh, I'm home, just to let ya'll know! I've been home for a day, and I am SOOO tired.

My mom got released as Young Women's president today-and now she's 1st Councilor in the Relief Society. She's been in every presidency available to women in the church, and she's been Prez of 2/3. xD

Well, Imma miss her in YW, but they said that she might be like assistant camp director or something! xDDD

Girls' Camp

Alright, well, I'm leaving for Girls' Camp at 9 AM tomorrow...I won't be back until late Saturday afternoon/evening. -rolls eyes- my ward has bathroom duty on the last day of Camp so I'm predicting that we're going to have to wait until all 9 other wards leave the campgrounds for us to leave.

Guess what's PATHETIC?! So, we get breakfast when we're leaving the campsites-some wards might not even get out of there until 3 or 4 PM!!!! That makes me SOO angry!! UGH!

I might not get to post before I leave again, but I'll tell everyone about my wonderful adventures in the wilderness when I get back!!!

Say your final good-byes! Text, call, or e-mail me, and I'll say buh-bye!!!!

Fireworks

K, so this is pissing me off SO much!

I've been saying that I was going to do a firework show for like 3 days, right?

STILL!

No fireworks!

Didn't do 'em on the 4th-we watched Independence Day

Didn't do 'em on the 5th-we were doing other crap

Didn't do 'em on the 6th-Sunday

AARGH!GH!!!! RAWR!

So, I have to wait until the 24th do perform my firework show... -rolls eyes- Must...burn...something!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JU-JU!

Ok, so Ju-Ju is my kind, loving, caring mother to whom I owe so much.

Mom-I just wanna let you know that even though I do get really grouchy/complainy/extremely hyper/really photo-happy with myself-I still love you to DEATH!

So...how old are you now...26? Cuz you were 25 last year... c'mon mom-I'm not going to believe this anymore!!!

Well, tonight you're gonna have a firework show-courtesy of me! I didn't get to do mine on the 4th...and I demand to do it now!!!

Happy 26th, Mom!!!

Watermelon

So, today, my mom was slicing up a watermelon in the kitchen- that was 3 hours ago.

Since then, I have eaten more "water-mee-mee" than you can shake a stick at! Ugh. I walked into the kitchen to get another slice, and my dad was in there. "You know you can get drunk off of watermelon, right LarzHe said, picking out his own piece, "Don't eat too much."

"'kay dad." I said, stuffing another piece in my mouth.

So, yesterday at my grandparents' house, we were eating watermelon, when my Aunt said, "They say that watermelon rind has Viagra like effects."

My eyebrows shot up and I walked out of the room for the remainder of the ensuing discussion.

So, for now, I am a watermelon addict.

-goes to get a 5th or 6th piece of watermelon-

Poll Results

K, whatever loser said that I'd never get used to running, you suck...a lot.

And for those 2 people who said people not liking me/people saying they hate me, good job!!! You were right ^^

Although, I accidentally told Keenan which was the correct answer...so...the one person who answered correctly without help, you win...

A NEW CAR!!!

Just kidding, just my love. ^^

HAPPY 4TH!

Well, it was SOOO hot at the parade today... I ran out of water before we even got onto the parade route. (that was well before 10 am)

I only got like 50 minutes of sleep last night, so, of course, I was bawling my head off. I wasn't yawning...but...the tears just kept flowing...and flowing...and flowing and NEVER STOPPED!

So, it was really hot outside today-Manna said it hit 102 degrees!!!! That's HOT baby!!!! Kinda like me...or...certain other people...or...a certain person. ^^) -giggles childishly-

Anyways, I'm off to go to my grandparents house for a barbeque and stuff. Getta see my cousins. I am going to demand that I get to help with the firework show tonight! I'm old enough! People can SOOO trust me with a lighter! I got the "Camp Pyro" award for Girls' Camp last summer!!!

4th of July

So, tomorrow's the big day! I'm in the Centerville Parade, and I'm SOO excited!!!

hehe!

I hope that those of you who read this will be there! We're gonna rock the house!!!

Well, it would appear that...the Jazz Band...is entry number... 66...out of... 70...

so...we're like almost last...

o.O

The Death of a Shield

I went to Mutual today, and I was SOOO excited! We were making our SHIELDS for Girls' Camp!

Half of our Young Women's stayed inside and colored their Coat of Arms. The other group (me) went outside on the grass and painted ours. Mine looked like poop, obviously.

So, I finished painting my sexy shield, and went inside to color my Cote of Arms. I didn't finish, but my mom wanted everyone that was drawing their Coat of Arms to go outside so they could make their shields all artistic and stuff.

I went outside and found that my shield's base coat had finished drying. I picked it up and put it next to my friend, Shanna's shield (which she was splatter painting-it looked HOT!) I grabbed some orange paint and made a squiggly line all the way around the perimeter of my shield. I got some GOLD GLITTER GLUE and made big blobs along the squiggly line. I put some glue on my foot, too.

I wrote my name in grey across the top, and set it on the grass to dry. I went to help my mom put stuff back into the Young Womens' closet. Next thing I know, one of the little Beehives comes in and says, "Laura-the sprinklers just turned on, and your shield is on the grass."

"CRAP!" I screamed as I ran out of the YW room. I sprinted through the forum and slammed the glass door open and bolted outside. "NOOOO!!!!!" I scream as I turn the corner and get blasted by the sprinklers.

One of the Beehive leaders had bravely dove into the sprinklers and scooped everything up. My shield...my beautiful shield...was now crap and was slowly melting.

My mom was later talking to one of the Young Men who had been outside to witness this event, "I saw the sprinklers turn on, and I would have helped," he said, "but then I didn't want to get wet."

I was inches from killing two people tonight...but...they live on...for now...

LvUrFR3NZ- normal/high/low pitched

The Curse of the Maroon Hi-Lighter: Book 1, Chapter 2

I laugh really hard when I read this. ^^) haha. Enjoy the 2nd chapter!!!

The next day, Waknabee and Samgono put their items to the test. They had 5 members in their family including Waknabee, Samgono, the dog Saddieona, and their parents. So Samgono made 5 wishes for 5 family members about plants.

Waknabee used the hi-lighter on the front door. But suddenly, the whole door, which was maple oak colored wood, turned a deep maroon—the exact color of the case. Waknabee went as maroon as the door and the hi-lighter case. She could tell that the maroon hi-lighter was either cursed or had some magical power. She didn’t tell anyone her thoughts, not even Samgono, who she trusted more than her own mother, Juliet.

The next day, after only two hours of sleep, they went to the garden to inspect their items and talk about what had happened in the past two days, “I think that my hi-lighter either has some magic power or is cursed. Just look at the front door!” said Waknabee.

“I know, my seeds are already sprouting and I just planted them 2 days ago. This is very weird.” Samgono commented.

“We better go tell mother about what happened. I think something bad might happen if we don’t.” Waknabee replied.

So they went and told their mother about it. Their mother was rather ashamed that they hadn’t told her before.

The Curse of the Maroon Hi-Lighter: Book 1, Chapter 1

Author's note: I can't believe I found this story! I wrote it in 5th grade, and I loved it! I loved to read it to the class, who was kind enough to pay attention and act as though they loved it! I was talking to an old friend about it recently, and she said she actually remembered me reading these stories to the class!!! "And I hung my head in shame and wept". I don't know where that quote came from, but I like it. So, here's Chapter 1. Laugh, please, COMMENT! I'm dying to know what you think!

One day in the “The Hooligan Islands of the South Sea,” there was a girl named, “Waknabee.” She and her brother, “Samgono” were out in the garden looking for some ripe: tomatoes, bananas, watermelons, cucumbers, pumpkins, zucchini, carrots, onions, radishes, and strawberries, when a little, old, short lady with a basket full of some leafy substance inside came up. Her hair was as orange as the pumpkin Samgono’s hands. Her face was as pink as the petunia in the front yard. Her skin looked like a raisin. She said in a wheezy sort of voice, “Would you children like a little present? I have a maroon hi-lighter for the little girl.”

She pulled the hi-lighter out of the basket and handed the hi-lighter to Waknabee, “And for the boy, a little bag of magic seeds. Little boy, little boy, listen to my words. There are only 35 seeds in that rabbit skin bag. Make a wish each time you plant a seed. Only about plants though. Oh, yes, I forgot to introduce myself!” She said with a little less wheezyness in her voice, “I am Vancanieniea of the most southern Island of the Hooligan Islands. We are known for our wheezy voices. That is how you can tell where we are from. Our wheezy voices can be high, low, medium, soft, or loud but they all have the same rhythm.”

She took the leafy green substance and threw it up in the air as she said words that wouldn’t be translated as she walked off into the rising sun.

Waknabee and Samgono watched where the little, old, short lady had disappeared from view for a long time, thinking hard about what had just happened. About the little lady, what they had been sent outside to do, what she had said, what she had given them, what she had looked like, and what would happen next.

They looked at each other and said at the same time, “Oh wow…that was strange.”

Burned...

I just got home from swimming for 6 1/2 hours with Esther and Madeleine. We are SOOOO burnt!!! DDDx!!!!

So, while we were at the pool, these girls were just laying out and they were talking about cancer.

"Deodorant gives you cancer!" said one
"Everything gives you cancer now!" said another, "I don't really care if I'm gonna be white and wrinkley when I'm older, I just wanna enjoy life now!"

It was kinda....different. Esther and Manna and I were laughing our heads off!!

I discovered today that chlorine makes me burp- A LOT! It was kinda sad... and it hurt!!!

I dove into the pool a couple times...and my bottoms kept coming off...I'm glad no one ever watches me when I swim. ^^)

Laura's Comment of the Day: My legs aren't white and jiggly anymore! They're tan and jiggly!!!

LOL!

Ridiculous

Y'know, I was cleaning out my Writing and Art Drawer earlier...when I stumbled upon a story I'd written in 5th grade. I started reading them (it was a series of 4 books, the 4th uncompleted like most of my stories) I was laughing my head off!!! And snorting my nose off!!! You can even ask Keenan, who was on the phone with me at the time!

I called it, "The Curse of the Maroon Hi-Lighter" I read the series to my 5th grade class. I can't believe I did it with a straight face! Everyone always told me they loved my stories. They're kinda confusing! I guess 5th graders are just really stupid and don't know what a good story is when they hear one. haha. Cuz mine wasn't!

The entire series is a mess! My handwriting was DREADFUL! I could hardly even read it! But, I finally got through it, laughing so hard tears were streaming down my face.

Y'know, we are so naïve when we are young! We just ramble on and on when we write. It's awesome! Haha. I hope I laugh like this when I read my other stories when I'm like 50...or 80! hahaha!

End of YC

So, after 2 days of eating, swimming, water games, rock climbing real cliffs (I made it to the top on the hardest one ^^) (I Only girl to the top of the hardest one the entire 4 hours we were there), a 10 minute nap on the gym floor before playing Human Foosball (omg, amazing!), doing a service project by the Old Mill on Orchard Drive, Human Bowling and distance and style competitions on a big Slip 'n Slide (AWESOME! So much grass in uncomfortable places), playing The Dating Game (blast), we all settled into the grass near the pavilion by my church building for a testimony meeting thing. (no idea what it's called...Keenan will tell me ^^)

I was like the 4th person to bear my testimony (First girl, again). "I never realized how hard it is to walk 5 steps to stand in front of a group of your friends" I said. I went on to talk about how when I was rock climbing. When my dad was tying me up so I would be safe, I kept asking him, "You gonna get me to the top?". So, I started climbing and I got stuck half way up, and I broke down up there and started bawling. My dad was yelling instructions up to me (he was my counterweight). I finally reached the top, I just kinda sat up there, and I broke down on the way back down. (I freaking invert-repelled! AAHHH!!! It's TERRIFIYING!!!)

I later felt as I sat on the grass waiting for the courage to go up front to come, I realized that the rock climbing activity had a lot of symbolism, for me, anyway. I realized that my dad was like Heavenly Father, he was there to guide me and help hold me up, but he couldn't make me move. I had to make the decision on where the handhold I needed was. The top of the cliff was like heaven, I felt that way when I saw it on my way up. I knew I was almost there.

I was crying my eyes out as I was bearing my testimony. I made my dad cry...-blushes-

I don't know, I'm just kind of rambling now. Sorry for my waste of space.

Short Story

I'm thinking about writing a new short story. I know, I know, all of my friends who know my writing know that I CANNOT finish a story. EVER! This one probably won't get finished either...but...hey, I got bored of my gothic-girl story, I loathe my 4 BF's one, so, I'm going to write about a... BOY!!! dun dun dun!^^)

Yay me.

I'll be posting it here, too.

haha

Off to YC again.

Be safe and have fun my friends!!!

Fairwell, My Friends, Fairwell

And this is Laura the Spaz signing out for a few days...or maybe I'll be able to get on later tonight when I come home. ^^)

Love to all!!!!

<3

Faithfully-Arnel Pineda-Journey

This song makes me cry. I made my own video about this song, but I can't get it to load onto the internet. So, if you really really want to see it, you'll probably have to come to my house and watch it ^^

Youth Conference

I'm going to be at an action-packed few days of YOUTH CONFERENCE!!!! I'm way excited. We're going swimming today and doing other water games.

Tomorrow we're doing more games (but we have to get up at 7 for a delicious breakfeast that my dad is going to be cooking -drools-) There's no sleep overs, so, I'll be home every night if anyone needs to contact me.

I hope everything is going well with ya'll!!!

Loads of Love,

Laura Anne

Mother Father by Journey

Poem: Summer Break

Summer Break

Students flee the school with yearbooks in hand,
They've got several weeks before summer band!
They're dying to lay someplace cool,
So they run home and grab 'suits and head for the pool

In the heat of the fun,
He jumps with a run.
She bats an eyelash,
As he lands with a huge splash.

She lays in the sun,
Until her tan is done.
She sips a cool drink,
That's quite tasty and pink.

Everyone is staying up late,
Sleep can just wait.
This party's going to last all night,
And no one's going to try and start a fight.

(Author's Note: This was written 2/6/08 during my history class! ^^ As you can tell, I really wanted summer to come, and come it finally did. Please, don't make fun of my writing...I try hard and sometimes it's humiliating to publish...but...=/) haha

Poem: Tripped

Tripped

I stepped on the stair,
but then it wasn't there.
I was suddenly sailing through the air,
and no one seemed to care.

With a hard whack,
I landed on my back.
I couldn't breathe I couldn't move,
But everyone at the party just continued to groove.


I moan and I groan,
My back had been thrown.
Someone finally sees me,
and they laugh loudly with glee.

I pick myself up off the floor,
and slowly limp toward the door.
I need to go home; away from this place,
I can't let anyone see my reddening face.

Poetry

So, Emma, has been begging me to post some poetry, so...here it goes... YOU STEAL MY WORK, YOU DIE...A SLOW AND PAINFUL DEATH!!!!!!!!!

The Element of Suprise is Down the Toilet

So, while we were wrapping up our YW Bake Sale, (at which we made over $850!!!), we were suprised when a 2 cars pulled up at a near by house and and about 4 or 5 men in bullet proof vests jumped out. Seconds later, about 6-7 more cars pulled up and more men in bullet proof vests piled out. My Young Women leaders are like, "WHAT THE HECK!?" One of them started freaking out and was like, "We need to go now. That's a raid, we need to leave right now. Girls, let's go, come on." My mom (who is the young womens' president in my ward) just kind of rolled her eyes and kept watching. It was CRAZY!

So, they all spread out and started to surround the house. We had to leave to drop something off to one of the Laurel's house in our ward. We chatted with the Bishop for a bit then drove back the way we'd come. The cops had left the house and were in a big group by one car, then they all LEFT!!!

My mom said, "Well, the element of suprise is down the toilet. Whatever evidence they had has long since been flushed and destroyed."

WHAT THE CRAP!?!?!

(One cop smiled at me)

My mom and I agreed that the police had definately gone to the wrong house. ^^

YW Bake Sale!!!

So, like every year, my Young Women's church group is having a bake sale to raise money for Girls' Camp!!!

So, my mom and I started baking things this morning. I made a Triple Chocolate Bunt Cake (which made the house smell really really good.) Then I made some peanut butter cookies (Keenan-I'll make some for you sometime since they're your favorite cookie....I think...that's what you said...) so, I brought the computer downstairs while I was watching the cookies (mom told me to), and all of a sudden I hear my mom scream from the kitchen upstairs, "SADDIE, YOU LITTLE BUTT!!!" (Saddie is my dog, see "Like My Dog" entry for picture) I run upstairs to see what was wrong, and Saddie had been up onto the stove where my cake was cooling, and she had licked and nibbled off half of it. =(

So now I don't get to sell that cake in the bake sale, I get to eat the not-licked or bitten for dinner and breakfast!!! =D...=)...=...=(...=[

haha...yay...I guess....rawr

Happy Fathers' Day!

I FAIL AS A DAUGHTER! Dx

Just like Mothers' Day, I forgot to get my wonderful father something nice on his special day. So, I attempted to make him a card. Inside the card, I told him I failed as a daughter, and that I was sorry I didn't get him something nice, like a tie, then I said I'd just give him the old tradition: a hug and a card! I totally spelled tradition wrong in the card, though. I spelled it: traditition. haha, cuz I'm a LOSER!!! -cheesy grin-


So, I walked sheepishly into the living room where my mom and my brother were waiting with their big boxes of stuff for my dad. I sat at my mom's feet and waited until my dad had finished opening mom's and Matthew's gifts (mom gave him 2 new pairs of shoes and some movies on BluRay, Mattie gave him a music DVD of his favorite singer)


It was my turn...I walked slowly toward where my daddy sat, avoiding eye contact with anyone. I handed him my self-made card, gave him my hug, and he whispered in my ear, "That's just what I wanted. Thanks baby."


So, I just want ya'll to know, that I have the GREATEST dad in the ENTIRE WORLD!!!!

WORK IT, BABY!

(CHECK OUT THAT 'STACHE!!!)

(ignore me, though. 'twas Christmas morning, and I looked like POOP! ^^)

Writers' Block

I am suffering from the ever famous Writers' Block. I just can't think of anything to write about!!! It hurts my head and back...I could probably post some of my poems here...but I don't want people plagerizing my work!!! I just can't trust the internet anymore!!!

RAWR!!!!

WARNING! STANDING ON SCALE MAY CAUSE TEARS

Haha, so, my friend's mom, Emma told me this one time. That makes me extremely happy. She said that saying was posted on the wall above the scale at her doctors office. =]

Like My Dog

Do you ever feel like your dog? I feel like that all the time: scruffy, smelly, got food in my teeth, bad breath, lazy, and you know it, OUT OF SHAPE!

Even though I'm only like a week into the summer, I still feel like I've let myself go completely. My twin friends and I have started walking every morning, or whenever the weather was semi-nice. I've been taking my puppy (who's actually 8 years old) on walks a lot too because my mom said that my dog was getting a little chunky too. I was offended because it sounded like she was implying that I myself was "getting a little chunky." I said to my mom, "Excuse me?! I'm getting chunky?! MEAN!" As I stormed out of the house to take my dog on another walk.

Another thing, why are electronic scales so inaccurate?! I asked my friend's mom this question, and she said, "To torment woman. You are probably standing on it wrong. You're supposed to do it upside down. lol." I replied, "I honestly don't think I lost 5 pounds just by stepping off then onto the scale again. Psh. I WISH!"

YAY FOR BEING LAZY!!!!

Day 1

Just made a blog. I'm trying to outsmart my mother and get mine up and going before she can. =]

As I announced to my close friend that I was trying to start a blog, she automatically started making her own and pulled ahead of me before I could even blink. ^^ That's alright.

I hope I can get this baby working and have it be amazing like my cousins' and my friend's mom's blog. ^^ Wish me luck!!