Why the Chicken Crossed the Road

I dream of a world where a chicken can cross the road and we will not have to question his motives. Haha. Just kidding. Well, just some random ideas of why are:

• KFC took some of their friends and they were trying to get them back.
• They saw the ghost of Colonel Sanders and had to run, not walk, away.
• Their best friend was on the other side and it just doesn't matter where your best friend is, you're going to them.
• They were confused as to what KFC actually did.
• They just wanted to. (:

Be who you want to be, not who everyone wants to see

That is most definitely easier said than done. I like to think that I do whatever want, not caring what others think. And half of the time, that is the truth. But the other half, I completely care. I think, is someone watching? Is what I'm doing odd? Do I look okay? But I don't want to continue thinking about that. I just wanna do whatever I want and not worry what others think. The people that I don't like/ don't like me are my main hindrance. It really sucks because they don't matter to me - or at least they shouldn't. I guess I should really start focusing on not letting them get to me so much and just living life one day at a time.

This Week

This week has been ridiculously stressful! A few times this week, I've just wanted to break down and cry and it's all because of this darn Foreign Language Festival. Making this darn quilt has really stressed me out, but I hope that we do well with it because that would be the best thing considering the work we've put into it. I'm just glad that we are finally done with the quilt (the hard parts, anyway) and that it will all be over tomorrow. Oh, how I look forward to tomorrow. (:

Sociology

Oh, how I hate sociology. It's a dead-beat class for dead-beat people. All we do in here is watch ESPN, get on our laptops and occasionally take notes. And believe you me, the note taking is quite rare. Also, it completely amazes me how teachers even get their jobs when they can't spell or use grammar correctly. I may not be the best speller or use grammar perfectly but when I notice it... it's bad. When a student corrects a teacher, there is something wrong.

Our teacher never does a thing to get us to be quiet or to calm this back corner where these girls basically run our class. They get up in the middle and do whatever they want, which includes yelling out the window. Now, I'm no saint in class but I don't consider the classroom my own. Arrghh. It's just so frustrating. D:<

A Tale of Two Cities

That ending made me cry. :( That's probably because my favorite character throughout the book has been Sydney Carton. Sydney did a very noble thing by giving his life for Darnay. It was a very selfless and honorable thing. Carton loved Lucie with all of his heart and had earlier said that he would give his life for her. Granted, when an author puts that in a book, it's obviously foreshadowing. But I didn't want it to happen! All Carton wanted was to make Lucie happy. He also thought that by giving his life he would live on for generations of her children. On the last pages which represent the last thoughts of Carton, he tries to envision the future. He sees Lucie and Darnay naming a child after him and him living forever through them.

In my perfect ending, Darnay would have been killed and Lucie would have been like, "Oh, whatever," and married Carton. That would have been the perfect ending. Oh, and what about that Miss Pross? She is my new hero. (:

I call for a movie party at my house where we watch A Tale of Two Cities. They have it at the library. Patty's Bar anyone?

Blackbird

Over the summer, I became obsessed with The Beatles. I have over a thousand of their songs on my iPod and that's not even all of them! While going through that music, I discovered the song, "Blackbird". I never knew you could love a song so much. The beauty of the song is the scarceness of lyrics and being acoustic. I love this song so much it's quite ridiculous. If I see a blackbird, I start singing it. It has quickly become my favorite song. It's not exactly what you would expect from The Beatles though, it's a little more low-key. Here are the near non-existent lyrics:

Blackbird singing in the dead of night

Take these broken wings and learn to fly

All your life

You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Blackbird singing in the dead of night

Take these sunken eyes and learn to see

All your life

You were only waiting for this moment to be free

Blackbird fly

Blackbird fly

Into the light of a dark black night

Blackbird singing in the dead of night

Take these broken wings and learn to fly

All your life

You were only waiting for this moment to arise

You were only waiting for this moment to arise

You were only waiting for this moment to arise

FEA Camp

I miss FEA Camp so much. I've been thinking about it lately and I just want to be back at Western with all my friends from camp. Camp really brought me out of my shell(even more). I did a lot of things that I NEVER would have done otherwise. I walked on a two inch wide rope, went around campus asking random people if they knew what time it was IN SPANISH and meeting all these new people who have become my friends. I love camp and I miss it with all of my heart and I cannot WAIT to go back.

To make my blog about half the length of the pictures, I shall recap my favorite memories.

The first day was pretty boring - except for the car ride there. So I drove all the way there, until we actually got to campus and got lost. When I finally got there, we went to the Kentucky Museum and met the dean and what not and got to know each other.

The third day was the best! We went to Nashville and went to a Science Museum where we were able to do a moon-walk thing in a harness. It was pretty epic.

The fourth day we actually got to sit in on a college class. Granted, we had to read about different types of discipline in education the night before, but it was pretty cool to work with the college students and kind of get an idea of what is expected in college.

The fifth and final day we woke up and went to breakfast in the Kentucky Museum. It was really sad because we got awards and there was a slideshow from all of the activities we participated in. I almost cried during the slideshow because I just wasn't ready to leave. I still think camp should be two weeks long.

But my favorite memory had to be all of the counselors and friends I met that are the best. I'm so excited for camp next year to see them again and hopefully there will be more than me and Brandy from Apollo. (:

College

So I've finally decided where I want to go for college. Are you ready? I'm going to WESTERN! Haha. Fail, I know. Everyone from Owensboro goes to Western, but it's a good school.

About right now, it makes the most sense to just go to WKU. I will be in good standings for a lot of departmental scholarships because I have gone to FEA camp and I know a few of the professors. Also, I helped to start my own FEA chapter right after camp. So I'll be pretty good.

My grandparents are trying to make me go to OCC/WKU Owensboro for the first two years, but I want the full college experience. I want to live in a dorm and worry about whether or not I have the discipline to actually get my work done. Haha. Me and my mother were talking about me going to community college the first two years and then transferring but she was very indecisive and I finally decided that I would just go straight to WKU.

Another huge plus - it's close to home! I have been so scared about going away to college because I am so attached to my mother and my family. I couldn't imagine going to a college far way so I'm glad the campus that's right for me is so close to home.

Just so you know, I googled pictures of "Western Kentucky University" and two of these pictures of Big Red in this off-putting pose came up so I decided that I had to use it. Amazing, right? (: