10.29.08
Again… oh dear…
I did something I’m going to regret…. I just joined NaNoWriMo. National Novel Writing Month. The goal is to write a 50 000 word novel in one month. Yeah…. but it’s a challenge, and I think it will be fun! I doubt I’ll be able to finish it, but it will be fun to try. I am totally in over my head, but still!
Oh dear…
I just did something I really shouldn’t have done.
About a year and a half ago, I was in a huge ice show, and the big “hit” number was one where us girls were dressed in these ridiculously skimpy costumes (well, they weren’t skimpy on the 13 year old, but since they made them all the same size, those of us with boobs…. ahem….. they were VERY revealing, and we tried covering them up with nude fabric, but there was still a substantial amount of…. bouncing…). We practiced the routine for probably 6 months, and the song was this super fast thing, where you really couldn’t hear most of it what they say, and the number was based on a dance routine we had done earlier that spring, but seriously “spiced” up for the ice.
For a while now, since I kinda liked the song, I have been thinking of searching for it and seeing if the artist made any other songs in the same style, and try to get my hands on the long, uncut version of the one we skated to. I plugged in a part of the lyrics in google and oh yes, I found the song. But oh dear. I don’t think I really wanted to know what those really fast lyrics really said….. or the part that was cut out…. It’s… um…. very….. suggestive…… Not something small 13-15 year-olds should have danced to. Ever. It’s called “Big Noice from Winnetka”. Judge for yourselves…. Now I suddenly wish I hadn’t gone looking.
10.28.08
Bad day
Quitting figure skating was not good for me. Before, I was never sick, ate well and always had lots of energy. Now, it’s the opposite. I am constantly ill, it feels like. Today again I feel crappy and almost fainted in dance class. I am constantly cold, and hands and feet are icicles (transl. istappar). I’m almost always tired, and I know I don’t eat enough. I mean, I eat, just not enough. And it’s not that I don’t want to eat, nor am I trying to lose weight, I just am very rarely hungry. I should probably add another small meal a day, just to try to get more in me. When I go back to think about what I have eaten these last couple of days, I cringe, knowing that I am not giving my body enough nutrients, and that is probably why I am getting sick. I know Cathy is going to shake her head with this post, and my poor mother is going to get all worried and think I am starving myself, but I’m not. I’m just having a bit of a down-time. It happens. We are going to go grocery shopping Friday, and I’m going to make sure to buy plenty of tasty things to encourage myself to eat more and better. Hubby also said we were going to stop by GMC to get me some better vitamins, since the ones I take now make me throw up (oh joy….).
I am not having one of my best days today people. Now, I’m going to go down and warm up some left over taco pie from yesterday, because “äta bör man, annars dör man” (you should eat, or you die). Terrible mood today. Sigh…. I hate feeling crappy.
10.27.08
YES-YES-YES-YES-YES!
Woho!!!!! *Does little victory dance* I got a 95 on my museum report!!!!!!! Here’s the comment she wrote:
C, this is a well-written report that demonstrates a thoughtful assessment of both the painting’s artistic and historical value. You do a good job of establishing the importance of portraiture as a genre for the wealthy elites of the Italian city-states, and of connecting the painting to Vasari’s Renaissance criteria of artistic excellence. I was particularly impressed by your detailed description and interpretation of Lucrezia’s appearance. Best, N
YAY! It’s only 10% of our grade, but anyway! The average score in the class was 78.5, so I feel great! I might be in the running for an A again, but you never know…..
10.26.08
Real estate
I frequently go to various real estate sites and look around and make searches. I know we are not in a position to buy a house yet, but I want to learn the market and see what’s out there, and basically get the feel of the American housing market. The only problem is that I keep finding these PERFECT houses for us. Just the right size, location, price, everything. And it makes me want to go and buy a house NOW. Very silly, I know, but I keep finding homes, not just houses. I don’t know…. sigh…..
Got to go, I’ve got to put the bread into the oven. It’s had three hours of rising, and it will be delicious! We are having people over later to watch Skate America. For two hours…. and it’s the only GP they are showing this fall on TV….. I’m not gonna go there…. ARGH!
10.25.08
Tupperware
When do you realize you’re all grown up? When you get invited to tupperware parties, actually go, and are thrilled about the spatula you won in the games you played….
Catherine invited me to a tupperware party, and I went. Ethan was there, and he is getting so big! 5 months next week! Anyways, I took home one of the catalogues so that hubby could take a look before we decide to order anything. But I already have my eyes on a couple of things.
10.24.08
Sister-in-law
I might be meeting my sister-in-law for the first time this upcoming month. She emailed my husband earlier this week, saying she would be going to a hospital, and wanted to know how far that was from us. It’s about 5 1/2 hours by car…. but anyway, I think she might be coming here on her way there or on her way home to Bermuda. I’ve never met her before, so it’ll be nice. Slightly nervous, but it will be fine. I don’t know for certain that she’s coming, but it seems likely.
10.22.08
Twilight- again
I’m done. 4 days, 4 books. They were very good. AND my essay was in on time. Good girl.
10.18.08
Twilight
I just saw the trailer to Twilight. Wow. Amazing. Intense. And Robert Pattison is HOT, and so is the evil dude in blonde hair (Jasper?). I haven’t read the books, but from what I’ve seen, I should. Well, I know what I will be doing over the next couple of weeks (who am I kidding, really…. DAYS. It only took me 5 hours to complete the last HP, and these are much shorter….). I’ll get on it starting tomorrow…. Oh, godness, I know this is going to be bad for my schoolwork….. 
Wrote poem this evening, not one of my best ones, but definately decent. Poor husband was weirded out when I crawled into the closet with my notebook and told him to shut up. I’ve missed writing poetry, and this one just popped into my head and I had to get it down.
Poetry
I’ve been spending my nights this week reading from a book I got a while ago, One Hundered Favourite Poems, and marking the ones I really like. So I thought that on days when I have nothing better to say, I’ll give you a poem. There are 17 of them, and it will be like our own little series. 
So here goes the first one, A Room With Books by Mike Read. Enjoy!
There’s a feeling in a room with books, the love
The depth the warmth of something that’s alive.
The ranks and rows of old campaigners stand
Passed from hand to hand, friend to friend, to me.
The flames in shadow dance upon them all,
Who themselves one danced upon this earth;
Burns, Belloc, Blunden, Bridges, Beardsley, Brooke;
Inscribed with care from lover; mother; friend
Hughes, Hardy, Henley, Hopkins, Hugo, Hood:
In faded hand ‘December 1910’.
Books from the libraries of Laureates,
Volumes revered as Bibles at the Front,
Classics, passions, open wounds, injustice.
As full-bodied wine, verse, chapter stanza;
Spill and flow out across the floodlit lawns,
From leathered desk to some dark, secret place.
And here I sit, surrounded by my friends,
Their words remain though they themselves are gone,
Their lives re-lived within my favourite room.
