Well, life has been sort of like watching TV on mute and never really knowing what they’re saying, but once you do figure out what they’re saying, they’ve already moved onto something different. Anyways… here’s the list of the day:

1) My D&G glasses: Okay, so I kind of sort of lost my hot pink Dolce and Gabbana glasses. And on top of that I’m out of contacts, so I really and truly cannot see. I’m waiting for them to magically appear to me so that maybe, just maybe I’ll be able to see again. In the mean time, I’m blind waiting for my contacts to come in. Yeah. It sort of sucks. But not too bad. Looking at a blurry world kind of puts a whole new perspective on life.

2) Navy Blue Nail Polish: I’ve been wearing it religiously. I’m all screw black, I want navy! I just think that navy blue is by far the best neutral ever created. But, I’ve been doing it for like the past year and I feel like its just now getting notice. Like, what the heck? Do I get any credit? No. No, I don’t. Am I going to complain about it? Maybe a little … But not too much. I’m sort of just happy that people have gotten over the black nail polish phase. I was beginning to wonder if it was ever going to end. Not that I don’t like black nail polish … I just don’t like EVERYONE wearing black nail polish. It gets kind of boring.

2) Challenges: Okay, so this is really vague, but the thing is that I’m taking up a new challenge. Its trying to get my softball coach to laugh. She just doesn’t seem to be able to chuckle and it is a bit bothersome. Have I already talked about this? I don’t remember … I am taking up the challenge of making her laugh though. I just want her to let out a small chortle. Will it be hard? YES. Will it be almost impossible? OH DEFINITELY. Will I possibly get in trouble in the process? I can’t say. But I’m going to do it for the better of humanity and hope that it helps us in the long run.

3) Nike & Vitamin Water Commercials: I have no idea why, but I am desperately in love with the Nike and Vitamin Water Commercials. I know its really ridiculous, but I really and truly search them on YouTube and watch them for hours on end. I love Saul Williams in the Nike Commercial. My brother and I decided that you can’t listen to List of Demands without pumping your arms in a running fashion. Sad, but true. And I love the whole 50 Cent coming onto stage and being the orchestrator. So cool. Every time I get goosebumps. AH. Why does it have to be so cool? Why do commercial makers have to make such addicting commercials? WHY? Ahhhhhhhhh.

50 CENT (this is a link…)

4) Soundtracks: I really, truly don’t know a single movie or TV soundtrack that I don’t like. I love them all. I wish I could have them all. In movies and TV you find the most interesting songs. They’re not always popular, but they’re always so fresh. Fresh to death. I’ve found some of my favorite songs on soundtracks. Vampire by Antsy Pants on the Juno soundtrack is just brilliant. Tangled Up In Me by Skye Sweetman is another of my favorites. And it’s on the Laguna Beach soundtrack. Odd, I know. For all of its faults, Laguna Beach happens to have an amazing soundtrack. Hey, don’t be a hater! They do…

Happy Easter!!! ((If this doesn’t apply to you … Happy … Spring?))

1) Origami Waterbombs : You may be wondering “What. In. Haysworth.” Well, I’m here to say that I hate the little buggers. I just spent a good thirty minutes making one, only to have it be about an inch tall. What am I supposed to do with that? It’s positively ridiculous! After I was done making it I almost set it on fire. Thinking on it, it still sounds so good…

2) Insomnia: I happen to love it. Seriously, if I stay awake past one, there is NO going back to sleep. Just this week I’ve read over one thousand pages of writing. Not counting how much I read in my e-mails. I’ve watched the movie, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants multiple times and presently, I’m watching Gandhi. I’m getting so much work done, that I think I might kill the whole procrastination habit. If you’re wondering about the side effects, I haven’t actually had any. This may be a result of me drinking four cups of black coffee a day, but who knows?

3) Chipotle: Oh, how I love the smell as I walk into Chiptole. Its like my own personal paradise. I personally go in and order a steak burrito with black beans, vegetables, corn, hot sauce, cheese, rice, and guacamole. It takes a real woman to eat an entire burrito, and I am proud to call myself a REAL WOMAN. Actually, today, I wasn’t even full after eating one. Such an odd happening. But yeahh.

4) Mr. Mouth: It is quite possibly the most entertaining game I have ever played in my whole entire being. While I realize that it is made for four year olds, I can’t help but completely LOVE it. My friends and I decided to make up out own rules and make it into a team game where we time ourselves on how long it takes us to get all of the flies into the frog’s mouth. Then, when we got really good at that we turned it into Scattegory Mr. Mouth. We would say movies that start with A and then we were off. It’s so much fun. I think that you should get in touch with your younger self and give this completely radical game a try!

5) Being Aware: I used to be one of those people who didn’t give a holy sock about what was going on in the world. But, one day when I had read all of my books, I decided to give the newspaper a try. Now, I love reading the newspaper and do on basically a daily basis. I’m also in something called Model U.N. and I represent the country of South Africa. Did you know that there is actually a genocide going on there, right now. The Boers (Swedish farmers) are being slaughtered and having their land stripped from them by the South African natives. One of the former presidents of South Africa actually had a slogan of “Kill the farmer, Kill the Boer” This shocked my socks off. Anyways, the point of this is despite all of our downfalls as a society, nothing good comes from us just sitting back and ignoring what’s going on in our world.

Later Gators!!!

So, I wrote this entire post and then accidentally deleted it. I think I’m going to list things that I think need listing. From now on. And forever more. The end.

1) The Princess Bride: It is my all time, most amazing, never could change, favorite movie. Why do people have to be idiots and not recognize its greatness?! Seriously, Andre the giant is quite possibly the greatest actor of all time. How can you not laugh when he says, “Anybody want a peanut?” I crack up every time. This summer, I would watch it in like marathons. I would cut a watermelon in half and sit on my couch and watch the Princess Bride. That’s what my personal heaven is: watermelon and The Princess Bride. Another crazy fact, my father and I sometimes get into Princess Bride quote duels, no joking. But we haven’t had one as of lately because he’s always in a bad mood when I’m with him. It makes me particularly sad. Also, the new special addition came out and it has the coolest cover I’ve ever seen in my whole entire life. I saw it in Wal-Mart and literally started jumping up and down and squealing because it was so freaking cool. While all those other points are really great, the best thing is Wesley. He’s basically my hugest crush. Ever. Okay, sap moment over.

2) Sixteen Candles Moment: Alright, so I was just chilling with all of my family and my mom decides to pull out the pictures my brother and I took at our dance. My great Aunt Angie practically felt me up!!! I was wearing a sort of low cut dress (but not really!) and she was like, “Who knew!” Apparently no one on the face of the earth realized that I had boobs. Then my other aunt was like, “Are you wearing a push up bra?!” And I just wanted to be like, “Nope. I actually do have boobs. Shocking, I know.” I swear. It was like Sixteen Candles deja vu.

3) Baseball: Okay, so I decided that I am going to pick a completely random team in baseball and start to be obsessed with it. I don’t know what team yet, but I will find one and I will be their number one fan. How did this come on, you ask? Well, I am playing softball, and I was just like, I need to be obsessed over some team. So, I now need to figure out what team to be obsessed with. I’m thinking the Angels or the Mariners. I think it’ll be the Mariners because I LOVE Seattle. No joking. Its basically my most favorite place to be on the entire earth. But, then, there’s Angels in the Outfield. And I just love that movie. I would watch it over and over as a small child. AH! I don’t know. Actually, I just decided. It’ll be the Mariners. YEAH! Go Mariners!

4) Clifford Crunch: I am having a major Clifford Crunch craving right now. If you didn’t know, Clifford Crunch is this magnificent cereal that is organic and just tastes so, so good. We are all out right now and I almost died when I looked in the cereal cabinent and BAM! it was gone. Saddest moment of my whole entire life.

5) Flower Meanings: I am taking a great liking into figuring out what flowers mean. I was at a Bridal Shower and they had coral and white roses. I don’t think they knew this, but, coral roses symbolize desire and white roses can symbolize girlhood. Which means that we wanted to be friends with the bride! Yay! But, I think I’m going to be a floral arranger and I need to know what all of the flowers mean, right? I know not all floral shops do that, but I want to know what they all mean so that I can help people! Yay! My favorite flower meaning so far is begonia. It means beware. That’s why people always have them in their front yard - to ward off evil!

There’s the list. Deal with it.

today i woke up, and it finally felt like fall. this is my favorite season for fashion, the colors are warm and the swift breeze makes my life nice. (i love seeing the muscles underneath a thin shirt on a boy, yummy!) but, not everyone knows how to do fall clothing, like spring, its a middle season, and it can get confusing. you don’t want to wear winter clothing, because you look like a complete idiot, and if you wear summer clothing then you look like you could possibly be mentally inept. so since, i would love to prevent this from happening to you, i’m gonna give you some advice.

for the male species :

ummm. just going to let you all know that wearing the same mediocre outfit of a hollister tee and some holy jeans does not make me think you are hot. step outside of the box and get some fashion my love.

so, i suggest going with a cashmere argyle sweater. chicks LOVE it. umm, you think i’m joking? think again. another thing to think about is structured denim. i know that we all love relaxed denim, as do i, but i almost pass out every time i see a man in pressed dark wash jeans. i do. i have to put myself in some sort of restraint so i don’t jump on them.

for us females —

structure is it. say goodbye to looking like you belong on a college campus and say hello to business casual! throw all of your old rules and make some new ones. you actually can mix neutrals and combining patterns is hot. need some fashion inspiration? well one of my favorite designers who makes old look new is Michael Vollbracht, a designer for Bill Blass. His collection is off the chizz-aine, if i do say so myself.

this one goes out to my brother zach. oh and by the way zk i never clarified when i would write the review, so therefore you have absolutely no reason to be angry with me, okay?

this friday after i came home from a long day of working hard, there was an aroma in the air, one i hadn’t smelt in many a year. it took me back to yesteryear when i would go over to my friends house and we both had a strange addiction to tuna macaroni and cheese. it was delicious and her mother made it pretty much every time that i came over to her house, well like i said i hadn’t experienced this type of smell-sation for many a year. then i was taken aback. my brother had made my younger sister who could never really greatly appreciate the beauty of a bowl of perfectly made tuna macaroni and cheese. she didn’t even taste its magnificence.  but it was like seeing the face of jesus in a bowl of mac n cheese. simply beautiful. so zachary i give you hands down one of the most fantastic bowls of tuna macaroni and cheese i’ve ever eaten in my entire life. i wish i was more hungry when you made it but unfortunately i had just come home from eating some pizza, nowhere near the caliber of your well-crafted pasta excellence. so thank you. thank you. and may the force be with you.

well, hello strangers. i realize that i haven’t seen any of you lately and this greatly depresses me. i apologize sincerely, but i have been crazy busy with school and such. i also wanted to alert you on a change to straightupgee! we’re going to change into a fashion consultant site. so here’s the deal. i am a fashionista and i tell people how it is. i think that somehow i am stacy london’s {from what not to wear … duh!} sister. somehow. except i’m probably meaner. if you ever watch the show i think she gives it to them a little bit to softly. if i had them on my show i would have them go through some sort of psychiatric help afterwards. you know for legal reasons. but this is all beside the point. the point IS that i will be telling you whats hott and why. unless i really just don’t even understand why anyone in God’s name would wear something like it. then i will tell you just that.

to start off i’m going to tell you about my view on style. i believe that if you work it, it usually can work itself. but there are those special cases. and i hate cookie cutter style. all you little teenage girls out there who always where their hollister tee and a pair of tight jeans to everything, i truly believe that God will strike down upon you with a lightning bolt. come on people! we are the future and we’re all dressing like clones! what is this about? i wasn’t aware that i was playing lead in a bad horror film. seriously. i’d rather see a pair of uggs in the middle of summer with a puffy vest then another thirteen year old girl in a t-shirt and a pair of strategically tight and holy jeans. no jokin here artichokes. no jokin here. so now that you understand how i feel my next post will be telling you how it is and how it goes, son!

    I am not a nature person. I have many interests and sleeping outside with insects is not actually one of them. But, in this lifetime we often have to do things that we SERIOUSLY do not want to do. This time is now for me. I have been called upon to go (bum , bum , BUMMMMMMMM) camping! Don’t all crawl back in fear for me now, but it is as bad as it seems. So, here are my tips for all of you out there who’s middle name isn’t “I Love Camping.”

First:

Pack lots and lots of bug repellent. You will not be a happy camper (pun pun pun pun pun) if you don’t.

Second:

Make sure that you have pre-packaged snacks. When your fellow campers are chowing down on the unknown substance, you can have little debbies to tide you over!

Third:

And lastly, in the words of Monty Python, always look on the bright side of life. Don’t take the attitude that I have. You will survive. Nothing that bad can possibly happen to you while you’re outside. At least you have the chance to spend the nigh on the ground with bugs attacking you. That’s the way God intended life to be.

As odd as this may seem the Gina who writes about carrying a stun guns and wearing spiked heels when you feel a bit paranoid actually is quite sentimental. not many know it, but it does happen. like today. as i have told you i run cross country and tomorrow is our first meet. now, i am certainly no where near being ready to run this race. NO WHERE. but,  while i was seriously considering going to a hospital and sneaking in a off limits room where they keep the patients with the highly contagious diseases, I listened to a story that completely made me decide to just suck it up and run the race tomorrow. well, i’m not going to tell you the story, but essentially it said that the strongest aren’t necessarily the ones that finish first. in all actuality they are the ones that aren’t afraid to finish last and have the courage to do it over and over again. well, i decided (many of you may not know that i am an extremely spiritual person.) that i’ll just do it and somehow God will get me through it. you have so much more power then you think and if you just keep on pushing yourself no matter how much it hurts, you’ll feel so much better in the end. okay, so there is my one extremely sentimental and lovey dovey post for about the next two months. unless i just get another one of these extremely odd urges. which may very well happen.

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so heres the dealio yo. i’m in school. and they always give us the stupidest homework ever. EVER. what are we going to get out of learning the history of computers. how is that going to help us in life? oh i know. IT ISN’T. and alright sure i’ll cover a grocery bag with pictures. WHY NOT? its idiotic and i am not getting anything out of it. even if i were i’m pretty sure i wouldn’t want it. first week of school and i’m already wishing it were over. but that’s the way it goes, i suppose.

on to happier subjects. i decided i am going to read tons of the classics before i go back to my usual vampire books. plus i’m pretty sure if i come to school reading war and peace i can score some big points with my english teacher. why do people take the word weird and think that its an insult? i think its a compliment. people should rejoice when people call them geeks and nerds. they should jump for joy and say “YES! THIS MEANS I’M NOT A CLONE! SKIZZORE!” i am only bringing this up because this frequently happens to me and when ever i call someone else odd they take it offensively. this is pure craziness. just pure craziness. but it happens.

these men my friend will score ALL the ladies in the future.