"who calls so loud?"

don't you hate it when you see those movies with the really inspiring quotes, and all of a sudden once you take it back to the library you can't remember any of them?

and did you ever notice how the Netflix and library dvds ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS skip?

but on the other hand, The Freedom Writers is an amazing good movie and you should watch it. some language and lots of violence, but watch it with your parents because it is totally worth it. good acting, based on a true story, and although the score sucks it goes well with the movie so it's altogether a good movie. :P I know that didn't really make any sense.



there's something really strange, and magical, and frightening, all at the same time, the first time you get into a car and drive somewhere by yourself. yes - I passed my drive test. I am now a Washington State licensed driver!!!!! my test was so interesting. but that would make this post even longer than normal and I don't want it to get too out of hand. I'll make that a seperate post in a couple of days. let's just say that I still can hardly drive anywhere; my parents are naturally protective. I don't want to say over-protective, because I'm sure it's normal. it's just annoying. but I'm sure that's normal too. at least I can drive to work and youth group. :P









I found this awesome little kids book in a thriftstore the other day called The Bookstore Mouse. and reading it is the closest I've come to serious immaturity by myself in a long time. you know, when everyone's just staring at you as you're laughing hysterically over a book 1/2 inch thick. It's all about Cervantes, this mouse who lives behind the dictionaries and encyclopedias in a bookstore where Milo the cat can't get him. and he eats paper - words to be more precise, esp. the words from a cookbook that fell from an upper shelf awhile back. he just scrapes the words off and mixes them up. then he looks for SHARP WORDS to throw at the cat. he's sure that if he folds the paper right with the word "remark," he can make a pointed remark. and "zymurgy" because it's the last word in his dictionary, and he knows it's important to always get in the last word. and I'm serious I almost bought the book. especially since my mom wasn't there. hmm....library.....??

oh and speaking of books: do you know how much Target charges for One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish? $8.10!!!!! I mean, there's hardly eight pages in the book for crying out loud!! I was quite upset about that.
so I meandered around while my mom looked for baby shower presents until I found two books about Mr. Darcy. then I just settled down on the diamond-patterned floor and tried to ignore the two teens giving me really strange looks.

and speaking of strange looks, I did two things today to attract them. #1 - things at work were really slow, so while we were cleaning stuff and doing dishes Maggie and I talked about school, and life, etc. after I told her what I'm doing in the way of school this year, I asked her about her school (she's homeschooled too). she gave me the run-down, and added that she's trying to read lots of classics too. I got that giggly excitement as I thought of Dickens, Stevenson, Cervantes, Wilde, Tolkien, etc......and all the others....you know who I mean, and jumped all over her. I'm afraid i may have frightened her actually. as soon as she mentioned A Tale of Two Cities I started going on and on about Dickens. until I noticed the look. you know the look. it's a mix of incredulity that you can actually read and enjoy reading something more than ten years old, and a glazed-over look like day-old cinnamon rolls. that's when you know to stop, if you know what's good for you. better that your coworkers think you half-way normal rather than completely weird, or your job goes from a blast to no fun at all because no one wants to talk to you. I got the look in driver's ed when the two girls next to me discovered that I was actually reading Nicholas Nickleby for fun and not because it was for school or I was being forced to.

#2 - There was this categoy on Jeopoardy tonight with answers and questions from Shakespeare plays. "A is for this character.....blah blah something about Romeo and Juliet I didn't quite catch." immediately I started cracking up and couldn't stop for a few minutes, just thinking "What ho Apothecary!" and "who calls so loud?" from Nicholas Nickleby. and of course, apothecary was the answer. once my mom realized what I was laughing about she stopped giving me the look, but it was pretty fun while it lasted. then I went on to quote movie lines as they popped into my head (which was happening even more frequently than usual tonight) until she said we could watch one. which is when we put in The Freedom Writers.

Conspiracy Theory has so many great one-liners, even though it's not a very good movie and I probably wouldn't watch it again. at least, I'd have to be in the mood for a really corny movie with not much good acting outside of Mel Gibson's brilliance. but the one-liners just might push me over.



work today was soooo awesome. I love my job so much! and I got my first paycheck on Saturday too!!!! it's awesome, because I only worked nine hours for my first check, and this week I have eight hours, and next week another eight, so that's near double my last one. and it's hardly impacting my schedule - it's like a time warp or something. I love the environment, I get payed to do something so fun, I'm learning more every day, sampling more every day.....and now I get to drive myself to work!!!! yay!!!!!!!!!
so today I got to sample like five smoothies, and changed my mind on my free one from Raspberry Rush to Go Goji, which i have to say is the best smoothie I've EVER had. Raspberry Rush will have to wait until tomorro. today was my first day of actual work, which means on-the-job training with someone other than my boss. basically, I'm still always learning, but my boss wasn't there so it felt more like work and less like training. and it was super-slow, so few dishes, but even with the slowness we got big tips, and we always divy up the tips evenly at the end of each shift. so that was pretty cool. and I made my first wrap all by myself, and didn't even mess it up! (the only other wrap I made [which was with help from my boss] the lid on the mayonnaise thing came off and the mayonnaise went ALL OVER the wrap hahaha. luckily I was making it for her as just training, so it wasn't as bad as it could've been). anyway, tomorrow I have a five-hour shift: my longest yet. it all goes pretty quickly though.

so, because of all that, I should probably be getting to bed now.

good night. sleep tight. *wink wink* Anna's birthday is in 18 days.............don't forget! *hinthint* and Lindy's is in 9 days.............don't forget that either! *hinthint*