Climb to the Top

Currently listening to To Build a Home by The Cinematic Orchestra and feeling poetic, so here, have a blog post! 


Lately I've been super busy with work and school, and whatever down time I have is spent either sleeping, eating, hanging out with my friends, or watching TV shows on Netflix. I lead a pretty simple life.


Recently I've decided that I need to go on more adventures. I want to go hiking, and there's a really cool corn maze near my mom's house that I want to see. I realized I'm sick of sitting around all day waiting for something to happen; I'm going to just do something fun.


I've started walking every day for about an hour after I get home. My mom calls me on her lunch break and we walk around and talk from 1 until 2. It's been nice; my legs are kind of sore but I feel better knowing that I'm doing something that's good for me.


I also got back into drawing recently. I took out all of my art supplies and brought them to Susie's house. She mostly read magazines while I drew pictures of her, my cat, a unicorn, and various Doctor Who characters in crayon. It kind of makes me want to go to school for art, but I really don't know what I'm doing in school right now. I just show up and do my work without expecting much from it.


After looking at my book list I got sad. I'm only halfway to the 40 books goal I set for myself. And I'm not helping by rereading Perks and This Lullaby. I stopped reading Percy again; I really have to be in the mood for that one. But ooh I hope Percy and Annabeth officially become a couple. ^-^


Alright, I guess I'd better go soon. I'm supposed to hang out with the sibs tonight and catch up with Veronica Mars and Doctor Who. I watch too much tv. Also I want to have a band like Karen and the Babes, because they are perfection.


OH! Also I'm turning 18 in a week, so yay! Maybe I'll do a birthday post. I'm planning on doing all those cliche things you do once you turn 18, so we'll see how that goes. I might make a video & post on the hiiiistacie youtube. :))


Okay, bye bye byeee (bye bye byee)

Books read: 

1. Othello by William Shakespeare 
2. This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
3. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 
4. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
5. Maximum Ride: School's Out...Forever by James Patterson
6. Percy Jackson Book 1 by Rick Riordan
7. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
8. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins 
9. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
10. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
11. Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
12. The Final Warning by James Patterson 
13. Percy Jackson Book 2 by Rick Riordan 
14. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
15. Percy Jackson Book 3 by Rick Riordan 
16. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dia Sijie
17. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
18. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
19. Zombies VS Unicorns by Various Authors 
20. Paper Towns by John Green
21. Percy Jackson Book 4 by Rick Riordan
22. City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare 
Currently reading:
Percy Jackson Book 5, and I'm rereading Perks and This Lullaby. :P

Fall, TV, the usual...

When Fall gets here it is pretty much my favorite thing in the world. We get a ton of rainy days, colorful leaves, and of course all of my tv shows come back on. I can't wait to go apple picking or for Halloween. Susie and I went to the Halloween store and saw a Regan(sp?) from The Exorcist thing whose head spins around! Talk about terrifying... I still don't know what I'm being for Halloween since I sort of have class that night. I might skip if I actually make some plans! I'm thinking about being a Doctor Who companion.
I've been so into Doctor Who since the beginning of summer. I'm watching series 2 now, and I'm watching series 6 as it airs each week. I'm very excited for The Wedding of River Song. It's going to be crazy.
I'm supposed to be doing my nutrition homework. Crap. I have my first test tomorrow in that class and I'm actually really nervous about it. I've been doing well in my other classes though, so hopefully I can keep that pattern going in this class as well.
Tomorrow night I'm going to a high school football game and seeing my friends that I haven't seen since graduation night in June. I'm so excited to see all my lovely band friends!
Also, since getting a job I've been spending too much money. I keep buying coats and copies of Marie Claire. I must stop myself! I have a magazine addiction, especially when they have cool people on the covers. I've watched a lot of good movies recently also. I watched Love and Other Drugs, Fried Green Tomatoes, and Never Let Me Go in the past month, and I loved them all! I gave The Kids Are All Right a chance but I didn't love it like I thought I would. The sibs and I have also gotten back into watching Tim and Eric Awesome Show. We can't stop quoting Mr. Henderson. "You piece of trash!"
Gah, there are too many shows for me to watch. Along with Doctor Who, I'm starting to watch Mad Men. Plus my DVR is slowly filling up with a ton of shows. Mostly Doctor Who. And Parks. GAH!
I had a lot to say but I think that's just because I don't want to do my homework.
It's been a busy month since I last posted. The house flooded, the other house flooded, my dad got married and I stayed with the sibs while he was in Florida for the honeymoon, my cat moved back in, I've been working, going to school, etc. It's been really crazy.
Maybe I can do an actual blog post soon. I've been way to busy! Weekends are amazing now since I don't have work ever or school. CRAP I just remembered that I forgot to check my schedule again. -_- I'll call and ask tomorrow...Bleh.

Okay I really have to do my homework and possibly shower and definitely sleep at some point. Goodnight.

Books read: 

1. Othello by William Shakespeare 
2. This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
3. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 
4. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
5. Maximum Ride: School's Out...Forever by James Patterson
6. Percy Jackson Book 1 by Rick Riordan
7. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
8. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins 
9. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
10. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
11. Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
12. The Final Warning by James Patterson 
13. Percy Jackson Book 2 by Rick Riordan 
14. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
15. Percy Jackson Book 3 by Rick Riordan 
16. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dia Sijie
17. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
18. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
19. Zombies VS Unicorns by Various Authors 20. Paper Towns by John Green21. Percy Jackson Book 4 by Rick Riordan
22. City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare 
Currently reading:
Percy Jackson Book 5 (I actually got maybe 1/3 of the way into it. Oh, Beckendorf, why did you have to leave?)
I'm searching tumblr for some more book recs since I haven't been reading as much as I should.


*Ooh we got our first Perks set video today and I cannot waaaaaaaaaaait!!

Unicorns & the Diamonds

Not much has actually happened since I last posted since it was only slightly over a week ago. There are a few things, but they mostly occurred in my brain.

Firstly, I went to register for classes only to find I could not afford it. At all. I thought I would have to take the semester off. Then yesterday I checked my email to find my FAFSA had gone through and, basically, I'm going to school for free this year. This huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders; I honestly feel like I could do anything.
Next on my list of things to do is get a job, followed by getting my license, and eventually a car. I'm currently working on getting a new laptop (which is sort of my graduation present), and I'm going to start looking into cameras to buy. I miss the days where I was filming 24/7. I want a good camera for filming and a Polaroid camera because, let's face it, they're totally awesome!
Lately, aka the past few hours, I've been obsessed with Marina and the Diamonds. She is amazing and I cannot wait to buy her CD. Also unicorns. I'm considering getting a small, small, small unicorn tattoo on my foot or something. One that I draw myself. We'll see.

I've just been feeling so happy and I wanted to update. I'm going to try to get something done this week. I want to stuff as much fun as I can into my last week of summer! Until next time,
BUH BYE.

Books read: 

1. Othello by William Shakespeare 
2. This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
3. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 
4. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
5. Maximum Ride: School's Out...Forever by James Patterson
6. Percy Jackson Book 1 by Rick Riordan
7. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
8. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins 
9. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
10. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
11. Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
12. The Final Warning by James Patterson 
13. Percy Jackson Book 2 by Rick Riordan 
14. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
15. Percy Jackson Book 3 by Rick Riordan 
16. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dia Sijie
17. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
18. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
19. Zombies VS Unicorns by Various Authors 20. Paper Towns by John Green21. Percy Jackson Book 4 by Rick Riordan
22. City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare 
Currently reading:
Does fanfiction count? :(

It's been a while

I always manage to skip a month or so between posts.
Lots has happened since June.

Let me start with the end of my childhood: July 15th, when the last Harry Potter film was released.
An "in-depth"-ish review of the movie can be found here. I saw it in 3D about a week later. It really felt like my childhood was over, and it still does.
The actual day of July 15th, I was an emotional wreck. Every little thing made me cry. My dad called saying he got a new bed frame and that I wasn't keeping my old bed; I wept for 10 minutes.
I moved out of my house which I'd lived in since I was born.

I applied/got in to college and am registering for classes next week. I'm trying my best to find a job. It's been difficult but I'm pulling through.

Susie and I have been watching Skins all summer. We've watched 3 episodes of series 4 and at the moment I'm having trouble remembering what made me hate it so much. It is so beautiful. Also, Susie mentioned how Effy is kind of crazy, and it took all I had not to laugh because she's not wrong. Effy is craycray. hehe.

Sherri and I have been watching Veronica Mars and Doctor Who. It's been fun. I love both.
Also I watched Winter's Bone and loved it. Also Parks and Rec. I guess this past month has been tv/movie themed.

In other news, my mom, Sherri, Sarah, and I went to a state park and hiked to a waterfall which we sort of swam in. I just kind of stood in it. The next day a bird fell in through the car window and died under Sarah's butt. I was sobbing because laughing wasn't even a good enough reaction to how hilarious it was. We also saw 2 creepy clowns. Is it the apocalypse?
Soon after, my mom, Sherri, and I tried to go tubing in a river nearby. I took a raft and followed Sherri down some rapids. While she wooshed right over them, I went backwards and hit my left side on a big rock and almost drowned. That was fun. My leg is still sore.
After that I saw Bon Iver in concert with Sherri. It rained like crazy but it was still awesome. Their music is really beautiful.

It was an eventful week. This week I've just been on the computer or begging for a job or watching tv. I feel pretty useless. I've been trying to write more. I like to write especially on rainy days, which I heard are coming on Sunday and Monday.

Okay, it's almost 1am and I'm supposed to be up early tomorrow to finish getting my stuff from the old house. Then I'm going to drop off Sarah at my mom's. Maybe I'll get something done for once.

Books read: 

1. Othello by William Shakespeare 
2. This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
3. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 
4. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
5. Maximum Ride: School's Out...Forever by James Patterson
6. Percy Jackson Book 1 by Rick Riordan
7. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
8. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins 
9. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
10. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
11. Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
12. The Final Warning by James Patterson 
13. Percy Jackson Book 2 by Rick Riordan 
14. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
15. Percy Jackson Book 3 by Rick Riordan 
16. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dia Sijie
17. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
18. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
19. Zombies VS Unicorns by Various Authors (Team Unicorn!)...(I read this months ago & forgot to add it hehe)
20. Paper Towns by John Green21. Percy Jackson Book 4 by Rick Riordan
22. City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare (hated it)
Currently reading:

I've been putting off finishing Percy Jackson. I started rereading The Hunger Games. I also still need to get my hands on a copy of Beauty Queens! 

I'm such a slacker.

Good day. Or I guess Good night.

Love from your newest High school graduate

 eyyyy.
So quick update on my liiife and stuff:

I don't know if I ever mentioned prom, but that was super fun. I danced for most of the night.
I graduated on Friday. I only cried twice and only a little bit. Getting my diploma was very exciting.

The weekend before that I went to cape cod with the sibs and emily. We had a lot of fun.
Then that Wednesday I missed my math exam and had to make it up like 2 hours later. 

After graduation we had the grad party until 4:30 am. Our cafeteria didn't even look like jhksjhkjfh I don't know. It was like a Hawaii themed thing. We danced a lot, went on fun inflatable bouncy things, dressed up/took pics, used the oxygen bar (weirdness), and emily and like 12 other people got hypnotised. It was hilarious.
Then em and i went to dennys for breakfast. I wasn't really hungry at 5:30am though so it wasn't very good. Then I finally went to sleep at 6:30 am until like 3pm. Wooo. 

I guess not much else has happened since then.

Susie and I started series 3 of Skins together yesterday. I hope she ends up loving cook because i just don't like freddie. -_-

Oooh I also bought City of Fallen Angels and The Last Olympian yesterday. I just started CoFA. It's okay. Nothing too interesting has happened yet... but it's only been 2 chapters sooo.

I need to preorder my HP tickets soon as well! Can't wait but I also don't want it to be over! But I guess there's always Pottermore.

Oh and Emily texted me a little while ago saying that she swears she saw either nathan fillion or his clone at LC hahaha.

ONE MORE THING. Currently obsessed with Marina and the Diamonds. Amazing amazing amazing. That is all.

Books read: 

1. Othello by William Shakespeare 
2. This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
3. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 
4. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
5. Maximum Ride: School's Out...Forever by James Patterson
6. Percy Jackson Book 1 by Rick Riordan
7. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
8. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins 
9. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
10. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
11. Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
12. The Final Warning by James Patterson 
13. Percy Jackson Book 2 by Rick Riordan 
14. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
15. Percy Jackson Book 3 by Rick Riordan 
16. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dia Sijie
17. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
18. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
19. Zombies VS Unicorns by Various Authors (Team Unicorn!)...(I read this months ago & forgot to add it hehe)
20. Paper Towns by John Green
21. Percy Jackson Book 4 by Rick Riordan
Currently reading:City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare

After that I'm finishing Percy Jackson! ahh!

3 days

HEY.
So I'm graduating high school in 3 days. I hate thinking about the fact that it could have been 4 days ago but now since we got 7 snow days it will be this Friday. I have only my math final left, then band practice and graduation rehearsal and then I'll be done with high school forever.
Part of me is excited, but mostly I'm terrified. I still have to apply to community college and find a job, and the whole thing feels impossible at the moment. I am going to do it though. It's just kind of hard.

Not too much has happened recently. One of my best friends got married in Texas, but I couldn't be there. I'm happy for her though.
I've been reading a lot. I need to take a trip to the library again soon.
Been totally obsessed with Veronica Mars. dfjkhsdfjk
We went to Cape Cod for the weekend. I got horrible sunburn but it was still a lot of fun.
Also the last Harry Potter movie ever is coming out in just a few weeks. I hope I get my tickets soon. This is the thing I've been waiting for. 10 years just whoosh gone on by. Crazy.

Alright I'm not really in the mood for this so I'll just go.
Bye :D

Books read: 
1. Othello by William Shakespeare 
2. This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
3. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 
4. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
5. Maximum Ride: School's Out...Forever by James Patterson
6. Percy Jackson Book 1 by Rick Riordan
7. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
8. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins 
9. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
10. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
11. Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
12. The Final Warning by James Patterson 
13. Percy Jackson Book 2 by Rick Riordan 
14. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
15. Percy Jackson Book 3 by Rick Riordan 
16. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dia Sijie
17. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
18. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
19. Zombies VS Unicorns by Various Authors (Team Unicorn!)...(I read this months ago & forgot to add it hehe)
20. Paper Towns by John Green
21. Percy Jackson Book 4 by Rick Riordan
Currently reading:
Nothing at all. Sherri keeps telling me to read Blankets. I wiiiill...just not now. :P
I really need the 5th Percy Jackson and also City of Fallen Angels. hnnnng.

So wow it's been two months

Oh hey. Last time I was in the mood to blog I couldn't log in because they were changing the website or something.

So, quick rundown of my life since April:
My band trip was SO fun. We won a lot of awards and got stuck in a lot of traffic on the way home, but we did a lot in NYC and Philly (including seeing Memphis on broadway, which was amazing). I tweeted a ton of pictures to my twitpic (/photos/spacie21).
Then the next day I bought Deathly Hallows and watched Percy Jackson (meh) and Haunting in CT (actually surprisingly good). Um, then I guess I went to school and did whatever. Nothing exciting.

The same goes for May. Only a few things happened. I caught up with Skins finally, and I also got Susie to watch it with me. We're in the second series now. Ew Sketch's episode is next; I kind of hate her. I also went to senior prom and it was sooo fun. Seriously. I loved it.

Then I marched my last memorial day parade ever. And now I'm graduating high school two weeks from today. Dundundunnnn. Part of me is so excited, and the other part is wearing graduation goggles. I'll live.

Oooh, I started The Mortal Instruments series a few weeks back, and read up to book 3 of percy jackson. TMI isn't written well really but I still like it. I'm loving the people they cast as Clary and Jace. But ugh I finished te second book today and it sucks because you want jace and clary to be together but they're brother and sister and you feel weird for shipping them a little. UHDkjhasdkjha.


Okay, I think some other stuff probably happened since I last posted but I'm terrible at remembering things so this will have to do.

Books read:
1. Othello by William Shakespeare
2. This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
3. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
4. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
5. Maximum Ride: School's Out...Forever by James Patterson
6. Percy Jackson Book 1 by Rick Riordan
7. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
8. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
9. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
10. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
11. Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
12. The Final Warning by James Patterson (Started reading Max but just couldn't finish it. Global Warming? Really?)
13. Percy Jackson Book 2 by Rick Riordan (Favorite book so far)
14. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
15. Percy Jackson Book 3 by Rick Riordan (Second favorite book so far xD)
16. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dia Sijie
17. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
Currently reading:
About to start City of Glass or Percy Jackon Book 4. Not sure which yet.