Crashing Not Like Hips Or Cars

Well I had quite the scare today.
For one, the power went out for a total for two and a half seconds. It was funny, we all kind of froze and waited for it to come back on. After I turned my computer back on though, it loaded it like I was a brand new Windows XP user. And I realized after I took the time to think about it that this meant all my stuff was gone. ALL of my school work, ALL of my pictures. My pictures! I almost cried. Seriously.

But before I realized all 4598237458923742 of my pictures could possibly be floating out in a black hole with no hope of return, I had the great idea to turn on a movie for my brother and my cousin. They're both two or so and my aunt is over helping out since my mom had surgery today. Only... to my dismay I saw something on the tv screen. First you need to know we have a huge tv. Like 53" and it probably cost a lot too. So I about died when I figured out it was juice. And I freaked out and went into hyperspeed as I ran upstairs to ask on yahoo answers how to clean it off. I used a damp baby washcloth with hot soapy water and gently washed it off. Its a little smudged but not sticky anymore. Then I discovered the juice all over the place. So I had to clean it up. I turned off the power strip to wash it off. Then i turned it on. Nothing. On. Off. ON. OFF. Onoffonoffonoffonoffonoff. Nothing. So freaking out again, I ran upstairs and got another power strip and replugged all the crap in. Turned it on. Nothing. Freaking out even more... So Jacob plugged in the extension chord to a different outlet and that worked. So we apparently beat the crap out of our outlet.

Anyways. After I cleaned up all the juice, plugged all the chords back in and thought I could relax I sat down and realized I had no documents on my computer. No documents means no pictures. So, getting ready to cry my eyes out, I restarted my computer. Luckily it worked and all my stuff is back.

So now I'm really tired. I was running around and freaking out, plus I didn't sleep too well and was awake a lot earlier than normal. So yeah.

Just Getting Up For The Let Down

Things have been pretty hectic here, lately. My mom has two kidney stones and a problem with her leg so last week she was feeling pretty crappy and wasn't able to do much at all. So it was kinda hard for me to get used to doing a lot more. I was in a bad mood for a while too, and just frustrated in general. Joshua doesn't like whats going on, and he's been acting up a lot so he doesn't help things. And Sarah and Timmy don't really help either. Then there was the period of time where whenever I asked Jacob to do something for me he'd say "Why can't you do it?" That leaves um. Just me!

Plus, my dad is in Vegas this week. This time he's staying at the Venetian, the hotel built around the Phantom of the Opera theatre. Where they perform Phantom of the Opera live, every night. Lol. Talk about jealous. ;) But yeah, he's not here in the evenings like he usually is so Josh still misbehaves a lot. He found out that ever since my dad and Jake oiled the sliding door, its really easy to open now. So Mr. Nature loves being outside when he isn't supposed to be out there and sometimes he'll just leave the door open. Which is bad for two reasons.

This week it was nice so I was trying to get outside a little more and play with rascal and work with him on NOT running away. Well at about 10 at night he broke his chain and was running around the neighborhood like a maniac.

Also in the past couple of weeks, our cat Cloey has just gotten really really sick. We took her to the vet and for $200 all they could tell us was she didn't have luekemia. We can't afford to get her checked out again so she's wasting away despite the fact she has food and water, and she's oozing mucus out of her eye and nose. And peeing on the floor. So during the day she has to live outside because I am NOT cleaning up more cat pee. And if Josh leaves the door open she can come in while the dog leaves... fun stuff.

So, yeah. The past two weeks or so have been pretty stressful. Sunday was really really bad. We skipped church but pastor came over Saturday and we had a mini service in our living room. And then we went to my grandparents house which honestly didn't turn out as well as I think they planned it. I was really REALLY stressed out on Sunday but I'm not as stressed out now. And tomorrow is my mom's surgery and my dad comes home Saturday morning so hopefully things can start getting back to normal now.

The thing is, I was getting the idea we were going to start working on moving again. Maybe I misunderstood or something but we were talking about painting and stuff and cleaning up the basement a little bit. And it seems like every time we get all excited and ready to work towards moving, something big happens. This time it was a couple big things: Josh was in the hospital, Cloey's vet bill, then my mom had to go to the hospital and she needs surgery... so it just pushes us farther and farther back you know? And that gets really frustrating.

But I'm done ranting now, honest. I had a good day yesterday - i got to go hang out at a friend's house and mess around with her for several hours so it was fun.

Sisky Business = Total Domination

Emily,

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BUY ME THIS BECAUSE YOU LOVE ME

and its the most amazing thing since. forever.
so.
yeah.
its $85 at walmart.
and the bike i have is too small
sooooo
yes.
and i dont have $85 right now because my tax returns didnt come back yet :D :D :D

Life Is A Highway

Today my grandma stopped by randomly at one o clock and asked if I wanted to go for a drive.
So I thought about it and decided I would.
We were gone for about an hour and a half. I think we spent about half an hour in Marc's though so that doesnt count. I should probably write that down.
But anyways, I think i did pretty good.
There was one time where I was turning and I didnt know the people in front of me in the other lane had the right away but guess what I wont be forgetting? ;)
And my turning could use some work.
But we went down and back up like three huge hills without dying or even going off the lines so thats an accomplishment xD I was scared of those big hills.

AAAAAAND eventually I'm making risotto x3 Doesnt that sound exciting?
Hopefully it'll taste good.
Heck, it better taste good.

Chris Richardson

We stood in line for a while but it wasnt too bad. The only thing was Joshua. He hadnt had a nap and he got bored standing in line waiting. Luckily they had free ice cream samples to humor him for a little while.

Chris was really nice. I had no idea what to say to him... so. I never know what to say to famous people... But yeah he was nice. He was talking with Timmy and Sarah and tried to get Josh to get a picture with him.
And he didnt rush people. There was a lady there who said "Most people just rush people a long like cattle but he lets them stay as long as they want" And I was thinking of Chris Daughtry because my dad compared the way they controlled that whole thing like herding cattle x3
so yeah.
Then Joshua screamed the whole way home.

How in the bloody hell....

-- Did I manage to wake up at 7:25, under the impression it was later.
I was, after all, up until 10:30 or so doing algebra. I was dog tired.
And BAM. 7:30 rolls around and it feels like 9. Until i actually looked at the clock.

But its not all bad.
Guess who I got an email from today?
Glenn the Funny Song Man!
I haven't talked to him in like, over a year so I was pretty surprised.

He was emailing to let me know that Chris Richardson - American Idol Season 6 Finalist - was in the studio. He said he was going to get a picture because I told him a long time ago that he looked like Chris. AND he said Chris is going to be out somewhere for two hours signing autographs and talking to people and stuff.

Pshaw. Awesome.

Movie Review: The Notebook

Title: The Notebook
Genre: Romance/Drama
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling
Rating: PG-13
I give this movie ten out of ten stars

An old man comes to read to an old woman in a nursing home. She doesn't know him but agrees to let him read to her and they spend a few days together while he reads his story to her.

Seventeen year olds Noah Calhoun and Allie Hamilton meet one summer and they fall madly in love. But Allie's parents have high expectations for a suitor and Noah doesn't even come close to qualifying. He's the poor kid working at the lumber mill and her family is wealthy and upper class. When the summer ends, Allie goes off to New York to go to college and it doesnt go over well with Noah.

Several years later they meet again but are confused about whether or not they still have feelings for each other. And Allie is engaged which causes a lot more problems.

Its short, I know... I just dont want to give anything away. :)
This was a really good movie with really good actors -- including James Marsden.

I love him. ^_^ He's like... the next Leonardo DiCaprio with better acting skills.
But yeah, they said this movie was sad and I was in the mood for a sad movie so I put it in. And I didnt think it was too sad until like the last twenty minutes. I cried like a baby.
And then I was all sad and shaky for the next hour but other than that it was a great movie. :)

Its probably more of a girly movie. Lots of emotional drama involved, but I definitely reccomend it if you're looking for something sad. x3

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another day in the life of DHE

Well my mom is in the hospital. Which is a little ironic because last Saturday my brother was in the hospital. She wasn't feeling good yesterday and this morning it either hadn't gone away or had gotten worse - i didnt get any details. But they took her to the emergency room at about 9:30 this morning. Turns out she has a big kidney stone and she has to have surgery. But the thing is, she cant have surgery until eight tonight. So... yeah.

It kind of made me think of a few summers back when Timmy went to the hospital for falling down some concrete stairs... then my dad went for stepping on a rusty nail and then my mom went for a kidney stone, all in like, a day. That freaked me out, lol.

But my grandparents are gonna come by later so I can go babysit and make a couple bucks since i spent all my money at Joann's and it would be nice to get out of the house too... not that my siblings have been too rowdy or anything but still. Today was absolutely gorgeous and it was kind of wasted since I couldnt go anywhere.
And the Quipper and Homestead LA are bringing us pizza, which was very thoughtful of them :)

so yeah, thats about it.

ROFL.

Last night on survivor Jason (my favorite of all time) made a pretty stupid move. He gave up immunity for everyone's word that they would not vote him out. As much as I wanted to do a -facepalm- I had hope. This is Jason. He cant be voted off. Not only that, but he is a Siska. Meaning he is pure awesome. Almost as awesome as his little brother, bassist Sisky Business.
(aka: Adam Siska)



So Cerie, as much as I hate her, had the great idea to vote out Ozzy now while he was distracted with gloating over having trapped Jason in his web. I used to love Ozzy. He was the quiet guy who flew under the radar and then dominated challenges with his uber amazing skillz.
But this season I just feel like he's really cocky and over confident. There's a thin line between confident and arrogant and I think he's been crossing it. So i havent been liking him too much this season. He was running the game and manipulating people and everyone was just bowing down to him xD



Four votes Ozzy. Four votes Jason. One vote left.
And the suspense was killing me for all of five seconds.

The person voted out . . . is Ozzy.
BWAHA.
I about died laughing.
Especially at Eliza's face...

Sorry Ozzy but Jason = Total Domination
The only bad thing is now Ozzy's POed and probably out to get revenge.

Or something.

Some Random Facts about Moi.

I love to cook and bake. Sometimes if I'm bored and nobody's around I'll just randomly throw together a batch of sugar cookies or something. But with seven of us its easier and cheaper these days to just buy the frozen dinners you throw in the oven for ten minutes :P

I'm slightly claustrophobic. Not extremely; But the idea of going into a cave, for example, and squeezing through tight spaces just freaks me out.

I'm slightly afraid of heights. I get dizzy if I'm way high up but then again I also enjoy being high up because I can get a different perspective on things and its just cool. :)

I used to sing Achy Breaky Heart at the top of my lungs while swinging when I was little. The neighbors three doors down would compliment me on my singing.

Sometimes I feel like I'm betraying the inner "die hard equestrian" in me when I think about how much I enjoyed exciting cities like Vegas and D.C. and how much i would love to live in an exciting city. Can you be a city girl and a country girl at the same time? This also happens when I say things like "photography is my best bet right now, career wise." But its not my fault horses are a rich people hobby. thing. I still love horses, but at the moment they aren't really an option for me.

I LOVE to travel and see new places. Other places fascinate me. I like to see how different things are and be places where so much history has happened or so much excitement is present.

War of the Worlds bores me so much that the only way I can actually pay attention when reading it is to read in Jude Law's voice in my head. Does that make any sense? xD He has a British accent in a movie we recently saw with him in it, so since the story takes place in England.... oh never mind :P

Next year my birthday will be on Friday the 13th. o.o Ohnoes ;)

Escalators sometimes make me dizzy.

When I'm stressed out or need to relax or something, I listen to piano music. Particularly David Nevue. He's awesome.

I'm thinking about changing my layout stuff again... thinking about it. Ugh. I wish I knew coding.

I want to speak a foreign language. Either Spanish or French. Or both?

I'm running out of random facts about me.

This makes me smile.

OH EM GEE

My mom was telling me about fabric at the JoAnn store she works at that is closing in a few days. The discount ends up to be 95% so we went to go look. I found three different kinds that I liked and it ended up being six bucks for like ten yards of fabric originally priced at ten bucks a yard so.



We also stopped to look at the picture frames. There were a few left and my mom was figuring out that each one would be like a dollar. So... I got a bunch. Like half of the ones left.

And THEN we went over to the scrap booking stuff. At first I walked by and then didnt see anything I wanted. Then my mom came over and she said "You know this is only gonna be fifteen cents." And it was all downhill from there.

I BOUGHT SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS WORTH OF STUFF.

And it was $30.
-falls over-






SO.
Guess I better start scrap booking.

American Idol: My Favorites

Okay last night Jason Castro was amazing so we'll get that out of the way and post a video. yay! He set aside the guitar (and the ukulele) and just sang. And it was really good.



Some people don't like Jason, but I do. I didn't at first but he's grown on me. Despite the dreadlocks. I like his voice. And his eyes, he has nice eyes.

My absolute favorite right now is David Cook. He's the rocker this season and ready to be shipped off to a recording studio and start making an album because he pwns. He's consistently been very good each week, he steps it up and stands out from the crowd. AND he got a hair cut. Finally. :) So he looks great too. I'm a little torn, I don't know if I liked his performance from last night but here's from Dolly Parton week.



And last but not least, Brooke White. She's so sweet and innocent and I just love her. She's had her bad weeks but she's really talented. I was pretty impressed to learn she can listen to songs and then play them on the piano...



What about David Archuletta? Weeeell he started out being the cute 17 year old with the big voice that I wanted to win, hands down... and now... Well. We've pretty much heard everything David can do. No surprises... And since then, other contestants have started stepping up to the plate and David's still the same... so. Yeah. Sorry David.

And Kristy Lee Cook. I cannot stand her. I have no idea why, I just really really really dont like her. She looks like a barbie doll or something and isnt she the one that sold her best barrel horse to get on the show but said if she wins she's buying him back? Well why'd you sell him in the first place? o.o there are other ways to get money for a plane ticket aren't there? AND she's already had a record deal AND they dropped her. Hmm. Carly Smithson also had a record deal and they dropped her too. But I like Carly more than Kristy.
Syesha... She's okay I guess but I'm not a big fan or anything.

Movie Review: No Reservations

Title: No Reservations
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Romantic Comedy/Drama
Starring: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart
I give this movie nine out of ten stars

Top chef Katie has to take care of her niece Zoe after Katie's sister passes away. Katie knows absolutely nothing about children -- her life is the kitchen. But she takes a few days off from the kitchen to try and get to know her niece.

When she returns, she learns that her boss has hired on a temporary replacement - Nick. He's energetic, enthusiastic, happy and loves opera. He has fun while he cooks, which makes Katie angry because that isnt the way she does things in her kitchen. But Nick begins to redeem himself in her eyes when he hits it off with Zoe and gets her to eat and talk; things she hadn't been doing a whole lot of lately.

Katie begins to lighten up and relax and learns she can let people in.

I didnt think this movie would turn out the way it did. I wasn't exactly sure what to expect though. I don't think we've ever seen a movie about chefs before. But it was a really good movie and I really liked it. Its also a good family movie. I definitely recommend seeing it.

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Give me a 10 for Simple Plan's Best Black and White Photo

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So please. lol.
The winner gets an iPod nano and a personalized video message from Simple Plan. w00t!

Move Review: The Holiday

Title: The Holiday
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Rating: PG-13
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslett, Jack Black and Jude Law
I give this movie seven out of ten stars.

Two women on opposite ends of the globe are having guy problems. In L.A. Amanda Woods finds out her boyfriend is cheating on her and then lied about it before confessing and in England, Iris Simpkins is madly in love with a man who could never love her back. The two meet online and decide to swap houses for the holiday.

Amanda, used to her huge Hollywood villa has to adapt to the cold, small, Thomas Kinkade style house in London. Meanwhile, simple Iris is ecstatic - yet confused - about adapting to a mansion.

On the first day of her holiday, Amanda decides this is not for her; Only to meet Graham Simpkins - Iris's handsome brother.
And back in L.A. Iris becomes acquainted with Amanda's friend, Miles, who stops by to pick up some belongings of the ex boyfriend.
The emotionally scattered women then begin to discover that not all men are dirt bags and it is possible to be happy, despite how miserable they've been in the past.

This movie is quite cliche and very predictable but at the same time its cute and charming and I did enjoy it. And who doesn't love Jude Law? I mean, come on. ;)
I dont know if I would watch it over and over, but it was good in its cliche, predictability.
I think its more of a chic flick but hey, guys like chic flicks too sometimes :P

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Awesome-tastic

Today I got a friends request on Myspace from somebody I didn't know. So i clicked on the link and the little message with the request was something along the lines of "We cheekily used your photo for our new song Pushing Daisies" and blah blah blah. Huh? So I checked it out... and there was my picture of daisies on their song. Turns out they're an Indie band from the UK.

So I politely asked them if they would credit me for the picture and they were nice and said yes. C: And I'm now they're number one friend. Pshaw. That made my day.

So if you want to check it out go here

The District of Columbia

So I'm back. I bet you didn't even notice I was gone. :P
But yeah I spent last week days traveling to, and being in, Washington D.C. It was a pretty interesting experience. There were about 80 kids on the trip, they split us up, girls on one bus boys on the other. The bus ride was probably the worst part. I don't mind the traveling part, I'm fine with sitting in a vehicle for a few hours enjoying the scenery, that wasn't the bad part. It was being stuck on a bus in the same seat with the same people around me for several hours that was getting to me. The girl behind me was gonna kill herself and fighting with her "best friend", the girl in front of me was obsessed with hobos, the girl diagonally from me was obsessed with buttresses and the girl next to me was as quiet as a mime or something and didn't talk at all... unless i tried to talk to her and then she'd say like one word. She might've said five words on the whole trip. Then there were the girls who were obsessed with one of the boys. They would not stop talking about him... it was really annoying. Oh and the girls in front of us for a few rows were constantly brushing their hair or talking on cell phones or putting make up on. Most of these kids are in eighth grade. o_O Somehow I stayed sane though. I think it was the stops for meals. We'd take over a McDonalds or something and hang out... that was cool. I like being around an assortment of different people but I like having space too. So yeah... anyways.



Monday after my orthodontist appointment we went to the drop off location at about 1:30 and stood outside in the wind for a while. When the buses finally got there we loaded everything and everyone on and we were off. We stopped at Central Station for dinner. That place was CRAZY. Oh my gosh, you would not believe... We got to the hotel at about ten thirty that night. In the morning we woke up at 6:30, which was kind of annoying after going to bed late and then not being able to sleep very well. Plus, the girl I had to share a bed with was hogging the whole thing and that really annoyed me. I get kind of crabby when girls that annoy me and that i dont know are all up in my personal space when im trying to sleep... but yeah, moving on. The first day we went to Arlington which was pretty cool for a cemetary. We got to see the changing of the guard too, which was kind of neat.


The weather was absolutely gorgeous at Arlington. It was a little chilly at first but when the wind died down it was beautiful out. Perfect for walking around and looking at stuff. Plus the cherry blossoms in D.C. were at their peak when we were there so that was pretty awesome too... and the scenery was awesome.

After Arlington we drove around and then went to the Washington National Cathedral which was pretty amazing. I got a gargoyle there and a candle for my mom. The gargoyle is cool, its like two inches high, its a little chimera. He's sitting on my computer. He pwns. Anyways, yeah, the cathedral. right. The stained glass windows were awesome, the architecture was beautiful and it was pretty neat to see.


After that we drove around for a while and stopped outside the white house. We couldnt actually see much of anything... it was kind of disappointing but oh well. And we walked back to the buses again. Yay.


there was so much stuff crammed in to one day I cant remember for the life of me what all we did that day. Which is kind of sad. But we did a lot in a small amount of time so bear with me okay?
We went on a guided tour of the monuments as the sun started to set. That was really cool. We saw the Lincoln Memorial, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, the WWI and II memorials and Vietnam i think...




After the monuments it was late so we went back to the hotel.
The third day we went to the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. We were pretty rushed so we didn't get to see a lot of it... We saw the geological stuff, the diamonds and what not, the dinosaurs and the greek and egyptian stuff but that was it.

Then we went to Mount Vernon.



That was pretty cool... unfortunately it was cold and rainy and so my group unanimously decided to go inside and walk around in the visitors center as apposed to walking around and seeing everything in the cold. After that we changed into our nicer clothes and headed off to the dinner cruise. They didnt let us take pictures of the outside of the boat but inside they didnt mind I guess since everyone was taking pictures. Myself included...
The cruise was really neat, they had a buffet and we all ate then they had dancing which I did not participate in :P I took the pictures and talked to some people...

Then we left and got back to the hotel at about 11 or so and the next day with heavy hearts (or something like that) we headed home. We took a detour through New York (we were twelve miles away from the city Aiden Witmore lives in, at one point and then we got off the exit to go a different direction) and stopped at Niagra Falls which was basically a big waste of time. It took forever to get there and then it was freezing cold outside and we stayed for like half an hour before we left again. Not worth it. But anyways, yeah I got home at about 12:30.

I didnt want to leave... sure some of the kids were annoying but I love seeing exciting new places... Theres nothing exciting near where we live, nothing to do, so when I get to go places like D.C. or Vegas I don't want to leave and go back to my boring little city. There was so much we didnt get to see or do and so many kids I didnt get to talk to. I think technically I made a total of one friend on the trip :P I talked to other kids of course but only one of them really hung out with me on a regular basis. I also knew a couple of the kids from things before the trip so it wasn't that bad. But yeah. I'm home again... thank goodness its finally warming up, the weather was gorgeous over the weekend...

My dad brought up the idea of living in a motor home and that kind of made me sad at first for some reason. But after thinking about it and being in D.C. and wishing I could stay maybe that wouldn't be such a bad idea. :P The only problem I could think of was never settling down, thus never making friends (not that I have any in the city we currently live in anyways) and never learning how to drive because I'd be terrified of driving a motor home x3 but that was about it.

Anyways yeah I'm back and I have a week of school to catch up on so I better go do that. You all should keep checking my photography blog for pictures of the Lipizzaners and D.C. :)

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls...

Yesterday evening Presbytera and Chaplain to the World were going to the Lipizzaner Stallion Show and thought of me. Sooo they were very nice and took me along. We got front row seats.
It was two hours long and through out the show the narrator gave us some history of the horses and whatnot and then the riders would do fancy stuff that I've always wished I could do. I took a total of 1072 pictures. The lighting was a pain to try and work with but I did get some good pictures. The show was pretty amazing, and if you ever get the chance to go, I say go because you'll never see anything like it...

I *think* according to some comments I saw on YouTube that there are two groups. One is from Florida, which is the one I think we saw, and the other one is from Austria. The Austrians have higher standards and only allow men in their riding school. (i *think*) The Florida group just recently started because it takes so long to train the horses.

For those of you who don't know, Lipizzaner horses are from Austria originally. Most of them are white, and they were specially bred as battle horses. They were taught moves to aid their rider in times of peril and as time wore on these maneuvers became more of an art form than for battle. They're beautiful horses, majestic and absolutely amazing. The moves they perform are from the discipline Dressage, which is like dancing with a horse. Its graceful and smooth and makes the horse and rider appear to be moving as one, with apparently little or no effort on the rider's part. The Lipizzaners are special because they can do things no other horses can do. At least not that I know of, other than their Spanish ancestors, the Andalusians. Some of these things involve standing on their hind feet and kicking their forefeet in the air, or leaping up ward and kicking out their back hooves. It's pretty spectacular.

The lead rider of the evening was Victor. (Viktor? I dont know how to spell it and I forgot his last name. Darn it.) Victor is my hero. x3 This is Victor. He changed like five different times and did different routines, it was pretty awesome.



Here are some moves the Lipizzaners do.



Thats the courbette




thats the capriole, and thats actually Victor, lol. I just looked up "capriole" on youtube and there he was! The capriole is definitely my favorite.



Thats the Levade

So yeah, I havent sorted through my 1072 pictures but i'll be posting more later... it was really slowing down my computer so i'll have to sort through them.
and if they get lost i'll cry.
so there.