Quotes

Since I am bored and not sleepy, here are a few random quotes from various points of the school year. I guess you could say it's my unofficial job to keep up with these.

Mr. S.: Now, I'm not endorsing violence, but punching someone in the face is the most amazing feeling you'll ever get.

Michi: Why are you stealing her fluffiness?

Caleb: Because it’s fluffy.

Caleb: I’m sending you to the basement to tell Aunt Sally the dead dolphin about what you’ve done. (I get sent there a lot, only I didn't know what I did that time. Everybody else gets sent to Uncle Ratty the dead rat in the attic. He steals people's food.)

Michi: Stabbing people with a fork is cute too...in some countries.

Mr. S.: You shouldn’t go around murdering people with axes. Write that down, it's a good rule of thumb.

Me: Nothing says bonding time like being pinned to the sparring mat by your friend.

Rachel: So my shred of maternal instinct is like "I could make pretty babies!" But then the rest of my mind is like "...But after I made them, what would I DO with them? Sell them?"

Me: Selling them might be illegal. Or maybe that's only in some states…

Rachel: Leg flasks, gotta love 'em. No self-respecting flapper would be seen without one. But I'm not a self-respecting flapper, I carry a gun instead.

Caleb: She got into a fight with Lucky Charms and they used their rainbow magic on her.

Michi: In the 70's!

Moose: It caught on fire...a little bit.

Yeah, we're...interesting people.

Gasp! Breaking News That Isn't News

As per my random desires to post without an actual topic, here are a few random news items from my world.
Today an art teacher brought in some baby chicks. They were so adorable. I made friends with one, her name is Topsy. She was one of the loudest chicks in the room because she was so cold but when I held her she got really quiet and pressed her head up against my hand and pecked at me a little bit. Apparently I had warmer hands than anybody else. It was so sweet, I just didn't want to let her go because it made me feel bad when she'd start her really loud peeping again. I feel like I should mention that I don't take any sort of art class, I just happen to have a soft spot for animals.
Our school's literary magazine is almost done accepting submissions. I think a few of my short stories from my creative writing class were submitted, but I don't know if any were accepted. I should put some of those stories up here at a later date. I'm too lazy to track them down right now.
I have recently, thanks to a film analysis project for one of my classes, discovered the works of Akira Kurosawa. I have to say I'm sad that I caved in to doing a Japanese film (I feel like I caved to some sort of peer pressure), but Kurosawa is one great director. Of course, you might not think so if you don't like subtitled or old black-and-white movies. If those aren't for you, don't even bother. If you're open to those, though, look him up.
And that's it for now. Bye people of the internet.
Callie

43 Seconds

Today I learned a very important lesson: Always make sure you know the due dates for your assignments.
We write an "occasional paper" every six weeks in my English class. If you don't have yours the day it's due and you're supposed to read it for the class, you have 43 seconds of glory. The teacher will play music and you have to dance for 43 seconds in front of the whole class.
I had written mine over the break so I wouldn't have to waste time with it later but I didn't print it out. I thought it was due on Thursday, but I had a very bad feeling it was due today. I should have listened to my instincts.
I asked my teacher if I could go print it, or read it off of his laptop. Not a chance, that wasn't how the system worked. So he called me up, and I took my place at the front of the room.
Now, the thing is, I get stage fright, badly, especially with improv. Not to mention the fact that I don't know the first thing about dancing. I kept telling myself "you can do this, just move to the beat a little bit." The song was "Hey Ya," really easy to dance to. I'm an epic fail.
As soon as the music started I told myself to move. Do something, anything, they don't want to see you standing there. One boy made encouraging motions, trying to help me out. My legs just wouldn't listen. I couldn't do it, I simply could not make myself move except in my nervous habit ways. I ran my hand through my hair and took steps back towards the corner, away from my audience. I kept saying "I'm sorry, I can't." I probably laughed a bit too. I don't know why I would have, but I think I did.
I hate this paralysis that comes over me in front of crowds, but I always get nervous, no matter what I tell myself or how confident I feel beforehand. But before I knew it the music stopped. My 43 seconds were up and I hadn't even started to dance. Relieved that I hadn't been forced, or even really pressured, I gratefully sunk back into my seat.
Never again will I get the date wrong for an assignment.

Circus of the Sun

One of the most impressive things I've ever seen in my life is Cirque du Soleil. Everything they do has to be timed perfectly down to the second on top of the fact that the performers can move and flip and turn in ways that most people can only dream about.
I went to see Dralion yesterday and it was incredible. It was my second Cirque du Soliel show and I loved it. There is absolutely nothing like it. With some of the acts it seemed like the laws of physics, such as gravity, didn't apply. The way the acrobats moved through the air it seemed like the people on stage were weightless.
The whole thing about Cirque du Soleil is that it feels so otherworldly. The music, the lighting, the fact that these people are doing things you wouldn't expect anybody to be able to do. Apart from the typical requests at the beginning of the show not one word of English is heard, the singing is all in a different language (or languages, I wasn't really focusing on that very closely). It's so far from the everyday, so mystical. It just draws you in.
And yes, Kenz, the tech was very important (not that I ever said it wasn't). I mean, without the proper lighting and the music it just wouldn't be the same.
Callie

Family Reunion

Some of my mom's family came in last night. Now, for some people, it's not a big deal to have aunts and uncles and cousins over. But this is my mom's family. Things tend to fall apart rather quickly when you put them all in one place for an extended period of time.Not to mention a lot of my relatives can be kind of weird and my sister and I are by far the youngest in the family, so it's a bit awkward.
Things held up well, though. No arguments, not too much awkwardness and I got my dad's BBQ out of it. Well, okay, the fudge my sister made didn't hold up so well, it was more like caramel, but she's learning how to make it. Other than that though it went smoother than expected.
My aunt stayed the night, though. She and my mom stayed up late talking and I think they got into an argument, because my mom was in a pretty bad mood this morning. Her sister annoys her a lot. I hope it doesn't get that bad between me and my siblings because if one night is enough for them to get on each others nerves that's a really bad sign.
Well, back to relaxing on my spring break. I'll write more later.
Callie.

A Post...Kind Of

I"m really starting to hate not posting anything here. However, I suck at sticking to a schedule. I'm trying to do better though.
Next week is my spring break, so hopefully I'm about to get caught up on some of the sleep I've missed. Not very likely since I'm way behind on my sleep, but still. And with that sleep there may be a chance I'll actually write something instead of being all brain dead.
Um...yeah, I don't have much to say right now, I just felt the need to post something. There's a lot of crazy political stuff going on, but I'm not gonna open that can of worms at them moment, even if I did know where to start. There are plenty of other people blogging about that (though some of them probably have no clue what they're talking about).
More later than,
Callie