May 12, 2011 Entry 36

I recently saw a news clip of a young girl of seven years old that had cupped ears and one ear was lopped or curled over. Her parents took her to a plastic surgeon who is part of a free surgery for children with abnormalities to correct the ears and pin them back to stop the teasing and bullying she was facing at school. I completely disagree with the parents and the plastic surgeons views, they feel that it will stop the bullying on the child and help her form a self identity. The thing is, it's not going to be self identity anymore, she was changed to make her seem more normal looking, but now, she's just another victim of America's new ideology that everyone has to be perfect. Well, I mean it's not really a new ideology but it's certainly more progressed now. For the parents to think that the bullying will stop because they fixed her ears is utter ludicrous. If anything, the surgery will make it worse. Children are vile and cruel in schools. It's a dog eat dog world. If you aren't getting picked on you're the one that's picking on others usually. Especially in bigger schools. It's very hard to stay invisible. Even if you are invisible you aren't free and clear of being subjected to the cruelties of the world. I think that the parents should have waited a few years before the surgery, who knows, the ears could have been what truly defined her character. Maybe she'll be a totally different person now, maybe, just maybe she'll become the bully.

May 10th, Entry 35

So what's been going on in my life? Well, not a lot of things. It has been quite boring honestly. Collin leaves Sunday... I'm not ready for it...I'm going to bawl my eyes out. I think we're going to take break while he's away, but honestly, I don't feel that I'm going to even try to talk to other guys while he's gone. Collin has made quite the impression on me. Last Saturday at Grand March for prom, when I was holding my niece, my little girl, I love her so much; he had a smile on his face while look down at us. I truly care about him. Much more than I did Brian, which is insane to think about. I like Collin way more than I did Brian in the 11 months we dated in his a single month.
    But back to him leaving, I'm excited that he's leaving, I truly am. I'm glad he's doing what he wants to. He was concerned about leaving with a girlfriend, which I understand. He's going to have so much on his mind anyway, which is why I'm completely okay with taking a break while he's at boot camp. I think he still wants to go to Mississippi when he gets back and before school starts next year. Which is another thing, I'm going to be senior. I'm freaked out by that. Just writing about it is making me tear up.

Onto a happier thing, the evening of our last day of school, May 31, Laura, hopefully Paige, and I are going to see Destrophy again. I know, Mrs. Strand, Again? You were right, Laura and I are pretty much groupies for the band, in the best way possible. We go because we love their music. Also because we have tons and tons of friends that are associated with the band. There's Sam, Shawn, Dee, Jason, Natalie, Mark, Sebastian, Tara, Sara, Mary, Ari, Joe, Phil, Bruce, Randi, Erik, Spencer, Seth, Joey, Eric, and more. Like I said, we've made a ton of friends because of the guys of Destrophy. We can't wait to go to the show. This time they're playing with another band we like, Otep, who is a female black metal singer from LA. Interestingly enough, she's gay, and she kind of sounds like a man when she's performing. But we love her. Otep Shamaya. Man, I can't wait. But I guess that's enough for today.

Rakastaa,

Liz

April 7: Entry 34

This fountain thing is getting blown way out of proportion. It's sort of ticking me off. I hate people disagreeing and this is just RIDICULOUS! Anyway, enough about that. Let's go onto a better topic...how about....Mississippi!!

I love Mississippi, I just LOVE it. I can NOT express that enough. But as much as I love it down there, I really want my brother and sister-in-law to move back to Iowa. It sucks not being able to see them more than like three times a year. And now that they have a kid due in June it really sucks that I won't be able to see my nephew that much. It's heartbreaking really.

Onto another subject:
My grandma left this morning for Jamaica. I can't wait until she gets back, but it's nice to have a break from each other. We get on each others nerves easily. She's getting me a shot glass. That will bring me up to about 46 shot glasses in my collection. :D :D

Now let's talk about Collin. He graduated last May from Springville. He's a Marine and he leaves May 15th for boot camp. It sucks, but we're going to work through it. :) I probably will miss him entirely way too much, but that's okay. It'll be good for us. However, we're spending as much time as we can before he leaves.

Different subject? Yesssss! I can't wait to get my new iPod. It shipped yesterday. I'm SO EXCITED!!! <3

I don't know what else to talk about...
I'm running out of ideas.
We can stop anytime now Mrs. Strand....
Anytime...
Collin is coming over tonight. Yay.
A minute left...
with nothing to write about.
Jacob is mean to Rachael.
Rachael smells good.
Olivia is sick....I miss her.
Zach is sitting in front of me...

Time's up!! Yay!! :D :D

March 30, 2011 Entry 33

Alright so I'm going to write about the book I'm reading. It's called "The Long Road Out of Hell"by Marilyn Manson. It's a grotesque and brutally truthful story of his upbringing and descent into the hell he created for himself. It shows his crazy home life when he was a kid. His weird grandfather. *shivers* he creeps me out.
Anyway, what else has happened. Oh! Right now he's on tour with Danzig and he's talking about Tony Wiggins and Twiggy and how crazy those three got. And right before I stopped reading they were about to perform a psychological experiment on these girls in the catacombs underneath of the arena they were playing in. It sounds pretty intense. They're trying to see whether or not they can get the girls to admit their deepest secrets. I'm excited to read it.

And if you want to know anymore about this, well you'll have to read this yourself. ;)

March 24, 2011 Entry 32

Free Write!! :D :D

I really wish it was warmer outside... I hate this cold weather. The worst part is that it's not much warmer inside the school. I have goosebumps up the wahzoo right now and I keep shivering. Anyway...I can't wait until May 15! Eep eep!! I'm so excited for Lazerfest this year! Avenged Sevenfold baby!! And Stone Sour? I mean c'mon! That's freaking amazing! I love those two bands, which, could probably be guessed...You know what would be better than Stone Sour though...??? SLIPKNOT!!! Hell, I've seen them four times already. Guess who else is gonna be there! BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE!!! Oh hell...there's gonna be sexy men everywhere! Woot woot!! Win win win for me! Hopefully Paige and Olivia will be able to go with Laura and I. I went by myself last year, well, my brother and his ex drove me down, but they sat in the grass and I was in the crowd by myself. Which isn't a first, and it definitely won't be the last time, but holy crap, I'm like stoked!! I feel as though I should trough ceremonial salt in the air or something while playing a freaking kazoo. That's how damn excited I am right now.

I remember last years Lazerfest....Halestorm, Dead Horse Trauma, Alice Cooper, Skillet, Rob Zombie, Mindrite, Three Days Grace, Papa Roach, it was like...intense! I had such a good time last year, even though I did end up beating the crap out of some guy because he elbowed me in the stomach, thankfully he got kicked out. Woot! Dead Horse Trama just came on my iTunes! Yeah! I'm so hyper right now. I'm trying not to show it. I don't know if you guys can tell or not....I hope not. I feel like jumping up and down, but I can' do that...well I'm not supposed to anyway.. I still do sometimes. But anyway! I got to go!! Talk to ya later, bloggers!

~~Liz~~

Entry 31 March 10 2011

It was a warm spring day and the prince was walking through the town. Now this man, he wasn't just a prince, he was a pixie prince. His name, Aleksei, fits that he's from the town of Helsinki, Finland. Which, may I add, is known for it's mystical beings. Well anyway, Aleksei was walking through the town to meet up with his newest concubine, Kataari. He has many lovers, but he always seems to need one more, because well, he wears them out, fast. She was a pretty woman, with large blue eyes and long slightly curly deep auburn hair. He leads her home and shows her to her new room leaving subtle hints of how he was going to galvanize her into euphoria as he throws away the counterpane and leaves her sprawled on the bed.

To Be Continued...

March 1, 2011 Entry 29

Free Write:
I'm going to write about some shenanigans of my friends. Well, mostly the Core Group: Shannon Moore, Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy, Gregory Helms, Dave "Kimo" Clutter, and Shatter. The guys in this group all live within 30 minutes of each other in southern North Carolina. Matt, Jeff, and Dave all live in Cameron, Shatter and Greg live in Smithsfield, and Shannon lives in Carthage. I'm really close with Shannon and his wife, and somewhat close with Jeff. The guys in this group have a online show called 'The Hardy Show' and they just do random stunts and pranks. A personal favorite of mine, 'The Troll Bridge' episode from 2006 is incredibly hilarious. It has Shannon and Andrew Wright working camera and audio and Matt Hardy as a troll and Jeff as the billy goat gruff trying to cross the bridge. They act it out and eventually Matt invites Jeff into his 'home' under the bridge and ends up killing him.

February 22 Entry 28

Prompt 10.
"We all have favorite activities that we enjoy. Write an essay convincing readers to try the activity that you enjoy most."

Music is a beautiful thing, everything about it. The lyrical content to the artistic form of the riffs and chords of instruments the artist use. I know most people listen to music, but here's the deal. Most people listen to the same music, they don't branch out and try to find a new artist to listen to, someone different, maybe a different genre than you typically listen to. This is what I'd like for people to do, think about what genre of music you listen to, think about the songs and artists that are your favorite. Now think about what genre could very possibly be the opposite of that, go to Google and search the genre you've come up with and find an artist in the genre that you may or may not have heard of or haven't listened to before. Like me, most people know I listen to mostly rock music, but I branch out, I listen to pop, country, RnB, rap, blues, and classical music. I have a favorite artist in just about every genre. I don't really like any one particular blue artist in general. I love the feel of the music, I love feeling the passion they put into it.
Everyone in this class right now probably knows that my favorite band is Avenged Sevenfold. Most of you probably have never heard their music though. Some may assume that it's about death and despair, and that's true for some of their older pieces. However, most of their newer songs are about real life experiences and hurt that is carried with them from different things. Some are even about love.
Such as this song, "Warmness on the Soul" it's from their first album and it's so sweet.

Vocab Practice Entry 26 February 10th

It's a sweet day when Randy Orton gives up his dogmatic ways to atone for his horrible actions. He has many clandestine meetings with his lover, Arrianne. Maybe he's having an affair because he's a very hedonistic person and his wife can provide him the pleasure he needs but with her effervescent ways you'd think she would be. It's not bad enough that the couple has a two year old daughter together and he's sleeping around with multiple women. Most people see him as a assiduous person constantly bettering his abilities in the ring, but working so much on his career seems to be amalgamating him and his lover instead of him focusing on his now dormant marriage he is becoming something he never thought he'd be, a polygamist. The sad truth is though, he can't help himself. Since he was kicked out of the army he's become addicted to something, and at least it's not drugs or alcohol, but it might just as bad. He's now addicted to the pleasure that making love brings.

February 9 2011 Entry 25

Free Write. Free Write. Oh my Garth. I don't know what to talk about....Oh! WRESTLING.

Districts are this Saturday at North Cedar High school in Stanwood. I hope DK and Clayton both make it to state. I want DK to make it because he truly cares about the sport and has fun doing it, he's also a senior which just makes it even better for him and his family. Clayton went last year and I'd like him to make it again. Possibly place this year.

What else? OH! I'm going to be working as a promotor for this band called Dead Horse Trauma starting in like two or three weeks. I'm so excited! When Joey asked me if I'd like to work for them I was like um...Hell yes. (pardon my language.) He's such a sweet guy. Well all of them are actually, but I've talked to Joey the most. Joey is so funny too. Here's a picture of his silliness.

See he's silly. ;)

What else is going on in my life? Well my birthday is a week from today. Unfortunately I'll most likely be in Des Moines for State Wrestling so I won't be able to celebrate it will all of you, but on the brighter side, my party is this Friday. :D We're going to have a fun night of video games and most likely Apples to Apples. I'm happy, hopefully everyone that said they can come will make it. 

You know whose birthday is today? Momma Althoff's. Guess who else's birthday is today... Jimmy 'The Rev' Sullivan from Avenged Sevenfold. He would've been either 29 or 30 today...sigh... I miss him a lot, not as much as his friend do of course, but as a huge fan I miss him a ton. Well I'm gonna go now, here's a parting picture of the two men I miss the most in the world right now.

1-11-11 Entry 22

So today we looked at attractive guys. There are a couple guys I find EXTREMELY sexy. :)
First Jimmy Sullivan, The Rev from Avenged Sevenfold.
He's a drummer. Well, he was a drummer.

Who next: Andy Sixx! :) He's from Black Veil Brides. He's gorgeous and 20. :)

On that note let's go with Nikki Sixx:

Who else? Hmm...Synyster Gates and Matt Shadows

Hmm....who else....oh! Oli Sykes...or hmm...Matt Tuck. Yes Matt Tuck. ;)

He's so adorable! I would just eat him up! Yummy!!




And to finish this up! Branden Lee!!! :D May he rest in peace.

January 6th. Entry 21.

Whoaaa.....it's about a month until my BIRTHDAY! YAY!! There are about 40 days. I'm so excited. Wanna know what quote is stuck in my head right now from _Little Women_? I'm going to tell you anyway.

"I took to heart what you said. I embellished it, I made it better. Thunder claps. Lightning strikes. The fair Clarissa, her clothes in disarray, races across the coastal heath..." Then it continues into the Weekly Volcano Press. Yeah, I'm silly.

So my truck wouldn't start this morning so I was yelling at it. Yep, I yelled at an inanimate object. You could say I accosted it. Ha. What else happened?

Oh! You know who's awesome even though they're pretty taciturn most of the time? Carig *133* Jones from Slipknot. He's so aloof. I could totally picture him being an axe murderer or something. It's kind of scary, but 'tis funny at the same time. Hm...speaking of Slipknot, Stone Sour (which includes two members of Slipknot) is on tour right now with Avenged Sevenfold. Which is funny, because I'm listening to Avenged while I'm writing this. Ha!

"I'm Zacky Vengeance and I play the gynecologist."
He's a silly boy. "Do it." Genius. I mean really, he says some of the funniest things.
"Johnny's in space, The Rev's in jail, Synyster's in Germany, Shadows knocks down the walls, and I cure cancer then forget how I did it."
Pure intelligence. Well, I guess not really, but he is hilarious. So guess who else is hilarious. The Rev. (May he rest in peace). I mean the things he said and did in his life, though some were bad, were just plain funny.

"Oh my God! Look at the size of that ------- Stallion Duck!" He was talking about a goose. Then he chased after it. "C'mere you ------- stallion duck." He mutters as it flies off. 

1-4-2011 Entry 20....First BLOG OF THE YEAR!!!!!! :D :D

How do I perceive the ideal man or woman in society?

The ideal man is handsome, smart, and has morals. He would have a good, year round job, make a decent amount of money. He wouldn't drink or smoke or do drugs. Would abide by all laws.

The ideal woman to me, doesn't have a 'perfect body'. She would have a pretty face, her body would be proportional. She would be nice, level-headed, intelligent. She would be involved in athletics and fine arts.

This is what I would think it would be, but I like the idea of not having a picture of the perfect being. That way there aren't expectations to be met and you aren't outcasted if you don't meet those expectations.




So anyway, this is the first blog of 2011. It's crazy to think that this time next year I'll be a semester away from graduating. I think I'm ready for it. I know it's going to be really sad, but it's going to be happy at the same time. I wish Pat would have been here to see it though and my grandfathers, but things happened and that's the way it has to be. There are so many things in my life that I'd like to change, if only I could, but what's done is done. Back to graduation, I'm excited to go to Capri College. I feel like it's really the right school for me. I love make-up and hair. I'm ready to be on my own, even though I sort of have been for the past few years. I have to pay almost all of my bills so not much will change there. I'm ready to live in my own place, even if it's just an apartment. That'd be okay with me. I don't need much space to live in. Most of all I'm ready to get a tattoo. Ha. Someone should have seen that one coming. What's the first tattoo I want? Something to commemorate Pat, Pa, and Grandpa Dick.

Bye now! Ciao!

December 7th, 2010 Entry 19

I believe that advertising is very important in our country. I believe that without the widespread advertising targeting specific groups of people because without people buying goods our country would still be stuck in a horribly Depression. People should realize that without advertising a lot of people wouldn't have jobs. There are graphic designers, journalists, cashiers, builders, businessmen and women all involved in this thing that is advertising. To be honest, the same people who are afraid of advertisement probably wouldn't even have jobs without it. Yes, it is everywhere, but again if it wasn't posted where people could see it no one would know the good that it is advertising is out there. You hear about it from someone who had seen it somewhere. That's still advertising. Some commercials are shallow to other companies and there are attacks on other goods that are "not as good" as the one being talked about. Some tactics are good others are cruel, but it can be very good for business.

November 18th Entry 17

I'm reading this book called _Captivate_ it's about pixies and werewolves. It's amazing. I love it. I can't stop reading it.

Now parents names of everyone in here...
Olivia's parents are Jamie and Larry Doherty.
Lucas's parents are Sue and Dave Sperfslage.
Amy's parents are Ruthanne and James Weighton. Michael and Aoife Barnhart.
Lindsey Simmons' are Penny and Kurt.
Lindsa Elams's are Scott and Stacey.
Christy's are Deb and Chris.
Alden's are Carol and Chris.

November 16 Entry 16

I think that the idea of requiring students to complete community service hours is absolute ludicrous. Some students already feel that they are imprisoned by how much time they spend working on school involved things, adding another thing to that list that they must do could make the dropout rate skyrocket. That would be my biggest fear. The dropout rate is already too high, and making school even more so a place that kids don't like to be would most likely cause them to want to drop out. Another thing, some kids just don't have the TIME for it. A lot of the students here at Central City are involved in multiple things plus a lot of them have jobs, where would they find the time to complete this community service? They have to be able to have some time to themselves, don't they?
I say all of these negative things about this, but it doesn't truly apply to me, I already work at the North East Linn food bank, granted it's only two nights a month that I have to go in, but before then we have to get the groceries, and for holidays and stuff we have to make sure to have the turkeys, hams, cranberry sauce, etc. Around Christmas we send a list of ages of kids whose parents can't get them many gifts and have people buy them some things off of that list, if not all of the kids are taken care of, my grandmother, Susan, and I have to take it upon ourselves to get the rest. So again, I think it's very time consuming and I don't think the students truly have the time to do community service.

11-19-2010 Entry 15

"You are walking home and cut through a cemetary late at night.  Describe your experience."

I was walking home from a friends house one night and it was very dark, there was an overcast so I couldn't see by the light of the stars or the moon. The part of town that we live in has no street lights and it's nearly impossible to see. I decide to go the way that I normally do, even though it's sure to be creepy. I cut through the old cemetery. By old I mean very old. The newest body that was buried here was over a hundred years ago. Sometimes I think my friends and I should have a séance and try to conjure the spirits and ask them how they died. I enter the cemetery and everything is absolutely quiet, as it should be where the dead lay for all eternity. I've taken about ten steps when I here someone following me. There are heavy, yet hollow footsteps. Soon I can here a ragged breathing too. I start to find this really cool, I then remember that I have my camera. I stop walking and turn around and take a picture without flash. The image that shows up was awesome. There was a full bodied apparition right there in the image on the LCD screen of my digital camera. Talk about creepy. Wishing now that I had a digital recorder too, I continue walking home, where I get online and go to the ghost adventures website and send them a quick email explaining my experience.

October 26 2010 Entry 14

Okay so wow, after waiting like ten minutes for my computer to work I’m finally able to start blogging. Here we go.

I’m going to Write a poem about How Cold I am currently.

Freezing skin

Blistering Cold.

Chilling Wind.

This is getting Old.

Dampened Air

Cozy Fireplaces

Glistening Snow

Can’t go places.

Stuck in the winter

No sight of spring.

It’s almost Christmas

Cheer this should bring.

It doesn’t bring cheer

It brings colds and flu.

It makes people mad,

it makes people blue.

Coldness is overrated

Let’s end this stuff now.

I really wish we could,

but no one knows how.

Snowmen and Snow angels

Making children cheer

As parents sip cocoa

out the window they peer.

October 12: Entry 13

It was a pretty calm day. All of the neighborhood children were being very genial today. Fall is rapidly approaching and they are enjoying one of the last few warm days before it arrives. The mothers are indoors baking goodies for their young and the fathers are outside raking up the beginning of the fallen leaves. 'Tis a lovely day. You can hear the light-hearted laughter of the children as they race to tag one another. No fights and no screams of terror can be heard. It's a very good day. The benevolent senior citizens are sitting on their porches enjoying the light breeze. Mothers bring out lemonade or Kool-aid for the children. The fathers are heading indoors to wash up and then enjoy some good old television. The mothers go back in and start up dinner for their families. The kids head home for the night ready to get some food in their stomachs and head for bed. But is there something lurking in the darkness? An unforeseen phantom that's going to find someone somewhere at the wrong time and capture them and keep them for all eternity, committing them to their horrible army of the undead?

October 7: Entry 12.

It's a dreary day, Zach was suffering extreme ennui. Unfortunately his congenial girlfriend was out of town this weekend so he didn't have relieve him from his tedious chores. He's a pretty aloof person and doesn't talk to many people. The ominous feeling the clouds were giving off was soothed when Ryan finally cajoled him into going to town. He overzealously walked to Ryan's house because he was so ecstatic that he had something to do. The clouds clear up and bit and the day seems to go better. The weekend ends with a fun time and Zach was happy.

Okay, so I had to write a story with my vocabulary words, that's what I came up with. I'm surprised at how well it worked together. Very shocked actually. I've been listening to the Black Veil Brides a lot more recently and I really want to go to their show in Iowa City on the 26th of this month but I can't because not only is it a Tuesday, but my grandma says I can't go to anymore shows this year because I've already gone to eight. I say bullcrap, I pay for the tickets, why can't I go? I'd even be driving, I'll have my license then. Gr. Irritating stuff.