I HATE BLOGGING ABOUT MY EDUCATION

well, i hate that i'm not dedicated to blogging about it.
so i'm in high school now. a FREAKY FREAKY FRESH(wo)MAN.
this is the interior of my locker:

yeah, it consists of a little VAMPIRE WEEKEND/DSCVRY vibe, but hopefully by now you know they're my favorite band, and i have an unhealthy obsession over them.

the top two photos are the covers of their albums, VAMPIRE WEEKEND and CONTRA. the middle photo is the cover art for ROSTAM's (Rostam B. of VAMPY WEEKS) solo-song 'Wood'. lively persian vibes, that song expresses. the next one is a photo of VW, and the last one is the cover for DSCVRY LP. ain't it purty?

moving on, 

since a few weeks ago i started swimming at school well, the class, and i do NOT enjoy it. the teacher makes you take COLD showers. i have swim class second hour out of five, so for most of the day i WOULD have wet hair, but i have supernatural hair where it dries completely within maybe an hour/90 mins TOPS. the other children in my class can be so OBNOXIOUS and i hate when we do freestyle drills because i am the worst at freestyle.
i am the only human being on the planet who does not know how to properly 'do' freestyle swimming. HELLO, i am a Hoosier. i grew up AWAY from water and CLOSER to corn fields.

also, Christmas is just around the corner, and i am pretty stoked!!!
i told my parents that for Christmas i (gratefully) request:

1. record player
2. nice sweaters (NOT turtleneck or button-down)
3. Milk Duds (for my stocking)
4. Kit-Kats (also stocking)
5. a banjo
6. Strunk & White's Elements of Style

and more sensible, rational gifts. i'm really looking forward to a record playa and sweatas!
man, i could really use a blueberry pomegranate G2 gatorade right about now with all of this present talk! be right back: going to the gas station on 7th and SPRINGHILL called Maui's to get my gatorade.

But this feels so unnatural, Accent-imitating too...

I love accents.
I've always had an interest in the way people speak. Not sure why I'm into it, but I am. Imitating various accents is fun, too. British is my favorite. I blame Harry Potter for that one, because when I first saw The Sorcerer's stone, I was both confused and intrigued by how the characters spoke. It was neat and organized, and not so barking and straightforward. I was awestruck when Hermione delivered the line to Ron, "Besides, you're saying it wrong. It's leviosa, not leviosaaaa." After I'd heard her say that, I tried to copy her. It's leviosa, not leviosaaaa. My mother, who was sitting next to me at the time, was very impressed.
Later on I discovered I could imitate a southern accent. Thank you, Sandy Cheeks.
Eventually I find out I'm actually really good with accents: English, southern, New Yorker, Jamaican, Australian (though I frequently get that and English confused), Russian, Austrian, Irish, Minnesotan, etc. French can be difficult for me because I have a stuttering problem, which sucks because I enjoy speed rap, and when I attempt to rap it sounds like I'm choking on popcorn.
And I highly doubt this... "talent"(?) was hereditary because neither of my parents can speak in different accents. My uncle Steve's pretty decent, though. He's an English teacher so it's not surprising if he's articulate.
I'd also like to take a moment to brag that I can sort of wiggle my ears. My grandpa on my mom's side can wiggle his ears, and nobody that's been born since his birth in our family could wiggle their ears. And then along came Addy. I'm not as skilled, but I'm proud to be an amateur.
Back to accents, about a week ago I watched this episode of How the States Got Their Shapes on the History Channel, and they did a special on how accents originated in the U.S., and why, even though we live in the same country, we have different accents. There's this guy that the host of the show interviewed who coaches actors on accent-imitating for a living. He was very impressive; I want to have lunch with him at Cracker Barrel someday.
There have been whispers that a lot of people believe Long Island should become a state, and not just a piece of New York. This Long Islander apparently carries around in his pocket a replica the Long Island flag. Here's a photo:

It's decent. I remember him saying the 4 stars represent the regions(?) of New York City.

I'm getting off topic here. Anyway the episode just interviewed random people from certain regions of the country, and that we're weird for having diverse accents. Not languages, but accents.

Congratulations, U.S.A. for our bizarre-ness!

Okay for some odd strange fucked up reason my photo of The Voyage didn't pop up.

here it is. have a nice day now.

Fly Fly Middle School

Oh... hay.
I know I've been super MIA lately and for that I apologize. I just graduated middle school (8th grade) Tuesday and now I'm preparing for the most boring summer I will ever encounter. Only fun thing I'll do is go to an amusement park in Santa Claus, IN, called Holiday World.
This is a photo of one of Holiday World's wooden coasters The Voyage. Yeah, it's pretty sweet. But last summer I went to Cedar Point, which, if you don't know, is the best amusement park in the world. That was a good day.
So yeah I just graduated and now I'm waiting for my report card. Kinda scared to see it yet totally anxious to see my GPA. Every year we have an eighth grade ceremony and we give out awards and shit. Out of all of the awards I only got 2: perfect attendance and for winning the school spelling bee (I got a plaque for that one). So after all that and tears and goodbyes and stuff I went home, checked my Twitter and spent an hour at Books-A-Million with the company of a DQ blizzard. That was my day.
Right now I'm sitting at my laptop typing this irrelevant post experimenting with African music ignoring my friend's texts of wanting me to play MadLibs with her. I just finished listening to Majek Fashek's "Send Down the Rain" and The Very Best's "Warm Hear of Africa" featuring Ezra Koenig. I like these two songs because in my opinion they pretty much clash, even though they're both considered African music. I love listening o African because I love the fact that African has so many genres, though it's categorized as a genre itself. I haven't heard too much African since I grew up listening to rock and hip-hop, so I always feel refreshed when I hear Majek Fashek or Esau Mwamwaya. I like how this post went from talking about middle school to discussing African music.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get my chore list done before my mom gets home. gotta run

POW MIA

the title is all i really need to say. but in detail i'm sorry for not blogging lately. it's the end of school (middle school actually) and i've been trying to get all my work/projects done. today i finally finished the pants i had to make in sewing class. weeks of hard work and i get a B+ -.-" but whatevs. i'm not too excited to get my last report card because i know i'm going to have at east 2 Bs on it-- science and pre-algebra. English is my strongest subject, and i'm getting a 97%, fortunately. in history i just took a huge 100-points Civil War test (which i got 92/100!!) so i should be okay in that area. wish there was a class for tweeting and Facebook-ing because i'd be so less stressed. although Bs aren't the end of the world, i still cringe whenever i have one. i admit it, i much much MUCH prefer As. i've never had a 4.0 GPA but i've had a 3.952!
  i'll shut up now about my grades. in other news, today's national doughnut day!

Ahh, nothing like a patriotic doughnut.

  

 Breaking news:  Look what I found!

Because I had no homework today (surprisingly enough), I decided to surf the net, and by net I mean Google Images. I typed in "Lively Vibes" and I found a picture of me and a few of the pictures I've posted on this blog... and I found this! Apparently this "Lively Vibe" is a lifestyle blog covering a variation of topics. Cool! So I saved the picture, edited it on Paint and added the "s", and voila! The Lively Vibes logo is born (with a help of copying).
   In other news, IT WON'T STOP RAINING. Even though I prefer cloudy, breezy weather over hot, sunny weather, this rain is making me wanna shoot Martha Mitchell! The bad news is it's gonna be like this for a few more days. Oddly enough, though, I'm pretty fortunate other than the people who have been attacked by tornadoes and floods lately. I remember back in '09 Terre Haute had a major flood and many lost their homes and properties. The walls in my garage got a bit torn up, but other than that we were fine. My brother's friend woke up to his room flooded with water up to his bed that night! It was truly an unfortunate time for us Hoosiers. We're not used to feeling like Floridians (no offense to all you Floridians).

Twilight: The Whole Enchilada

      I know a lot of people who HATE Twilight, or are just not into it. Just a year ago I practically breathed Twilight and all the movies and books. Robert Pattinson was (and pretty much still is) the love of my life. The walls in my room are currently splattered with pictures of the Twilight cast and anything that relates to it (I was in a collage-making mood for a few days). I went to the midnight showing for both New Moon and Eclipse, and woke up the next day for school, still mind blown. Last July I attended a Twilight convention with my mom in Indianapolis and met some of the werewolves (Chaske Spencer "Sam Uley", Bronson Pelletier "Jared", Alex Meraz "Paul", Booboo Stewart "Seth Clearwater" and Tinsel Korey "Emily Young/Uley"). To be honest, that was the best day of my life. I got 4 out of the 5 wolves' autographs and got to shake hands with them (I got to personally speak with Booboo and hug him!). Besides meeting Hulk and Brooke Hogan, Bill Nye the Science Guy and a few not well known people, I'd never met celebs before!
     I really hope sometime in my life I meet my beloved Robert Pattinson and have a fundue time with him. Speaking of Robert Pattinson, yesterday was his 25th birthday! I celebrated by winning a scrimmage against another soccer team during practice last night. I have to admit I'm not AS crazy about him as I was just a year ago (and I blame Vampire Weekend for that), but I still have the occasional hyperventilation when I see new photos of him n a magazine or see a commercial/advertisement/new information about Water for Elephants and Breaking Dawn Part 1. Yesterday all I wanted to do was watch Remember Me, but I never did since I do not own it. Life sucks.
    There's a lot of Twilight haters out there, and that's okay... sometimes. Sometimes haters sip on the Haterade and take things too far. All I know is, I love Twilight and hopefully I always will.