I saw this on Lae-an's tumblr and I really liked it.
“ When you come to the edge of all that you know, you must believe one of two things: either there will be ground to stand on, or you will be given wings to fly. ”
— “The Summer King” by O.R. Melling
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I stayed up til almost 4am watching Little Women with Mom last night, and it's strange how all these old films I remember being so great now seem so rushed and lack so much depth. Anyhow, I remember being really disappointed with the book's ending (and even moreso with the film because of who they cast for Professor Bhaer; I was hoping he'd at least be ruggedly handsome in some subtle way or something D:) because Laurie marries Amy. I am such a Laurie/Jo shipper. Or maybe I just need to reread the book because I didn't pick up on the meant-to-be nature of their relationship back then. ... And if you haven't read Little Women and I just spoiled it for you, well. Were you really gonna read it anyway?
I went swimming with Andy and Uncle at the plunge today (which took the place of running for the day). We ended up getting into a huge fight afterwards because Mom gave Andy $20 for lunch ($10 for him and $10 for me), and that fatass went over his limit. Technically I would've still had enough for my Subway + avocado, but I did the math wrong in my head (but that is beside the point here!)
I went ahead and made that cd. I was thinking about making it and dropping it off in the mailbox the day before I leave for college because that seemed cool, but that is exactly the kind of over-dramatic-daydreamy crap I like to pull that never turns out the way I want it to. Besides, the idea excited me and I couldn't wait the thirty days.
I tend to subconsciously fantasize about the way something will work out, and because I'm always overly idealistic, things never work out as I hope because I can't account for other people's actions or whereabouts. Like in middle school dances, I'd always expect my crush to suddenly confess his undeniable attraction to me and whisk me off for a slow dance. So it always feels a little surreal when things go exactly as I plan or, as in this case, even better than I expected.
I drove over to Target to get my pictures printed; Ken wouldn't go with me cuhs he said he was going running (-.-), which I guess is just as well because it ended up taking a long time. There were two computers you could use; one of them was being used so I went to the other. I spent about ten minutes trying to figure out why the computer set a 50 picture limit on me when the sign up there surely implied I could print all 155. And then I asked this black lady who worked there, and apparently only the computer on the left side (the one that was already in use) could print 50+. So I waited in line behind the lady using it. And I ended up literally standing there for over 30 minutes. (I mean, the lady apologized for it taking so long, but still.)
... And then that same lady continues to screw me over. I arrived just before 6:45pm (which was my pick-up time) to grab my pictures, but the guy working there informed me that my pictures weren't done yet because there was this massive order placed just before mine. And I was like GODDAMMIT LADY. Mentally, of course, but still. So he told me to come back in 15 minutes, so I walked around and picked up a few items. After 15 minutes they still weren't done. |: So I just stood there for another 15 minutes, fiddling with the game demos on my phone until they were. The guy apologized for the wait, and showed me how many pictures the lady had ordered, and there were like 5 fat envelope-box thingies!
Anyhow, I got started on Jen's scrapbook a bit. I really wish I hadn't waited til the last two days to get started lol.
I was mentioning to Mom about how I had all these pictures now but I couldn't post them back on my wall in my old room, so she told me to just post them on the wall in this room. It's a little disappointing to be starting over on a blank wall because I'm really proud of that little collage back on my old wall and it represents a lot to me. I put up that picture of us at that first Welcome Back assembly because I couldn't bear to cut it up and mess it up for the sake of the scrapbook, plus Aaron Johnson in Kick-Ass because, well, you know. ♥
