How NOT to start off vacay: Part 2

Two posts in two days! I'm on fire!

So lets just say this is a continuation of part 1, and that before you fell asleep, thinking of blood loss and brain damage, you had allowed your friends to play with your phone, iPod, and camera because well, you're not using them and they asked nicely to look at the photos from your European vacation.  At that point if you're standing over a sink, letting the blood poor out of your finger and waiting for the end, and one of your friends comes and nervously says: "umm Caroline?" the conversation should go as follows:
"Yeah?"
"I don't know what happened, I'm sorry"
"What are you talking about?"
"I was looking at your camera"
attempts to block blood flow "Uh-huh"
"And I don't know what happened"
Finally looks up for wound "What happened?"
"I don't know, the camera shut off and said all your photos were gone"
"Oh."
"I don't know what happened"
Now, Before you wail on your friend and release a whole world of flupping grief on them take a step back.  It would look bad if you, a screaming bloody mess, started in on your friend on the first night of a week at the beach, not to mention you're 95% they actually don't know what happened and are sad about it.  Politely say it's okay, you don't blame them, then blame the tears now flowing down your face on the wound you've received, not the loss of the memories from your family vacation (in hindsight you should have uploaded them before you left for the beach).  Smile, tell them it doesn't matter, then cry yourself quietly to sleep (you wouldn't want to wake up any other guests!)

Besides, your sister did save a few gems

Strange things did happen here...

I have to interrupt my riveting Scott Chuck comparisons for a moment as I tell my readers (all 3 of you) about my new favorite series of books (not replacing Harry Potter though). My school;s book club decided to start reading the first book in the Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins as our next book of the year. At first I was reluctant to start reading it because the premise of teens killing teens on live television seemed weird and gory, but I finally relented to reading on one snowy January day, when my power was out. I became obsessed with the book approximately one hour later, when I had already gone throu 1/4 of the book. A day later I finished the book and asked for the next two for my birthday. I won't give away any of the books spoilers or anything, but I could NOT PUT THE BOOKS DOWN. I finished the last one today and am sad that they are over, but decided to highlight their awesomeness to the world with a pro and (very small) con list.

Pros

1. It's a new idea (Like an incredibly high stakes Survivor)
2. It's witty (characters are actually funny)
3. Characters are likable
4. PEETA
5. Seriously, you won't be able to stop reading
6. It's fast paced and never boring
7. Suspenseful
8. It's just fun to read
9. Flupping awesome.
   

Cons (as if)

1. It played with my emotions and made me depressed for a whole day.
2. The main character is sometimes annoying/stupid
3. Gale.
4. Mental anguish

Anyways, I highly recommend this book to anyone who is a reader and even if you're not a reader, read it anyways. That way when the movie comes out next year, you won't be wondering what the hell is going on. Hunger Games is offically my second favorite book series.

EVER. (mind blowing isn't it?)

Scott Bass? part three

On a happy note: I have reached 700 views! Something to be proud of in my mind. On an interesting note: the mysterious parallels continue with: drinking


Anyone who watches Gossip Girl knows that, among Chuck's more negative attributes he like the liquor. He is often see throughout the show sporting some kind of alcoholic beverage, whether it be vodka, brandy, or his drink of choice scotch. Although his drinking isn't a focus of the show, the only problem being the fact that he can order drinks at a bar a not be carded (even though when the show starts he is a junior), it is still mentioned and showed enough to be a part of his character.


Scott Disick also has an apparent drinking problem, although his problem affects his life more than his TV counterparts problem does. You could call this up to me being nit picky or whatever, but Scott didn't have this "problem" (which I personally believe is exaggerated by the producers) until he started to become a more central player in the show. OR until CHUCK became a central player in Gossip Girl. Both men are constantly imbibing the dutch courage and parading around like it isn't 2 in the afternoon. The only difference is reality vs. fantasy in this situation. Whereas Chuck is an actor portraying someone who may be a wee bit tipsy but is otherwise completely in control of his actions. Scott is an actual drunkard sloshing around and being sloppy.


















Still, ya gotta love em both.

It's all over

This is what you look like and
This is how you feel

As promised here is my unfortunate recounting of the horrors of studying for exams - I know I said I would post after the first one or at least right after the last one but I under estimated the recuperation period necessary to recover such an exhausting occasion. Here are a few of the highlights one can expect when studying for exams:

The Fun Stuff:

• The copious amounts of work you have to look over
• The jittery nerves mixed in with caffeine mixed in with exhaustion, that reeks of imminent failure
• Insanity
• Ability to ramble on about ATP and Andrew Jackson... during your math exam
• Crying
• Insomnia
• Narcolepsy
• The jubilation at finishing one exam, then going home and cramming for the next one
• The lack of christmas spirit
• Losing your grip on reality and becoming obsessed with teen drama's, like The Vampire Diaries
• Fatigue

The only good thing about exams is the fact that after the last exam is finished, and you step outside into the cold winter sunlight, you feel...freedom. In some cases like last week it is especially magical as snow begins to fall, celebrating the fact that you are done studying for your flupping exams. Then you pick up your backpack full of over-break school work, and trudge home. At least I got a free mocha at the end of it.