haircut!

So I finally got my haircut, two days before school starts.

I didn't do a whole lot to it besides getting bangs. Which I suppose is kind of a dramatic change, seeing as I haven't had (straight across) bangs since middle school. (At least not successful ones.)

So here's a brief of that experience.
I went to Hairmaster's, due to repeatedly being horrified with the results of going to the place by Win-Co, which I still don't even know the name of after going there for 4 years. I sat around looking through books of hair seeing if I could find any references of what I wanted. No luck, unfortunately.
I got stuck in a chair and listened to two hair stylists and a client talk about babies and Jersey Shore.

About half an hour later (most of that time being spent straightening my hair. It's ridiculous how long it takes now that it's grown out so much.) I had my hair cut and it looked good. Then she was like "Your hair is flat, should I add a little volume, or do you like it that way?" I said no, it's a constant battle trying to get my hair to not lay flat to my head. So she used the flat iron to give me some volume. Then she started back combing and I was like WHAT THE FUCK. She gave me a giant poof monster on my head and I was embarrassed by the hideousness of it. Those things look bad enough on other people, it was terrible on me. I think she was concentrated too much on Jersey Shore and decided whorish Italian girl would be a good look for me, too. So the second we were out of her sight, I ran my fingers through my hair a thousand times to flatten it. However, all in all it was a good experience and I got the haircut I was hoping for. And my bangs are versatile!

So yes. There you have it. I am a changed woman.
Okay, not really. But I have bangs.


♥sloane

Here it goes again.

tsaturday
august 28th, 2010

School is starting on Tuesday. I'm both anxious and hesitant to see what the new year will bring. I'm really excited to be with my friends again because I'm having this sudden realization of how much I love everyone as of the last few days. But I'm also sad because I know that two of my best friends won't be there. I'm really looking forward to learning about the exchange student experience from Josie, and the more I hear about it the more I want to do it after senior year. But at the same time, it's going to be really strange without her around. Despite the fact that she infuriates me more often than I would like her to, she's still one of the people I relate to most closely. (Wow, that feels weird to say, because honestly, we don't look like we should have anything in common.) And then, icing on the cake, Maddie has moved away permanently now and that really sucks for me. Aside from Alisha, Maddie was probably the second person I saw the most of besides my family.

But like I was saying, I was reading our notebook from last year and I was like like "What the fuck, I love these people." And really, I mean that, too. Though I'm sure it probably doesn't seem like I really care about all of you that much. I have a really difficult time displaying affection properly. I don't know what it is or why, but I've always been that way. Normal teenage girls can be like "I love you" "I love you too!" and I can't. I feel really awkward about saying "I love you" to anyone that isn't my mom or dad. This includes my sister, my grandparents, aunts, uncles, my closest friends and the boyfriend that I "loved." (Oh middle school.) But to all of you friends that feel neglected my my cold outer shell, I do care about you and I'm going to miss the two of you who are leaving RHS this year.


So yeah. School is kind of intimidating this year. I have a smaller protection ring of friends to shut out everyone that I don't want to talk to, I really have to put my all into it this year because I need to get into Portland University, and it's going to be another year of classes that I don't have with anyone I know. I'm also not sure that I trust myself to keep myself in line and do all my work and study and get good grades, because despite any determination that I hold right now, I know myself too well to put a whole lot of faith in that. I crap out on myself after a semester of good work. So cross your fingers for me, guys.

In other news, I get to go see Blue October live in Bellingham this September! It's really exciting, I've never been to a concert before. My mom bought tickets as an early birthday present for me. It's going to be her, my godmother and I. And it's going to be a blast. I'll make sure to take lots of pictures. (and post them here, of course. 8D)

Anyway, I'm going to make a website for the Ace Gang now.


♥ sloane

listen to your backbone, boy and run like hell.

sunday
august 22nd, 2010

song on the brain - backbone by the rumble strips


A decent bundle of things happened in the last couple of days.
On the 17th, I went to Josie's going away party. We sat around and watched Youtube and talked for a good 6 hours. It was a good way to spend some of our last hours with Josie until next year.
On the 19th, Alisha and I biked over to the school and picked up our schedules.  We saw Ivie, Hailey and Kelli, as well as Garrett who pulled us aside for a while and didn't particularly like the idea of us leaving. I found out that I have basically no classes with anybody (except for zero hour which I have with both Hailey and Cayla) and I'm the only one that has 1st lunch. So I'm going to go in on the 26th to see about fixing that.
 However, for the time being, this is my schedule.

First Semester
Algebra 2 - Baird
Ceramics - McMinn
Psychology - Westerfeild
French 4 - Koller
Anatomy - Staley
American Lit - Hatcher
World Geography - Howard

Second Semester
Algebra 2 - Baird
20th Century History - Smith (WOOHOOO)
Powerwalking - Olson
French 4 - Koller
Anatomy - Staley
American Lit - Hatcher
Consumer Ec - Parkinson-Schirm

I'm going to switch Anatomy and AP Lit around if I can. So we'll see.


Anyway, at 11:30ish that night I was laying on Alisha's floor with Bella and I said to Alisha "She's having some hardcore contractions." I'm not entirely sure that Alisha even believed me, or thought I knew what I was talking about. But about 10 minutes later I was like "Alisha, I think your dog is giving birth right now." So Alisha freaked out and got her Grandma. Bella was running around yelping with a puppy's head sticking out of her vagina and the puppy was also yelping. Alisha's grandma took Bella outside and helped pull the puppy out and there was like... an explosion of blood on the pavement. We brought the kiddie pool into the kitchen and lead Bella into it to have her clean the puppy up. The puppy got to nurse for a while, then I kept it warm in a heated towel while Bella went out back and gave birth to two more puppies at the same time in the grass. Those two were rushed in out of the cold and cleaned off. Bella laid in the tub with her puppies, licking them excessively and Amy was called to come over. Bella gave birth to the rest of the puppies in the pool. 2 boys, both black and 6 girls, 3 black, 1 black with a white chest and and 2 brown. They are ADORABLE. So those puppies will probably live in the kiddie pool in the middle of the kitchen for a while.
We were up till about 4 AM with those puppies and I was awake again at 8:00 because Bella wanted attention. So I was functioning on approximately 4 hours of sleep.

That night around 6:30, we biked over to my house with my sister so I could change and put my hair up. Then we headed off for Movies in the Park. However, going doing the hill on Swift, I hit a very small curb way too fast and the chain unhooked itself from the gears. So I was lucky that there was a grassy strip along the sidewalk for me to ride down around Kate and Alisha while I waited for my bike to slow to a stop. It took a good 15 minutes before we figured out how to hook the chain back on and we biked the rest of the way to the park with very grubby hands. We sat around on some benches for probably 20 minutes before Kellli and Josie showed up and then we wheeled our bikes over to them and settled in on a blanket. We got up to go buy smoothies when Tori and some guy got up and tried to sing Tonight's Gonna be a Good Night (or whatever it's called) by the Black Eyed Peas. I ordered a smoothie, and the lady gave me a milkshake. Then I bought popcorn back at the park and it was nasty, so I gave it to Kate and Alisha. Then eventually the movie started up and I didn't understand anything that was being said. I was also being used as a pillow and I was ridiculously uncomfortable.
Saying goodbye at the end was sad. And at the same time, it was hard to believe that we weren't going to see Josie for a year. It seemed like a normal goodbye and we were going to see eachother in a week. So I think the true realization that she's going to be gone for a year will set in soon enough. We'll miss you, Josie. D:

So Alisha, Kate and I went home and played Guitar Hero II for a while before going to bed. The next day we didn't really do anything. Alisha went home in the afternoon and Kate and Dad and Cindy and I all went to Red Robin for Kate's (belated) birthday dinner.  Kate and I got bottomless rootbeer floats, which was a huge mistake, seeing as I was only able to eat 4 bites of my burger. So I have lunch for today, I suppose. XD
After that, we went and got movies. We watched Best in Show last night, but everyone was too tired to watch Office Space. So we went to bed and I fell asleep listening to The Rumble Strips.

And there's nothing to say about this morning, so I'm done.

♥ sloane

woop woop.

monday
august 16th, 2010

song on the brain: all the pretty faces - the killers.



Ahhh, my first blog post. This blog is created in honor of my dear friend, Josie, as a way to keep her updated on life back at RHS while she is away in France for the year. Also, it keeps my dA rants to a minimum.  Of course, she hasn't left yet, so this is just getting my blog up and running. In the futureI intend to post pictures and videos and all sorts of things as a sort of documentation of what she'll be missing. As well as using this as a way to let off steam, excitement, etc. etc.


my day isn't really over yet, but I suppose I'll just blog what I've got.
I spent the morning and afternoon sitting on Alisha's couch watching nickelodeon and then I biked home. the end. And around 6:30 I'll be going to dinner with my grandparents and then mowing the lawn.

That's all for today.


♥ sloane