It's Official: Blondes Have More Fun!

Of course it may just be that seniors have more fun. I've only been a senior three days now and I just can't believe how much I love it!!! I highly recommend it to those kids who think they need to graduate early. I knew I was going to love this as soon as I realized that none of my teachers were passing out their extremely specific school supply lists. (See Pimp My Pack) The teachers are totally lenient about everything from chewing gum to being late to class. Also, on B days (we're doing block schedule this year) during 4th period I am "counselor assistant" which is code for "really long lunch break but this is a closed campus so we have to keep you in the building". I've spoken to past "counselor assistants" and they say that on the off chance that one of the counselors notices that you're there you might have to copy some papers, but otherwise feel free to go to all three lunches, read, or do homework.

But back to the blonde part. The Saturday before school started my plan was to get my hair highlighted. But what happened was that my hair was pretty much dyed blonde. I LOVE IT. I think it looks great. Everyone at school was surprised but they all said they thought it was great.

Before:

After:

Yeah... I'm not sure what's up with that face. I think I was talking to Daniel.

High School Take 4

The first day of school is today!



Okay so I looked all over the internet for the seen in Ferris Bueller's Day Off where Ben Stein is calling role. I had no luck. So instead I wrote up the diologue which isn't nearly as exciting.



Economics Teacher: Bueller?... Bueller?... Bueller?

Simone: Um, he's sick. My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious.

Economics Teacher: Thank you, Simone

Simone: No problem whatsoever.



I can't wait for this year!

Shop Till You Drop!... Then Get a Massage

This past pay period I worked almost double the hours I usually work. I got paid Wednesday and it was the biggest check I'd ever gotten! So Thursday I went to the mall, of course. Mom talked about what I bought on her blog.

Mom's time was divided up between Paul and I and she brought the younger kids with us. They started to get a little restless so mom asked me to entertain them for a few minutes. So we all got a turn in the massage chairs outside of Dillards! When Gloria was in the chair she was just tall enough that her head was exactly where the chair would massage your upper back. It looked so funny so i video taped it:

Watch. Read. Listen.

In every issue of Eliza there is a page titled "Something Old.... Something New". On this page are two movies, two books, and two albums: one old and one new. It's one of my favorite things about this magazine. I thought it would be cool to do something similar every month or so that would talk about what I've been whatching reading and listening to, so here's take one.

Watch.

Mom and I have been spending our summer watching lots and lots of Jane Austen. But we also had our share of Shakespeare this summer. My favorite movie adaptation of a Shakespeare play has to be Much Ado About Nothing directed by Kenneth Branagh (who I absolutely LOVE as Benedick). Denzel Washington (Don Pedro) and Emma Thompson (Beatrice) also do a fabulous job in this movie. Patrick Doyle does the soundtrack in this film as well as in Sense and Sensibility, Nanny McPhee, and Harry Potter, all of which have soundtracks that I love.

Read.

At Lindale High School, if you take an AP English class you are given an assignment to complete over the summer break. It's only expected that it's put off until the last week of the break. For English 4 the assignment was to read Pride and Prejudice and another novel of academic merit or by a notable author. My choice for the second novel? The Count of Monte Cristo. The movie was good and Dad says it's Pride and Prejudice for men, so why not? I'm almost done and I think it's fantastic. As usual it's even better than the movie!

Listen.

I've always liked how in Adam Sandler's movies he has a soundtrack with hits from the 80's. I think it adds a personal touch that I really like. In 50 First Dates I thought it was so cool that he found a bunch of island-themed versions of the same songs. I've been listening to the soundtrack a lot this month, probably because I really want to go back to the beach. My favorites are Melt With You by Jason Mraz and Lips Like Sugar by Mikey Dread and Seal.

Would You Like to Add Some Elton John to Your Pizza Rolls?

There is a large shelf in the back of Doc's Pizza that holds spices, noodles, a boombox, and a small mountain of CD's. What music I like and dislike has been affected this past year by who I've worked with and what they listen too. Whether I buy a song on iTunes or swear never to listen to it again, it's usually because it was playing in the kitchen at Doc's that week.



One day I was working the slow shift with a kid named Jaimen Jones. It was just him and I for three hours. And for that entire three hours he played "Apologize" by One Republic. Just that one song. For THREE HOURS. By the time he left I was convinced (and still am a little) that there has never been a worse song written.



I think my favorite music incedent so far, however, is when we started listening to Elton John. I remember listening to "Tiny Dancer" one night. All the guys I was working with sang along, including my brother Paul. My hardcore Baptist boss (who was also singing along) kept shaking his head and saying, "It's a shame he's gay". A few days later I was working with a kid named Gary Greene. Gary is all about Green Day, Third Eye Blind, and Taking Back Sunday. He put in a CD and said, "Robin have you heard this song? It's kick-a! I mean, this is the song." I'll give you three guesses what song it was. We listened to "Tiny Dancer" several times and then the rest of "The Best of Elton John". I ended up buying "Tiny Dancer" and several other songs. But I'm finding the idea of this song being number one with guys hard to understand. Is it just the guys in Lindale?

Pimp My Pack

On the 25th of August school will be back in session. This week we went to Target to buy our school supplies. In high school you don't get supply lists until the first day of school. Each teacher will then explain what they "expect you to have every day when you walk through the door". You know which teachers you'll like because they will say, "Just have paper and a writing utensils, okay?" The worst teachers are the ones who give you a long list with particulars like "green highlighter" and then they explain to you why it HAS to be green. About four months later though, you realize you never have used said highlighter in that class. But I digress.

All I needed for now was a new bag for school. I remembered that for Christmas last year mom had given me a bunch of surfing and island-ish iron-on patches.

I also had a small collection of pin-on buttons just sitting in my room. So I bought a generic messenger bag and spent this afternoon ironing and pinning! I think it looks great.