New Year

So I haven't wrote on this for awhile and I felt like doing so...here it goes. I can't believe I am twenty now! I have moved out of student housing and into a house with some girls. I am almost done moving into there and I'll put my address up when I know it (as well as pictures). I am almost done paying off my laptop which makes me happy. Work has been pretty good for me. I got a raise recently and will be getting another one in May (which will be my second year at Barnes and Noble). I really love being the Kid's lead. I get to pick story time and plan Fancy Nancy parties.
My favorite book is the Hunger Games. I have probably hand sold 700 copies of it...no joke (I even made Danielle read it cause Cynthia bought it for her for Christmas). The third (and last) book of this series comes out in August and because it is a teen book I am in charge of the Midnight release party, plus all of my plans for it will be used for the other Barnes and Noble stores...So I am kind of nervous.

I also have a boyfriend, Justin, who is nerdy like me. I met him at Barnes and Noble. We have been dating for almost a year now. He's really funny and nice. He is getting his associates degree of Science at the end of this semester. I am still going to college, just not this semester. I am going for English, but I would really like something more along the lines of Creative writing for a degree. (He didn't know I was taking a picture so he is watching TV)



Laura is doing well and I think she is feeling excited to be 18 and almost out of high school. She is also in another play, but I can't remember what it is called. Carol Ann has arthritis, which sucks, and she hates it. She has to take meds for it. The cold really hurts it right now, but hopefully it wont be so painful for her in the summer. On a more positive note, she is turning 16 soon and we are renting a big space to have a Sweet Sixteen party for her. It is going to be formal dress and dancing to her favorite music. Cynthia is liking school, which she must because she gets up at 6 each day so that she can ride the public city bus so that she can go to Fossil Ridge (instead of the one she is suppose to go to according to boundaries). She really likes football, but she is become a really girly preteen. She puts curliers in her hair every night.

My new place

Okay so this is well overdue. I totally moved out and it rocks. I live with two of my best friends from high school and two other girls. It is a lot fun. Okay so hear are some pictures.This is my living room. I have a freaking brick wall lol!
and this is the other side of the living room. I love that bean bag!This is my kitchen...dont look to close cause it is kinda messy lolalrighty the bathroom area! woot! look its me...

Last but not least is my awesome side of the bedroom. Please admire my harry potter poster.

Okay so now you have seen it! haha. Work is going well too. I just bought a laptop that is totally awesome and now I am saving to buy a car. I also am working on a novel and my goal is to finish it by the end of 2009! Yippy! School is good. I am just taking the stupidest computer class. I am reading a lot. I read like four to five books a week. It's fun! I totally got a hair cut today too. Well I will try and post more now seeing as I have a lap top now.

Lots of new things

Alright, I will start with the best news first. I got a job promotion! I am now the manager of the children's department at Barnes and Noble! I alsogot a raise for it too! I also move out the day before my birthday and I ampretty excited. I will be living with my awesome friends: Sandra and Kathy.

Thanksgiving was a pretty fun event this year. My dad came to visit for the first time since he moved. We ate at his friend's, Terry, house. His two sons are Cynthia's best friends. I also went to Jeremy's Thanksgiving Dinner. I am basically part of there family now. Jeremy's nefew, Jackson, was there too. He is just the cutest little boy and he can finally say my name now (although he has a hard time saying it like most children do). Me, Laura, and Carol Ann took a lot of pictures (Cynthia had already gone over to Terry's house to play).


Oh, I have also redone the pink in my hair so that is more bold and bright. I love it! My dad was not so sure about it though. I am pretty excited for Christmas. I sorta plan on just buying books for people because I have so many good recommendations. Speaking of which this is an awesome book I just finished a few days ago.

The Hunger Games
by Suzanna Collins
Summery: America no longer exists. In its place is a new,
very controlling government. There is the capital and thirteen
districts. Eventually the districts rebel against the capital in an
attempt to earn freedom. They lose and the capital wipes out
district thirteen. The Hunger Games are put in place, as a
reminder to the people of who is in charge. From each district
a boy and girl is chosen to be tributes to the games. They are
put in an arena where they fight to the death--the last one to live
wins the games.
Just give it a chance. I promise it is full of adventure and keeps you
up at night thinking about it and what might happen next. It feels
so real that you feel like you are in the games too trying to survive!
If you do end up reading it please (I beg you) tell me what you think
of it! Thanks!


Rewiews:

"I couldn't stop reading...Addictive..."
--Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly Review
Read Full EW Review:
http://www. ew. com/ew/article/0,,20223443,00. html


"I was so obsessed with this book I had to take it with me out to dinner and hide it under the edge of the table so I wouldn't have to stop reading. The story kept me up for several nights in a row, because even after I was finished, I just lay in bed wide awake thinking about it...The Hunger Games is amazing."
- -Stephenie Meyer, author of The Twilight Saga


"...as close to perfect an adventure novel as I've ever read."
- -Rick Riordan, author of The Percy Jackson Series and The 39 Clues

College

I am taking two college classes at Dixie State College: Basic drawing and History of Europe. Both classes are really fun to go too. Right now we are drawing corn and working with color pastels. My favorite drawing so far is a mushroom that I drew with pen. It is all dots and it took forever! I watched Star Wars movies while drawing it.

Working at Barnes and Noble is still just as fun as the opening weeks. My store is number one in the region (which means all the west! Woah!). In January I will hopefully get the job of being the Children's department lead (kind of like a manager). The book I recommend that you read if you are bored is called the City of Ember . They have just recently made a movie of it, which I have already seen twice. I highly recommend it because it is packed with adventure and good for all ages (well it might be a little scary for 8 and under)! This is the trailer, so please watch it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffd0jrgcbuE

Also I have dyed my hair light blonde and put more pink in! It looks way cool in my opinion. I also pierced my ears.

I am moving out into student housing in January (a birthday present to myself). My friends: Sandra, Kathy, Kenna, and Estephany are moving with me. I am really excited to live with them!
The place we are moving into has a pool and hot tube. It also includes free internet, cable, and a tanning bed (which is silly because there is enough ways to get a real tan in Saint George, but whatever). It has a club house and a laundry place as well. These are me and my friends being silly!

For Halloween Carol Ann and Cynthia bought me a pink silk Japaneses outfit. We went to a Halloween party tonight and Cynthia's pumpkin won third place. She is really proud of it. Cynthia is being Trinity from the Matrix (though without the tight clothing lol), Carol Ann is some kind of dark fairy, and Laura is a brunette Marylin Monroe. On Friday I am going to watch Cynthia in her school's Halloween parade than help her teacher with a class party.

New job and Mother's day

I started my new job at Barnes and Noble last week. I am so excited. We have been receiving trucks full of books. They also have a check out (hard cover books only) program and I have already used it and finished the book.

This mother's day wasn't the best for me or my mom because I was extremely sick and in pain. I got way to dehydrated and passed out several times. It was really scary because I forgot who I was for about two minutes. I am really bloated right now and I can't walk very well. It was probably because of stress too. My mom and Jeremy took care of me all day long. It was very nice of them.

I am so excited to be graduating on May 23! I have only been waiting for this moment since the first day of kindergarten. I actually remember at my Kindergarten graduation seeing the big numbers "2008" and thinking "What? It is only 1996. What does that mean?"

I dyed the bottom layers of my hair pink again. I really like it. Right now its a dark pink, but it will lighten up.

Ready, set, go!

Hi everyone.
About me:

I love to write, read, and anything to do with art. I really like food. Yellow is my favorite color and Chinese food is yummy. I should be in bed right now, but I'd rather not. I am almost done with school and I am so happy about it. I will not really miss high school, at least not for about ten years.

I have a mom, dad, and three younger sisters. I live with my mom and sisters. It gets pretty crazy living with all girls, but we have fun...it's always girls night out at my house.

I have awesome friends, who I love to take pictures with because there isn't much else to do, besides build fires or go to a movie. I also like to text, but I would rather talk to people in person. I love to tell people stories and make them laugh. I also love to laugh. Make me laugh and we will get along just fine.

I am really into nerdy things like Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. I could talk about that stuff for hours. I am president of the writing club at school too. Also I am the editor for my school's literary and art magazine.

I also really love history. I know a lot about it and I love to keep learning more about it. I watch lots of documentaries. I want to travel the world and learn about other cultures, than write amazing books! I love to write poems and stories. I am working on two stories at the moment. I hate writer's block though.