Rylee's First Christmas!

Rylee spent his very first Christmas with me, his favorite aunt. :) This was the only picture of him where we caught him smiling... odd?... I think not.

Stupid Book-Stupid Moive

I'm writing this post in response to Shavonne's review of Twilight. First of all, I must say that I had totally sworn to never pay money to see the movie, after painfully reading ALL FOUR of Stephanie Meyer's dumb creations about a dumb should-have-been-blond girl falling in love with "Prince Charming". He's older, absolutely beautiful, has sparkly skin, is ultra strong, is extremely wealthy and plays the piano. By the way- he's a freaking VAMPIRE!!! Yummmmm.

I gave in to peer pressure, saw the movie...and regretted it ever moment I was there. Clearly, I am not a Twilight fan. Besides the fact that it was very poorly written, it had absolutely no story line whatsoever!Basically, Steph (I'm writing 'Steph' because a.) I have like no respect for the woman b.) It's quicker to write 'steph' and c.) I just feel like we connect so well, that we are on a nick-named basis. lol) tried to create this guy that Devon so perfectly described as an attempt at creating a "swoon-worthy a character like Mr. Darcy" lol.

I, unlike Shavonne, liked Hollywood's Edward. He is a creep. So in the movie, they did a great job of bringing that out in him. Just look at him. He looks evil and as if all he wanted to just devour her in three bites, or do something creepy and gross, like suck her blood... oh wait...:)

Everyone that I've talked to about twilight, with the exception of Devon, is like in love with the nasty bloodsucker. Honestly, while I was reading those books I actually thought that you were supposed to be afraid of him and dislike him. You definitely weren't supposed to root for him and totally fall in love with him, unless you were stupid. He is totally controlling and obsessive and dumb. Plus he's sparkly!! Eww! In the movie they did a good job of making him look absolutely ridiculous, which just makes Bella look even gayer for falling in love with the freak.

I have to agree with Shavonne, that the stupid fights between Bella and Edward are petty and retarded. They are totally annoying and they just make you want to burn the book, as if you didn't already.

I am definitely a Jacob Black fan. I think that Bella should have definitely married him. But the movie makes him look like some punk kid that is into a older girl. But later, in like New Moon, they are like BFF's, while Edward takes off. Bella was stupid to go back to him. After pulling that "I'm miserable without you- I don't even know what to do without you, I can't possibly exist without you" crap, I would have totally shot him in the face. Or something. That probably wouldn't do any good considering he's a vampire, but maybe he'd get the point... idk. Jacob was what made New Moon bearable. I think that he and Alice were definitely the only good part of the books. I also have to say that Alice was totally not very cool in the movie. They really didn't do her justice at all. She's like the greatest ever, and she's funny. If she was here at my school, we would be best friends. I think. :)

I don't know. I really disliked the books for a lot of reasons. If you are thinking of reading them... don't. They are dumb.I will tell you everything that happens in two words...absolutely nothing.

Revolve Tour 2008

So this past weekend I went to the Revolve Tour. It's basically 2 days of Christian concerts and craziness with all your best girlfriends. I went my freshman year, and now again this year. Things have changed a lot since then. Like, when I went the first time, there was a lot more speaking. Each one of the bands or singers would go up and tell their stories. It was really good. Tammy Trent was there the first year I went, and her story is one that I don't think I'll ever forget. She was really funny, but her story was the most heart-breaking story in the whole world. She wrote this book and it's amazing, but way sad. Anyway, she's amazing and no other Revolve tour will ever be as good as that first year. Plus, this year it was basically like a rock concert the whole time... non-stop, and let me tell you... after 6 hours of non-stop shrill screaming it got old. After 1 hour. Plus, I was very unhappy because I was sick and not really in the whole rock concert mood. The drama team ended up being my favorite part of the tour. (I actually got a really good idea for this year's poetry slam!) Next to watching the skits, my other favorite part was just standing out in the hallway, and watching people. Isn't it crazy that we are all 'somebody else' to everyone else? Like, I was standing there thinking about how everyone just walks around and has their own life, thoughts, issues, etc. Each and everyone of them walk around and expect us to understand them, and wants all of us to be in-tune with their life. WEIRD. So, anyway, Revolve was fun. Odd, weird, annoying- but fun. :)

School Activites

Holy Cow. I haven't posted in forever. Perhaps my life is just too dull. Or maybe that's the problem, it's not dull enough that I have enough time to post. Idk. But I'm posting now. Things have been extremely boring at school. Let's see, we've already had the first two events that the Leadership Class does. The first was the Bondservant Auction, which is basically the "Chrsitian" way of saying "Slave Auction." And yes, it is what is sounds like. A bunch of upper class men put out posters promising all sorts of great things for the people who buy them and then on the Friday after the auction, they have to be their slave all day at school. This year, Hannah Whitehead and I got together and were sold together. We went for $150, which was the second highest buy. We had 5 masters and it was a ton of fun. We had a sleepover the night before, and it was extravagant fun. We played games, watched movies, painted nails, ate tons of food, and did a lot of girl-talk. It was great. The next day, after a dutch brothers run, Hannah and I were forced to carry all of their stuff to and from classes, take notes, do their math, sing 'Jesus Loves Me' between classes, buy them pizza from Pizza Hut, and s;urpees from Seven Eleven. It was a blast.

The other event was the Lock-In. Which, is basically, an all night party. all. night. long. But I did end up sleeping for about 10 minutes, which was about 9 minutes longer than last year. There were a lot of tournaments going on; table hockey, basketball, volleyball, doge ball, ping-pong, karaoke- ok so maybe that last one wasn't a tournament, but it SHOULD have been. I would have won... HANDS DOWN. :) I spent a lot of time in the bathroom with a large group of my friends. We were having a "G.P" which actually stands for a 'group poop', but in our case it was a group party. It was so awesome. We danced (gasp!)and sang in front of the mirrors, and we chatted about boys, and all the important things in life--like; our nails, and our next shopping trips, and "OMG can you believe Sara....." At one point we were all doing the Macarina to the song "Hot 'n Cold" by Katy Perry. It was the bomb-digitty. We had about 4 or 5 "G.P.'s" that night. Once I tried to escape, because I was exhausted from all the dances, but Brenna spotted me, and she returned with that whole group who just picked me up and carried me back. It was fun. There were like 15 girls at one point in there. It was AWESOME!

Basketball started on Monday. I was so close to not playing this year. But I found myself going to practice a bit reluctantly on Tuesday, telling myself that this will be good for me. The part that is going to drive me absolutely crazy is the Saturday varsity practices. I am glad I made varsity, although, it wasn't really all that hard.... but getting up at the butt-crack of dawn to go and get sweaty while running a million suicides doesn't sound like all that much fun.

Lastly I must talk about the wretched Annual Fall Banquet that took place last night. I was so super excited because I am in both the choir and the ensemble this year, and I play the piano for one of the choir songs that we sang. It was our first performance, and I was stoked! I knew that the choir was going to be good, and I wasn't really all that sure about the ensemble, because I think that we are progressively getting worse, regardless of what Mrs. Grove says. But was the ensemble the problem? Noooo, I got up there in front of God knows how many people, and totally humiliated myself by totally screwing up the song I played.OMG, it was awful. I could have cried. I really expected someone out of the crowd to just stand up and shoot me in the face. And I think that probably would have been less painful than that awful awkward silence that happened when I went back to my place between Katie and Brenna. Oh well, I suppose I will have plenty of opportunities to redeem myself. Like, say, when we go to the WOU festival, when we go the Liberty to sing, when we got to Musicale, when we sing in front of our school... who knows, I might actually get it right!

SUPER CUTE PIC!

Rylee Adam Barreto

I.NEED.SLEEP!

Well, this week has certainly been interesting. I think the only good thing that happened was the birth of my first nephew. And first of my parents grandchildren. It was very exciting. He is so cute. Riley Adam Barreto was born Thursday October 16th at 2:00 am. He was 7lb 3 oz. And he's pretty freakin adorable. (pictures coming soon-standby)

So right now I am at my school. Why you ask? Well, let me tell you. The ensemble (which I blogged about with pictures) had an all-night retreat. ALL. NIGHT. At about 2:00 P.M. today I was ready to pass out I was so tired. And now, 12 hours later- 2:00 A.M., I sit here basically not knowing what else to do besides post this blog and check my e-mail. The first two hours weren't too bad. David Hastings came to work with us on blending and stuff. It was pretty cool. He's going to be the mass choir director and adjudicator at musicale this year, which I am totally psyched about.

Right after he left I wanted to just sleep. But I soon found that sleep was no where in my near future. I tried all of the places I could think to sleep. I tried in "Mrs. Grove's Office", which really was obviously a dumb place to try to sleep. I tried sleeping in the weight room, but the lights wouldn't turn off, and the music in there wouldn't shut off. That was annoying. Then I tried sleeping in Mrs. Grove's car.... but when I opened the door and three penguins waddled out, I realized that I would soon freeze to death. Plus the music from the choir room and the gym were still far too loud for me to get any real sleep in. Aaand on top of that, there is a big light out there that basically prevents anyone from any form of dark bliss.So I tried one last thing.... oh yes, the bathroom floor. I know, gross! I was completely disgusted, but I figured I would find a way to laugh about it later, so I ignored that nasty detail. But the floor was really cold and hard, and I couldn't forget where I was sleeping. I couldn't sleep.Again. So I gave up. I tried. Good game America. We did our best. I want to be in my own warm bed right about now.

OMG! I just grabbed a random cup that Mrs. Grove was drinking out of, and I took a small sip. Mother of the living living that is BAD! It tastes like watered down Sprite/Diet Dr. Pepper/ ice-tea/poop/popcorn.... No, really, it's bad. I think I'm going to puke!I. NEED. SLEEP!!!