"Sorry if I fall over."

I managed to clear my bed enough to sit without being on a suitcase.

Yesterday, I looked through my dad's senior yearbook. In his grad write up, it said he was most likely to become a monk, and he bequeathed his physics textbook and English teacher to his best friend.

An amusing add just came on for hot dogs. I quote: "Made with 100% ground beef. No ducks, giraffes or penguins. These are hot dogs, not Noah's ark." 

I seriously have no idea what's going on in this country, or anywhere, really. I'm watching the news, and I had no idea about the G20 stuff this weekend. How didn't I find out about this? Well, other than when it was briefly mentioned in church. I used to watch the news all the time, and I just haven't had a lot of time to watch it this year. I'm a strange teenager who likes watching the news. I like to be informed about... everything, really.

Oh, and now the news is onto the Queen's visit to Halifax. And Stephen Harper is there with his plastic hair. The Queen's umbrella totally matches her dress.

And now Russian spies. Sweet I had no idea stuff like that actually happened.

Sorry about the commentary about the news. I'm tired. And bored. And feel like writing stuff down.

See ya, world.
-J-

"That chicken's spicey." *tastes* "Yeah, as spicey as mom in shorts!"

There are 4 days, including today, until I go gallivanting across the planet. I'll  be sure to keep this updated. And, for those who care, this is a general outline of the trip, where I'll be when:

• Thursday, July 1st: Leaving Halifax airport in the evening.
• Friday, July 2nd: Arriving in Iceland, staying there for two days(?) 
• Tuesday, July 6th: Arriving in Kenya, a week at RVA, I think. 
• I haven't quite figured out what's after that.
• Last week of July: Going to Lamu, an epic little island off the coast of Kenya
• Sometime in the first few days of August: Leaving Kenya, flying to London and staying there for two or three days. 
• August 6th: Back in Canada, back to life

I really haven't figured out why my parents want to go to Iceland(no offence to Iceland). Sure, it has a big volcano that halted air traffic long enough to put a lot of people into panic, but why actually go there? Well, I do live in Canada, so I probably shouldn't be talking.

As for today, it looks like a packing day. Well, pretty much every day in the last week has looked like a packing day, but my procrastination instinct is too strong. Many days have gone like this:
 "Oh, I should pack. Hey look! I should put a wig and 3D glasses on my disco ball!"
"Packing, right. But Doctor Who is mesmerizing."
"If I pack, that means I have to move. Forget it."
"I want chocolate cake. Definitely more appetizing than packing."

And you get my drift. My current excuse is that writing something on my blog is necessary and it's a rainy, unmotivating day. I can find no end of things to do when I'm procrastinating from something. It's what keeps me going, and explains why I have a ton of random little hobbies.

And I totally just guilted myself into wanting to pack.
Love,
-J-

Mmmmmm... brownies.

I went to school this morning to get my report card. Yeah. I did well, and it finally feels like real summer. I guess since exams ended, it's felt like an awkward in between time, like I wasn't suppose to be out of school.

I finally realized that I need to get out of the house and hang out with people when I made this last night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NXHX42T7ME

I got a haircut yesterday. It's about an inch shorter and I have bangs again.

And that is all the news I have.
Peace.
-J-

Know what's a poetic word? Tacos.

I saw Toy Story 3 on Tuesday night(Tuesday's cheap night at the movies... very useful now that I found that out.) It was pretty awesome, and I found it kind of funny that there were only about 10 kids in the mostly filled theater.

Oh, and I forgot to mention that KATIE AND SAM BOTH GOT INTO MY SCHOOL(omitting name of school) FOR NEXT YEAR. I am amazingly pumped. This year was ok, mostly because I can adapt to almost anything, but it's going to be downright epic next year.
Love,
-J-

I may or may not have sunburned the bottom of my feet.

It was an overly uneventful day today, and I talked far too much to inanimate objects. I spent a while(err.. well, the entire afternoon) putting music on my ipod and yelling at my bipolar computer. I think my cat had about as much will to do anything as I did, and was basically passed out at the end of my bed from around one to six.

Yesterday was a pretty busy day, though. I went to a beach on the west side all afternoon with Sam and Shantel and met a bunch of friends from school there. The people at the beach probably hated us by the end of the afternoon. We had lots of fun playing 'chicken'  and about 8 of us were swimming around in a line for a while. Some random kid kicked me in the stomach by accident. I now have a terrible sunburn on my back, shoulders and the back of my legs. In the evening, a bunch of my friends and I went to a thing at Colin's house, which ended up being a dance party in the basement with lots of pizza and pop. I'm sure whoever reads this will be happy to know that Sam made sure that Colin perfected his feminine dance moves. I got a ride back with Tiffany in the back of her dad's truck and Katie and I stared down the car behind us at the stoplight. It was pretty amusing because they were staring straight ahead, but by the end of the light they were looking around, any direction but ahead. I feel powerful *evil laugh*. 

Warning: Watching Corner Gas is addicting.
-J-

"What are you on?" "Your mom."

Today at Katie's house, we made a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxZE7Rf1VvI

It was really, really warm today, which is really unusual here. Usually, it can be warm, but not unbearably so. I ate a bunch of freezies, went swimming, and sat around fans all day.

Another unusual thing about today is that I ate three hot dogs. I seriously didn't eat hot dogs for a year and a half... and then I ate them about five times in two weeks. Forget before, I like hot dogs again.
-J-

And I'm gonna wear a pink tux to the prom :)

I forgot to write about a funny moment that happened last Thursday during art class. Since it was the last day of classes before exams, my teacher let us listen to music on the speakers. 'Eye of the Tiger' started playing. One person started playing air guitar and somebody else went to join them. In about twenty seconds, we had an entire air band, consisting of everyone but about four people. It was a good time, and the vice principal looked very confused when he walked in.
-J-

"Okey dokey.... *creepy voice* ARTICHOKEY!"

The last two days, I've been reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I guess I was sick of my dad and brother making references from it and me not having a clue what they were talking about. I'm really enjoying it, it's quite... out there. For example:

       Here's what Encyclopedia Galactica has to say about alcohol. It says alcohol is a colorless volatile liquid formed by the formentation of sugars and also notes its intoxicating effect on certain carbon-based lifeforms.  

       The Hitchiker's guide to the Galaxy also mentions alcohol. It says the best drink in existence is the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster. 

        It says the effect of drinking a Pan Galactic Gargle blaster is like having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick. 

       The Guide also tells you on which planets the best Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters are mixed, how much you can expect to pay for one and what voluntary organizations exist to help you rehabilitate afterwards. 

        

 It just has such a strange, awesome sense of humor. I definitely appreciate it. 

Also, as you probably guessed just by the fact that I just posted a few paragraphs about the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, that the first few days of summer have been very uneventful. Or rather, just the fact that I have a blog probably means my life, for the most part, is uneventful. However, I did go to Mispec with Sam, Katie yesterday. Even though it was beautiful in town, we got to Mispec and it was quite cold and cloudy. We still went swimming. Then we went back to Katie's house and sat in her bathtub in our bathing suits for an hour to warm up.

Another random observation about my life... the less I have going on in my life, the more I write about it. That is really weird. I guess that I actually have time to stop and think instead of having about half an hour of free time everyday.

I went grocery shopping today, and when I was helping my mom unpack the stuff at home, I noticed that cheddar cheese, carrots and oranges were all in the same bag. It was an awesomely orange bag. 

-J-

Summer... is that you?

Guess what? I'm done school. It's summer. My French exam this morning was killer, though. I finished with probably 30 seconds to spare, and didn't even write the paragraph I was suppose to. Now I'm left chilling at home, waiting until I get motivation  to make myself lunch.

Now that it's summer, I have time to sit and fiddle with the new blog template thing. How do you like my new design? It's definitely quite different than what I had before, but I think that I like it. But I'm not sure. What do you think?

I need to get out and socialize. The last time I've hung out with people outside of school was...last Saturday.
Peace out!
-J-

"Julianne wins the photobomb award!" I don't think I've ever felt so proud.

I have my math and english exams tomorrow. Oh, joy. I kind of concerned because all of last week, my brain slowly was shutting down. Now I seem to be caught in summer mode, where I really can't think of anything academic. I have my French exam on Tuesday morning, and then I'm done with 9th grade. I exempted my Science exam to save me from potential failure.

I suddenly realized, what do I do after exams are done? I have two weeks before I go to Kenya, and absolutely nothing planned. I'm guessing it'll include:

• Doctor Who(in two weeks, I've watched two seasons. I need to slow down.)
  
• Cheesy musicals
  
• youtube videos
  
• sitting on swings
• sleeping in
• making pretty food
• tenting in a backyard
• sitting in the sun
• rubbing it in my brother's face that I get off school a week and a half earlier than him
• slushies
• try to get into shape so I don't pass out at 7000 ft altitude in Kenya
  
• etc.

Why I just did a list in point form, I don't know.

I went to Camp T Sunday, today. I went with just my dad because all the friends I called seemed to have dropped off the face of the earth. It was still fun.

I taught myself how to crochet yesterday. I feel very accomplished. Anybody have any ideas of anything I could crochet? Because I seriously have no idea what to do with my newly learned skill.
Love,
The quite exam-frazzled Julianne

Everyday in math class, my shoe unties. It never fails. I have no idea why. The math fairy unties my shoe, perhaps?

This morning went something like this- Mom: "My infection was cured overnight!" *takes large sip of tea, followed by coughing fit, showering my back in tea* Mom: "But my hicups weren't." That was definitely an... 'interesting' way of waking up.

To be perfectly honest, I will be extremely happy if next week flies by. I have a week of classes left, then a day and a half of exams. I want to be over with 9th grade. As for exams, I know I have to study quite a bit for Math and French. I have no idea what I have on my English exam yet. Hopefully, my teacher gets around to telling us soon. Thankfully, I'm exempting my Science exam, so that'll save me a lot of pain and suffering when it comes to studying.

According to Katie, out of the people who watch our youtube videos, 40% of them are Canadians, 20% from the US, 20% are from the UK, and 20% are from Spain. Also, 73% are female and 27% are male.

I starting watching Doctor Who yesterday. How could I have missed out on this for so long?
Love,
-J-