A beautiful website that has changed, sadly

So in 9th grade, Tumblr was really popular, and suddenly EVERYBODY had Tumblrs (and I got one too which is good and bad, haha). Tumblr was so much fun back then because everyone was trying new things like:

• Promos - the kind that you reblog
• Blog of the month/week/day/night 
• Promo games
• Blog groups/networks! Where certain bloggers would get together and become friends
• People always used to make themes
• Bloggers would host tinychats for fun
• People used to use yourworldoftext

And there were a ton of new blogs and everyone had really different blogs! Like summer, hipster, winter, girly, personal, etc. 

But now, several changes have been made (one of the reasons that I will probably never rejoin permanently and be as into Tumblr as I used to, which is probably a good thing):

• Tumblr staff has put up a bunch of regulations for promos, so you can't really do promos as casually as we could in the old days
• No one does BOTWs and stuff anymore
• People are running out of ideas so instead  of broad genres for blogs, blogs have becomes things like "rosy", "organic", "soft grunge", "soft ghetto". Like..what does that even mean...
• Okay, actually if you were wondering, here are the examples of the genres that I just listed:
• Organic: http://iolitex.tumblr.com/
• Rosy: http://rosy-secrets.tumblr.com/
• Soft grunge: http://its-realistic.tumblr.com/
• Soft ratchet: it's either this: http://nada.tumblr.com/ or this: http://ridge.tumblr.com/ (I am really not sure because I am not familiar with this genre)
• Tumblr has changed its layout and has these huge Fisher Price style buttons now
• The only people who can get Tumblr famous are those who are already famous...and those people are really annoying and only care about getting more followers
• No one does networks or groups anymore
• No more good/unique themes, and no more tinychats
• Now people use JotLeaf
• Lots of the cool people who used to be on Tumblr have deleted to escape the addiction
• It's getting a little repetitive (the pictures I mean, because there aren't many new posts anymore)

Sigh. Good times on Tumblr. I hope that the people who used to be on Tumblr during the golden days are doing well in the world now. 

E- Ramblings

So the movie that we made about a battle in the Civil War for Social Studies (where my brother basically did all the work except the acting and writing the script hahah), well my brother was so proud of the cinematography of it that apparently he's shown it to some of his friends D: which is extremely embarrassing. But it means that he still has it! I need to try and get it from him!

Also, And, Chey, and I made a movie for French where basically the same thing happened (my brother did essentially everything) and I have that on my comptuter. And from time to time I'll stumble on it and watch it and it's really funny because of how different we look and it was when Chey was dating Mot and we made a reference to it in the video and we thought we were so funny (but it wasn't actually funny, but now its funny looking back on it). 

And, remember that book called Revolution that I lent to you but then took it back like last summer because I thought I was going to read it on vacation but I never actually did? Well I finally finished it and I actually thought it was a really unique and interesting plot. And there is some historical accuracy to some of it which makes it more intriguing. The ending was a bit unexpected and strange but overall I liked it a lot. So if you want to borrow it for China, And, you can.

Also, last Tuesday I got back from Washington DC! Which was a lot of fun! I went with my Grandparents for a week and we did basically as much as possible in a week. We did a lot of sightseeing, visited many museums, saw The Lion King at the Kennedy Center (which was absolutely amazing and if you ever get the chance to go, you should!!!!!), went to an orchestral performance at the outdoor theater thing (which was pretty cool), etc.

Also, Fourth of July was yesterday and I had a ton of fun! I did a 5k with my mom, went to Meg's house and swam in her pool with And, and France, and played fooseball (and somehow I was on the winning team multiple times), went to my grandparents' house for dinner and hung out with my extended family (except my cousin that I'm closest to :/ ), and then we went down to Sheridan to watch the fireworks that they do right up close! It was super fun!

S - Our movies and other productions

Remember in middle school when we were all obsessed with making our own film/music productions? And was usually the star of every movie/song, Esee was the co-star of backup, and I was always the manager/editor of what we had recorded.

In 7th grade, we had the Three Musketettes, where we sang really weird country love songs with me playing piano in the background. I actually have recordings of this on my iPod and somewhere in a flashdrive. I think I lost the flashdrive ones though. I remember it started when you guys all came to my house. Then I showed it to my violin teacher (don't judge) and she thought we could actually get somewhere and taught me more pro GarageBand tips to make our music sound better. HAHA.

In 8th grade, we made movies. It started when Andrea was at my house and we got bored, so we decided to make a Twilight parody. That was actually a really funny movie, and really good, except for the fact that our movie editing skills were REALLY amateur (unlike Esee's brother's). Then Esee came over and we made a parody of 17 again, but it was too long and kinda boring. But it was kinda cool. I think I have them somewhere on my laptop. I will try to find them, tee hee. We also had recorded another movie through Esee's brother. It was  REALLY good editing and camera quality. It literally would have been like a real movie except for the fact that we were really bad actors with bad costumes and also the historical content was really inaccurate and vague..BUT HIS EDITING SKILLS WERE REALLY PRO!

And after that our venture into the world of film and music kind of died out...But you never know who will bring it back...

A- My favorite books

These aren't in order btw

-Looking for Alaska: I don't understand why everyone loves the "Fault in our Stars" so much, it was pretty good but not amazing. This book is clearly John Green's best book. The characters were a little pretentious and talked in a way that teenagers don't talk like but whatever! The setting was so realistic and the experiences they had were so entertaining, especially the blowjob scene (which was my favorite). I found the main character kind of boring but Alaska, the girl, was pretty interesting. And if you have read both of these books by John Green, I also found it interesting how in "Fault in our Stars" Augustus Waters pretended to smoke cigarettes as a metaphor for not dying while in the book, Alaska smoked cigarettes in order to die faster.
-The Kite Runner: I just finished this book and it was homework for AP English 12. Mr. Child assigned it and I haven't heard the best things about him but he sure does have good taste in books! It was set in the Middle East which was a change from the usual Caucasian main character. It was pretty disturbing but in a good way. I expected it to be horrible since most books for school are but I'm impressed.
-Battle Royale: This was written before the hunger games, and basically has the same idea. Except that it's way better than the hunger games because it's way more realistic and its also a satire of the Japanese government which I found really entertaining. Most of the book is pretty interesting but the end really blew my mind. I usually expect endings or they aren't very surprising but I wasn't expecting this ending at all. And it didn't have a really bad love story like the hunger games, another plus.
-My Sister, My love: Joyce Carol Oates was an author that Mrs. Delliot recommended to me and I've read a lot of her books ever since. This book was super-super disturbing, like even more so than the Kite Runner. There was this one scene when the little boy (the main character) goes over to his friends house and the friend puts on porn that's a whole naked family doing "stuff" and there's other weird stuff like this that happens. And it gives a pessimistic view of rich people and everyone was really weird and their thoughts and actions didn't make sense.
-Harry Potter: Everyone has read these (well actually I'm dating someone who hasn't read these, what an abomination. I should really dump him for not reading Harry Potter). So I don't really have to provide an explanation

You guys should give me some recommendations for books to read since I'll be really bored in China this summer!

S - Fruit and WHO COMMENTED ON MY POST

OKAY WHO COMMENTED ON MY WOMBATS POST?!!?! They wrote "omg i love the wombats too" AND I NEED TO FIND OUT WHO THIS PERSON IS SO I CAN BE EXCITED WITH THEM. Was it you Esee? or And (even thoug you said you hate them)? Or Roxy...or someone else not part of the blog...anyway.

Today I am going to talk about various fruits.

Kiwi - Kiwi's are good, but only sometimes. I think that my experience with kiwis have been tainted by the frozen ones that they served in elementary school. Those were kinda good, but we had to scoop them out with spoons and the juice always ran down my arm. Also, in general, the hairs on kiwis are not cute, like they are on apricots. THat brings me to the next fruit.

Apricots - are really cute because they are soft and fuzzy. Also they taste really good. I like how they basically taste the same as dried apricots.

Mangos - Mangos are yummy but sometimes they are really messy. Actually they are ALWAYS really messy.  They smell really good. And they always look perf when you eat them the way when you cut them into squares.

Strawberries - Strawberries are really good! They are kind of like healthier sour patch that are way better because they are sweet AND sour. I also like their textures. It's kind of like cheese, but fresher and it doesn't stick on your teeth. But the seeds are kinda weird where they all bunch up at the tip of the strawberrie and fold it into a little seedy butt.

Bananas - Bananas are okay, they smell good sometimes but I like them better if you eat them with other stuff. The thing is that they are just really gooey and they don't really have any juice with them. To me, the juice in a fruit is the part that makes them feel the most fresh. Bananas are ok but they make your mouth feel gooey and your mouth tastes kinda weird afterwards.

Blueberries - BLUEBERRIES are really good, especially whn they are sour. I like to think of them as healthy popcorn. Same goes for raspberries. But when blueberries are too ripe, then I don't really want to touch them.

Cherries - Good, but a little bit too sugary.

Grapes - They are pretty good if there are no seeds. If there are seeds, the time that it takes to take them out exceeds the time it takes to actually eat them, and I just don't feel like it's worth it. Unless you really like grapes. Then you go, girl/boy, go and get those seeds out and eat them to your heart's content.

Watermelon - To me, it is hard to find a watermelon that is sweet enough. But watermelon is good for hot day since they are so watery, and they usually have at least some taste. I also really like their color because it is a very calming pink.

Apples - I like apples with the skin on. I like sour apples the most, but red apples are good too. Except here in Washington, we usually have an abundance of apples, so they are not as exciting as tropical fruits or berries.

Well this is basically all I feel like talking about, because the other fruits I do not feel like getting into (otherwise this post would go on for a very long time).

Have a good day, lovely children.

-Stella

E- Yesterday in History...

Well actually, the history of my life, not the history of the world as I made this sound, but oh well.
Anyway, yesterday was my birthday, and as I was showering today, I was trying to think what I was doing around this time of the year for the past five years, so I thought I'd share it to reminisce over the past.

2009- We were wee little 6th graders. I was so freaking excited for middle school- not really sure why now that I think about it. For my birthday, I had a party where we all did various games and won tokens which we then got to exchange for candy. In other words, I copied Andrea's idea and used it for my party too. Sorry Andrea... But it was still fun!

2010- We were in 7th grade, and I remember very few specifics of my birthday this year except that Shannon M. gave me two balloons (which I thought made me the coolest person ever- haha) and a cookie/pie thing. I also remember that for my birthday party, I did a scavenger hunt thing at the mall (because Andrea did it and I always copied her in general) and then we slept over at my house and watched Hairspray I think. And remember how that one girl (I feel bad actually saying her name here ahah) that I'm friends with stole Andrea's (I think it was her's) candy and then this whole big thing happened where Andrea got mad and was gossiping about her on Andrea's ipod with someone else and then we went to my mom for help. And then when we woke up that same person had put candy in my hair so that was kinda annoying. I also distinctly remember Andrea pointing out that while I was sleeping, I straightened up my sleeping bag (no surprise there). I also remember this was the year of bath and body works... Need I say more?

2011- We were in 8th grade, and I remember Maddy made me cupcakes and I think Andrea did something too but I don't remember... On my birthday I remember wearing my blue/grey skirt with the black band, a white shirt, and my purple tie-dye-ish scarf (which I had just received). This year to celebrate I invited a handful of friends to spend the night at my Grandparents' beach house (Yuan couldn't come :( ). We roasted marshmallows, played mario cart, ad watched a movie (I can't remember which). I also remember Andrea and Anna would NOT stop playing that punching game where if you look at the other's hand they got to punch you or whatever ahah.

2012- 9th grade! We were freshman! Andrea made me snicker-doodles and I remember she made those "macaroons" for french with the snicker-doodles too ahahah. I feel like Yuan made me brownies too. But on the actual day of my birthday, I had to play my flute at graduation -_- That sucked. And it was raining and took forever. I also remember that I was dating that one guy at the time and he brought me a present while I was sitting with the band right before it started and it was awkward haha. Also, this year Andrea and Megan threw me a surprise birthday party at Richmond Beach!! That was a lot of fun and I totally wasn't expecting it! But I remember you guys kidnapped me and for the first like five mins of driving I was able to figure out where we were.

2013- 10th grade! Yuan no longer went to the same school as us :'(. Andrea and Megan made me lovely cupcakes. I remember it was a Monday and I reallllllly wanted to get my license as soon as possible, but all the Department of Licensing offices were closed on Mondays EXCEPT this one that was 25 mins away but I didn't care because I really wanted my licence. But when we got there I didn't have my social security number so we went through this whole process of calling my dad and grandparents to see if they could get it for us. But finally we got it but it ended up that we stayed past the closing time of the office but the people were super nice and let me stay.

2014- 11th grade! This year! We are juniors (super close to being seniors... what?!), and other than that nothing exciting is happening. Thanks for the cake pops Andrea and Yuan, and thanks for the sugar cookies Becca! Calc was fun today playing pitch/cards with Anna!

Sorry this post is long and also kinda self-centered, but I wanted to document what was happening around the time of my birthday the past couple years.

A- Why I'm excited for school to end

Last year when school was about to end it came soooo fast because I was really freaked out that Sophomore year was about to end. I felt like high school had just started and then I was half way done! And I was all- it feels like just last year I was a freshman ect.

But now

I'm so over that. I don't care about the whole high-schools almost over thing anymore I just want the school year to end. Skip the sentimentality. And since I am looking forward to it and counting down the days it seems like 6 months have passed, even though its been like 2 weeks.
This summer, I'm actually doing things! Like last summer was nothing + China = boredom
Next Monday I'm going to the cheesecake factory with Elise, and I looove that restaurant (good choice Elise). A week after school ends I'm leaving to Maddy's cabin for a few days, and she has a boat so we'll be able to go inter-tubing! And I really miss swimming and I think I'm gonna swim a lot this summer. And then on July 28th I'm going to China, but this year Maddy is coming with me for two weeks and I'm also seeing a lot of my relatives my age so I won't be bored.

S - Music

The above is my new favorite band. I think it is a lot better than One Direction. You guys should listen to it because it is a lot better than One Direction. I' still crying over the fact that I liked One Direction. That is a memory I will prefer to keep buried beneath my more recent ones. This band is just SO PERF. I never knew that I would like this kind of band. But, I like there music with their lyrics and British accents. I have been listening to them a lot lately. 

If you ever have time,  LISTEN TO ONE OF THESE SONGS. THEY ARE SO PERF.

A- What I see as one of the biggest problems

The US has the 33rd highest suicide rate. Though there are countries with higher suicide rates with their own problems, the US probably has separate problems from those problems.

A few weeks ago I was in physics and Mrs. E asked us why we thought people would kill themselves. Depression? Yes. But depression is a mental illness that theoretically, would appear the same amount in countries but the numbers are drastically different according to location.
When I got my PSAT scores back, I was very satisfied and happy about them. I saw that I had done better than the average person and that was where my happiness came from, as there was no other numbers that meant anything. After a little while, I noticed that this was a weird kind of happiness. It was not the kind you got after a nice day spent with friends, or after reading a book you really liked. It was this selfish, sanctimonious kind of happiness. It was the kind of happiness I get on really rare occasions when I step into a room and I'm the most attractive person in it. My intelligence-genes in a reaaally narrow area were better than other peoples! Yippee!! But this kind of fades really fast, when suddenly the moment of achievement passes and you realize that you are still not the best, that you could still be better. That there are still a number people who did better than you and now that you have come this far you must also be better than them. And you may have gotten a good GPA but it wasn't the best and you could always do better. better. better. better. better. better. better. better. But what if I had gotten my score back, and it said: You have done better than 1% of juniors. Even if it had said: You have done better than 30% of juniors. 49% of the population will have received news that they are technically dumber than the average person.
And when I open a magazine I see that there are incredibly beautiful people out there. And at school there are stunningly gorgeous people that everyone seems to worship. And everyone's saying they want to be a doctor because- it sounds sexy! Doesn't the thought of being a doctor just make you feel like you are so much more of a worthwhile human-being than say, a janitor?
And one time I was with an unnamed person and they said, "You would like to think that all people were born with an equal amount of assets. As in, if someone were really smart they wouldn't be that great looking and if someone were really great looking they wouldn't be that smart." But then they said, "It's not that way. I feel that I have more going for me than most people." And it is assumed that is enough to make a person happy, being on the higher end of the genetic pool. But I know for sure that this person is incredibly unhappy. And I know that Ryan and Nora had a lot going for them too so this must not be it.
All my life, I have noticed that it has been stressed that what I want, what I need,  is to be the best. My mom is always saying, be a CEO, be a manager, be a SEXY doctor, you could be the best. But not everyone can be the best! The whole school system is based on being better than others, and if someone did bad from the beginning they have been told their whole life that they are STUPID. I am not hoping for a socialist/Utopian society where everyone is "equal", I am just saying that there should not be so many measures for how good you are based on really superficial things.
I know that I have small boobs (as I've been repeatedly told by certain people with orange hair over the years) and that I am incredibly lacking in common sense but I'll be the first to say that's okay! I know that I will still be influenced by these artificial ladders of intelligence and looks- and that I am rather expectant about my SAT scores but I hope they will never matter too much to me.
And I think that if America put more focus on people living out what they are good at and to just try their best or (probably something better than those motto's) that people wouldn't feel so bad about themselves.
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S - cool stuff

UPDATE ON LIFE. I haven't posted in a while because finals and final projects and DECA presentations and a ton of stuff has been going on, but it's been like that for everyone, so we're all in this together. Anyway. Today I took my physics final and I'm afraid to look at my score.

I agree with you Esee - I've been thinking a lot about that too. It's going to be really weird and sad. I'm friends with a few of the seniors and I will actually miss them so much. Tomorrow I will be kind of sad at the senior assembly. But a lot of them are staying in-state so we can visit..so I guess that's good. Last year I didn't really care because I didn't know many of the seniors, contrary to you, Esee.

I'm really excited for summer! Only 4 school days left!!

I don't really know what to write about, but here are some really good bands I found:

• The Wombats
• Tame Impala

You guys should listen to them. Tame Impala is my definition of "stoner music". 

We should all hang out this summer! I haven't seen you guys in a long time!

And and Roxy need to post.

And Esee I was going to email you a thing I thought you would be interested in but I forgot your email/wasn't sure if you changed it from the oreo one.

E- Graduating Seniors

Well, today was the last legit day of school for the seniors, and there are a couple of things I have thought a lot about today/lately.

Last year, I was really good friends with two seniors graduating and that was about it (in terms of who I was friends with from the senior class). I was sad when graduation came around but I knew I'd see them again and hang out, so it wasn't too bad.
But this year it's weird. I'm not as good of friends with any of the seniors. I mean I'm friends with a handful, but not particularly close. So its weird to think I probably will never see many of them again. Which almost makes me sadder than last year because its just weird to think that I will never see people I've known since 7th grade again. But then again I'm not even very close to them, but it still makes me sad.

Also, the thing I've thought a TON about the past week, is the fact that next year, it'll be us. We'll be the ones having our last legit day of high school. And that is SO crazy to think about. In a little more than a week, we will be seniors. 12th graders. Our last year of high school. In a little more than a week, every day of high school will be out last september 16 of high school, our last homecoming, and our last season of cross country (at least for Roxy and I). That is just freaking crazy!!
But on a happier note, it means that college is that much closer (which I'm very excited for)!

Anyway, those are just my thoughts for the day- weee.

E- Summer!!!!

Despite the fact that I didn't get into the summer programs that I applied to (sob), I'm looking forward to summer a lot (besides the fact that we won't have school)! And summer is so close I have lost like 85% of my effort to try anymore in school now... which is kinda bad... oops!

But anyway, here are my summer plans!

For a week right after school ends I am going to Washington DC with my grandma and grandpa! We are gonna tour The White House and see Congress in action which should be pretty cool! And I've never been there before so it should be super fun!

Then for three days I'm doing this program at Johnson and Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island called Career Explorations where I'll be exploring careers in baking/pastry arts/culinary arts and get to do some hands on baking and stuff which should be fun! Even though I'm not really looking into a career in that industry, I think it'll just be a fun thing to fly across the country by myself (which I've never done) and stay at a college in Rhode Island (where I've never been) for a couple days. So I'm looking forward to that!

Then I may or may not volunteer for this one random farm for a week with Roxy and Belle. I signed up for it but I'm wait listed so we'll see if I get un-waitlisted or not... I'm kinda doubtful but we shall see.

Then I'm going to apply to this one program called the Western Scholars Invitational. It's a three day program where you stay at Western Washington University and go to a couple mock classes and learn more about applying to colleges and do fun activities and such. It's possible I won't be accepted into it but I called and asked about how competitive it is and they said it's mostly competitive in terms of who they invite but not very competitive in terms of who they accept from those that apply, so I think my chances are decent (hopefully!). But to apply I have to write a one page paper (single spaced!) which kinda sucks but oh well.

Then I'm helping plan and put on the kids camp at my church which is four days in the evening, so that should be pretty fun too!

Then me and my mom are probably going to do this Oregon Private College Week where there is a specific list of ten or so colleges that have a specific program going on that week and you just drive around Oregon for a week and visit the various ones you are interested in. So that should be good!

Also, hopefully at some point in the summer Roxy, And, Belle, and I will go backpacking! But we haven't planned anything for that so I don't know yet.

And then CROSS COUNTRY starts!!!!!!!!!!! Yay!!!!

Oh and I think Roxy, And, and I are going to do the same triathlon that we did last year again (but we haven't signed up for that yet). But it was really fun last year so I'm hoping we do it again! And then maybe this time Roxy can do the whole thing and not be injured!

So that's all that I have planned for summer so far, and I'm pretty excited!
Wow, why do my posts always get super long? Anyway, what are you guys doing this summer?????

S - Things that make me angry/pet peeves

Thanks And for the inspiration for this post! This is also a pet peeves post, but it also includes things that are not as petty as pet peeves.

-Driving while high or drunk - This is an issue that just makes me SO, SO, SO, SO, SO, so MAD. I literally start grinding my teeth whenever I think about this because it makes me JUST. SO MAD. You can drink and smoke all you want, but it is just really rude if your habit hurts other people, or you try to force it onto other people who don't want to do it in the first place. Not sure if you knew about this, but instead of driving drunk or high, you can easily just not drive, wait until you aren't high or drunk, or get someone else to drive, or just stay over at someone else's house and wait for the next day to drive home. It is better than risking tons of people's and INNOCENT PEOPLE'S lives for something you can easily not do! If you get a punishment for your behavior, whether your friends, the law, or your parents give this punishment, you should endure it, for a mindless decision that hurts innocent people, AND YOURSELF, that you could have prevented easily.

-When people who think other people are "stupid" for having different beliefs - yeah okay I respect that you have an opinion but other people have different life experiences and they might value different things from you. They're not dumb just because they think that something else different from you. **This peeve does not apply if it is an unarguably morally wrong opinion like "rape is okay".

-When people act like they're way older and wiser than you when they're only like 6 months older

-When people treat you like nothing in front of other people - Ok, first of all, that's rude. You're nice to me when we're alone, but once there's other people watching, you treat me like I'm not cool enough for you? Screw you, honestly.

-People who try to be friends with everyone you're friends with just because you're friends with them (no proof that this actually happens, but its annoying to think about)

-People who act deep, wise, and/or artsy when they actually aren't (Tumblr.......)

-When people make you wait when you hang out - This isn't that big of a deal if it only happens a few times, or if it's only waiting like 5 minutes. But after a while, always having to wait for you to redo your makeup, change your outfit 50 times, and go to the bathroom for more than 20 minutes at a time just gets old.

-WHEN PEOPLE WALK REALLY SLOW IN FRONT OF YOU IN THE HALLWAYS LIKE OKAY WE HAVE 5 MINUTES PASSING PERIODS WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING DUDE GO TO CLASS HURRY UP 

-Pretentious people

-When people brag a lot /always talk about themselves/always bring the conversation back to themselves

I also agree with And on the cancelling thing (even though I have done it a few times, SORRY!). I don't hate it as much if people cancel like a few days in advance, but it is really inconsiderate if you cancel literally the day of (unless it's an emergency or something like a family issue came up).

WOW ESEE I'M SO GLAD THAT SOMEONE AGREES WITH ME ABOUT THE FAULT IN OUR STARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

E- So Many Thoughts...

So I just have many comments to make about previous posts.

Stella said that her music taste has gotten a lot better now. Honestly, mine has hardly changed at all. I still enjoy listening to a lot of my old favorite songs, and the music I listen to now is pretty similar. The only think that has changed is that I have slightly broadened my horizons of what music I'll listen to... but only slightly. For example I'll listen to some Of Monsters and Men, Florence and The Machine, Florrie, Mumford and Sons, and such. But that hardly counts as expanding my range of music.

And said, "Esee says that we have matured and stopped saying weird things, but don't forget, "oh bahh"". Good point, I do still say some weird things, but I definitely think we have improved loads. Remember, "yea homedawg", "oh snapdragons", and such? Remember the social studies video we made and And convinced us to yell "Yea homedawg" at the end super loud and it was soooo embarrassing when we presented the video to the class? Well my brother still has that video and apparently he has shown it to his friends on a couple occasions because he's really proud of the high cinematography quality of it- that's really embarrassing...

Also, Roxy is being a poop head and not posting!!! She even told me that she's gone on the blog and read some of the new posts. But for some reason she isn't posting *HINT HINT* and I gave her all the log in information so she has no excuse.

In response to Stella's thoughts on The Fault in our Stars, I agree with you so much!!! Like sure, I don't know what its like to have cancer and what mindset you might be in, but the way Augustus talks is totally unrealistic of a high schooler. But I also have other problems with the book besides that. I found it to just be a sappy love story about high schoolers that have cancer (I'm sorry if I sound insensitive towards cancer, that's not my intentions).

And, I agree with you so much about tumblr! When I first joined, I followed all the blogs I could possibly find, and then a while later I was like, shoot I follow waaaay too many people. So I spent a long time sorting through the blogs I followed to see if I actually liked them and then unfollowed or continued following accordingly. Also, And, what is your tumblr url? I forgot it... Something about macaroni and Urban Outfitters? Or did you change it?

Guys, I really like the dog of the day. They are always super cute!

Sorry I haven't posted much. I posted this super long post but then I felt bad and took it down. I've been meaning to post more, I just haven't had much to post about. Which is why it's funny how And posted a list of her pet peeves because I was literally thinking today that I should start keeping track of my pet peeves and that it would be something I could post about on this. So maybe once I have a decent list, I'll post mine too.

Stella, I enjoy watching Youtubers sometimes too! I generally prefer the challenge videos and British Youtubers. Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXb8iOYUGx8 I was almost crying of laughter from it.

Also, I have a comment about one of the things Stella said but this post is getting super long so I'll say it in a different post later. Sorry for how long this is! I've just had many things to say.

A- My pet peeves

-When people cancel/ flaky people- If you made plans, they should be serious and you should stick with them because you gave your word. You just wasted my day, which I could have planned something new to do. 

-When a lot of stock is put into potential- potential wont get you anywhere in life, and they have done nothing to be born with that potential. Stock should be put into achievement or how hard people try. 

-Underwear lines- though this is really unreasonable because its not up to me to dictate what people wear. 

-Slut-shaming- It seems guys do this because there are girls out there getting laid more than them, and girls do this because they think other girls are disgracing the feminine decency or something. But this isn't always true, just what I think I've observed. Slut shaming is also sexist, because it only applies to girls. And also, they aren't hurting anyone but only doing something pleasing for themselves and one (or multiple) other people. 

-The need for people to feel better than others- Craig, enough said. *

-When I'm late- yes, it is possible to be annoyed by yourself 

-When people are self-pitying because they're not in a relationship- Indicates that your happiness is derived from being in a relationship which kind of saddens me but I guess if you are sad without a relationship that isn't your fault. *

-Desperate people- you have just told me you would basically date anyone, and now you are coming on to me? Hmm, well don't I feel special now. *

-Home by Phillip Phillip and let her go by passenger- These songs just make me want to puke. The lyrics are so generic and cheesy and the singer portrays the ideal wants-to-fall-in-love-lovey-dovey-downtoearth-sentimental-guy and bleck. But this is also unreasonable because no ones forcing me to listen to them and some people might like these songs which is cool I guess.....

S - Musings

TOMORROW! I am going to Folklife! I am super duper excited to see And and my other good friend who I haven't seen in a while. Esee, you should post more. Summer is only in a few weeks! Can you believe it? I'm excited for sunny days and no homework. Except it kinda sucks that this Memorial Day Weekend is supposed to be cloudy and rainy.

Junior year is almost over, and we are going to be HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS. Except I feel like I won't be basking in the glory of being at the top of the food chain because:

• My main goal will be to leave high school quickly 
• Trying to handle the homework and all the applications and paperwork
• People will probably think I'm still a sophomore

Sometimes I like watching makeup tutorials on Youtube for fun, even though I'm not actually going to try the make up tutorial on myself. It's just cool seeing the technique of the Youtubers and how perfectly they do everything. But I always get really uncomfortable when they line their waterlines. 

In response to And's post about Tumblr - I AGREE SO MUCH! People on Tumblr seem to wallow in a pool of self-pity. Okay, if you don't like your life, and you're so sad about it, you can't just keep being sad, and blogging quotes like, "She was so lost, she couldn't find herself" on your blog that are actually things that you wish that other people would say about you. YOU need to take initiative and change your life and make it for the better. No one is going to save you - you have to save yourself, because in the end, all you have is yourself. And also on Tumblr, a lot of people try to act more artsy and deep than they really are. 

-Stella

A- tumblr

So when I first joined tumblr, I was only following like 2 people. And so I thought, why don't I just follow every blog in my vicinity? And so, whenever I saw a blog, no matter how lame their posts were and how ugly their blog was, I just followed it anyways. Now my news feed is clogged with crap I don't care about. Especially girls posting their star bucks drinks and their perfect food and stupid quotes. Or there's the people who are like, Omg-I'm-so-alone-someone-find-me-a-boyfriend-and-I'm-so-sad-and-ugly-and-no-one-loves-me! I found some really awesome blogs but only a few, and their stuff never comes up when I'm going through my news feed because its only like 1% of it.
I wish I could just unfollow all the stupid blogs! I've spent the lasts half an hour unfollowing blogs I hate which is like everything but it takes so long and I'm still following 350 horrible blogs. uggh
Lesson to take out of this: when you first get a tumblr, don't fret that you're not following anyone. If you follow bad blogs in the beginning, bad blogs will come up on the SIDE for you to follow and you, being a stupid young tumblrer, will follow those stupid blogs.
Is there like a button to erase all the blogs I'm following?
Anyways I had to rant because everyone is so annoying on tumblr but I could just quit but I'm not going to.

S - Rant About The Fault in Our Stars

Okay, before I begin this rant. John Green is a great author, with a really good writing style. He has other really good books and really good ideas and an eloquent way of expressing his ideas, but I just need to DISCUSS MY FEELINGS about The Fault in Our Stars right now.

My biggest problem with the book is the characters. Augustus and Hazel. They have cancer, and they live close to death - I UNDERSTAND. It is sad, and they have a different perspective and life. But I literally do not see a time where I will meet teenagers who talk with metaphors and similes and deep reflections on life like (below is an example of a situation in which two teenagers are talking. One responds like how Augustus and Hazel do):

Teenager 1: why do u like me so much
Teenager 2: I’m in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we’re all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we’ll ever have, and I am in love with you.
Teenager 1: ok

OKAY?
OKAY.

S - BLOG RESPONSES and Updates

Hope everybody is having a great Tuesday! Tomorrow is the middle of the week, so after you get past Wednesday, the week is basically done with. Well, maybe that's a bit of a stretch.

I am laughing at the post "Wasted Opportunities" because it sounds like a deep reflection on life, when it really wasn't. Well, I guess it kind of was a deep reflection, but it wasn't presented deeply. In the-person-who-I-will-not-name's defense, he was not THAT hot.

In response to Esee's post, WOW Esee your room must be really organized. I haven't seen your room in almost three years. Have you made any big changes to it?

Tomorrow I have an UV test to study for (not the real name of the test, I'm making sure that internet creepers don't find out what academic program I am in). Wish me luck you guys! I am kind of stressed out, but I am not trying to freak out too much. 

I am super duper excited for folklife!!! Except I was really disappointed that I'm not seeing And. Oh well. 

When does SC get out for summer?

Also has Roxy been alerted of the blog's revival.

ALSO, DON'T FORGET TO ADD LABELS ON YOUR POSTS!

A- Wasted opportunities

Recently, I have seen a lot of open windows of opportunity that have been thoughtlessly passed by. It's such a waste to me when someone gets an opportunity to get something that I really want, but they don't take it or refuse it. One of my friends, Christy, heard that this really hot guy named Jus was going to ask her to prom. Thought he is extremely hot, she decided that she was afraid of black d**** and didn't really want to go with him :'( This is one of the biggest wasted opportunities I have ever seen.
Another person I know, who's name I won't name, didn't immediately take the offer of a really hot guy asking her to star bucks.
These chances will never come again! You'll probably never regret the things you did, but you will always regret the things you didn't do!
So this kind of interesting guy was going to ask me to prom, and I was talking to Aids and she said that if she were me, she would have said yes just to go and that I could have just hung out with her and her friends. I feel like prom would be really fun, but I don't want to go with him and I feel like I'd be using him just to go. But anyways, I feel like this is kind of a wasted opportunity even though I'm not going.

A- In response to excessive organization

Before you read this, read E's post right before this one.
That made me laugh so hard! I must add to the list. Whenever I eat a tic tac from E's, she makes sure that one of us eats the light pink one and one of the dark pink one so there's an equal amount. And on the subject of candy, whenever E gets a new box of candy she has to sort the things into piles. Not to mention, her closet is organized in rainbow order. I know that after you pick on yourself, other people shouldn't pick on you but I couldn't help it.

E- Excessive Organization

So, I've realized my need to be organized/I-don't-know-what-else-to-call-it is getting a bit excessive. Last night, I stayed up an hour later than I intended because I was organizing my closet, so I ended up going to sleep at 12:30 or so. And knowing me and how little sleep I get, I could have used the extra hour. But instead I organized my closet- like who does that?? Me. But hey, I enjoyed it and it was very satisfying afterwards so that's good right?
Another example is when I was getting myself a snack after school, and I decided to get myself crackers and cheese. And there's that whole problem of not wanting way more crackers than cheese and vice versa. But you can't get the same number of crackers as cheese because I use 2/3 of a slice of cheese per cracker. So I literally stood there and did the math so I would have the exact right number of crackers to go with my slices of cheese. I dunno about you but that seems a bit excessive. And it's only a snack! It's literally no big deal, but I make it one ahaha.
But lets be honest, does any of this come as a surprise to you? My guess is no ahah.
I'm so weird...

A- Life and more

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S - Reflections on the Atmosphere of this Blog

I FEEL LIKE THE BONDS WITHIN our "possey" THAT WERE WEAKENING HAVE BECOME REVIVED AGAIN UPON READING THESE POSTS. I still have not heard from Roxy but I think it's because she has not been informed yet.

Sometimes when I miss SC I think about funny memories of our possey from elementary school to freshman year. Here are a few:

• The egg wedding (I have several pictures on my phone if anyone needs reference)
• 3rd period geometry, grade 8
• Homecoming and how we all danced awkwardly
• Halloween trick or treating when weirdgreenman made us like 20 minutes late and everyone was mad
• SCIENCE CLUB

-Stella

A-Hey y'all

I'm so happy that this blog is started up again! Looking at the past history, it seems that all of us stopped writing for long periods of time. It's so funny to see how dumb we were/are, and I just had the biggest flashback to 7th grade. Esee says that we have matured and stopped saying weird things, but don't forget, "oh bahh"
It would be really fun to have a possey reunion (spelled wrong on purpose)
Remember when we used to all eat together everyday and we had days in the middle and we had like a designated table? Now we all eat at different place AND different schools *stella*
I'll try really hard to post often!!

S - WE'RE BACK (kinda)

Hello fellows of the blogging world! THIS BLOG IS BACK. Well, it's half revived. 1/2 of our members have remembered that the blog exists and are willing to continue to make it a thing. Hopefully the others will remember it, too. Except we probably won't post like every hour like we did in middle school. Probably just a few times a month. But I think that's how a blog is actually supposed to work.

Anyways, here is an update on the highlights of the past few years, so that you kinda know what's been going on:
2011-2012: High school was weird and we were all awkward ducklings with yellow fuzz. E and I were obsessed with tumblr.
2013-2014: Things kinda got less awkward. Everyone got really cool and E got an iPhone. S switched schools. Esee and And got licenses.
2013-2014: Everyone is really busy and assimilated into high school. A is taken now. R is still sporty and in crew.

Well, hope you're all doing well!

BTW - If you were reading those lists I made of my favorite songs from middle school...my music taste is a lot better now. I cringe as I read those lists.

-Stella

E- WOW! Thanks to S, I just found this blog again!

Ahaha, wow. Long time no see to this blog. I had totally forgotten about it! It's so amusing to look back and read about all the things we were doing in middle school, and all the things we were obsessed with and the way that we typed/talked (actually that was mostly me, not the others). But wow, this blog is amazing. We can NEVER delete any of the old posts. It'll be fun to come back and look at them like I'm doing right now.
I feel like so much has changed since this blog was active but really, not actually that much. We are just more mature now (thank goodness for that) and in high school and Stella is at a different school than the rest of us.
Guys... I don't know how practical this would be or even if the rest of us will catch on, but I actually think it would be so cool to start posting on this blog again! Then we could see how things have changed and it would be a way to keep in better touch with Stella. Just a thought though. But I'm gonna try to talk individually to everyone about it. It could be fun!!
Thanks again Stella for reminding me about this blog, because I had totally forgotten about it and probably would have never remembered it if it wasn't for you!