Really Lame Oatmeal Campaign

There'd be no throats
without the Oats!

This is the kind of junk that crowds my head in the mornings. Should I make a jingle to go with it? *rolls eyes*
Good morning. I'm tired.

Wouldn't this be a great character for a story?

You know the popular guy who has a new girl every couple weeks? People usually feel sorry for the girl in the relationship because she gets tossed aside easily for someone new. But at the moment, I feel sorry for his best friend.

Guys seem to have this unwritten rule among themselves that they can't date their friend's ex. I think that that's a pretty neat rule, kind of a friendship-loyalty-thing, and girls would have a lot less angst among themselves if they had a similar rule.

Still, it can be more of a curse than a blessing to the friends of those who get around. All of the "date-worthy" girls would have already been dated by their friends, so they don't have even a glimmer of a chance.



The writer in me wants to make something of this. Now to find a plot :P

Poetry is awesome!

Tonight is quite odd, because I have such a wide array of emotions at play. The result of such emotion usually takes one of two forms: cleaning or creativity.

Sorry, Mom... tonight it's creativity. I'll try to get my desk drawers cleaned out this weekend. :P

So, I challenged my on-the-spot rhyming tonight with some "poetry" over IMs to my friend. Fun stuff!

"My room is messy and my hair is curly and my skin has goosebumps because I'm cold
Emotion is raw and music is loud, but it's the same damn scene and it's getting old
There's such a stark contrast between black and white, but those are the shades that I see tonight
So while I watch and wait I have a feeling of impromptu
To just express everything going on, all to you."

I don't know why I enjoy this so much. It isn't very fluid. I shared it with my awesome friend Amy, who, in return, shared a few of her poems with me. My favorite is called Lame Jokes ... my favorite part:

"I laugh at your jokes

And realize that my voice

Is

Five

Octaves

Higher

Than usual."

In conclusion, weird moods make even weirder blog posts. Goodnight. :)

Random thought...

Parents, don't name your kid Christian.

If they turn out to be atheist, they might get mad at you.

Jodie isn't that reliable

A few days ago I asked my friend for some money so I could get a Pepsi from the school vending machine. He says okay, and I got a Pepsi, and it was promptly taken away by a teacher before I got to drink even half of it. Whatever.

Anyway, I said I'd pay him back but I didn't have the money on me ... and then I forgot, for the last three days in a row.

Uuurgh.

It makes me feel bad. 3-day weekend that I won't be able to pay him back, or even get a Pepsi for myself during lunch so it won't be taken away.

I think it's time for me to put my money in my bag now, heh heh.

My Mom is Awesome

Mom and I may have conflicts once in a while, but I'm finding that I'm in a really good place with her lately. We seem to be establishing grounds about what I can say to her and what not to say, and she's starting to learn what makes me tick. So, the communication value is really upped.

Plus she's doing nice things for me soon, like making me a bookmark and taking me to get a coat and photoshooting me. :D

And I asked her to make me a quilt earlier today... she said that'd be cool, but she wasn't sure if she'd be able to for a while until she gets her concentration in gear. This makes me think of graduation present-stuff. Jeanne got a car, Ju got a laptop... if I got a quilt, that'd be really lovely and meaningful.

I don't know what made me think of ranting about my mom's radness. Oh well. Thank you, Mom. :)

Procrastinating on Science!

A conversation in the hall today between myself and my best friend:

"HEY, JODIE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS EVENING?"
"I'M GOING TO THE ORANGE COUCH IMPROV SHOW!"
"REALLY? ME TOO! ISN'T IT GREAT THAT IT'S ONLY ONE DOLLAR TO GET IN?"
"YEAH, AND IT'S CONVENIENTLY LOCATED IN THE COMMONS! DO YOU KNOW WHEN IT STARTS?"
"7:00, AND THE DOORS OPEN AT 6:30!"
"GREAT! I'LL BE SURE TO BE THERE. DID YOU HEAR THAT YOU CAN WEAR A COSTUME THERE AND HAVE HALLOWEEN SPIRIT?"
"YES, I DID! AND WE HAVE A GUEST MC TONIGHT. I'M EXCITED!"
"ME TOO! I'LL SEE YOU THERE!"
"SEE YA!"

We were pretty much screaming it at each other. Oh, advertising is great. :D

Yep, the Orange Couch Improv Show is tonight, and I'm looking all bruised and bloodied and mangled and otherwise spectacular as a severely distressed not-chosen prom queen. Pictures soon, hopefully.


Uh. I've got to work on my balloon racer now.