Pros and Cons and Pretty Reckless and Gossip Girl

So I'm writing this blog because it's late and my mind is racing and I can't think of a better way to get all my thoughts together than on here.

So here's the deal: There's a private boarding school in Wisconsin whose main focus is to "inspire environmental stewardship" that two of my friends have applied to. One has already been accepted, the other is awaiting reply. And I've decided to apply. I'm still filling out applications and stuff, but I'm going to at least apply.

Here's a list of pros and cons-

Pros:
-I'll get to experience more of the world.
-I'll be reaching beyond my comfort zones.
-It looks good on college applications.
-It's very affordable.
-It's only a semester long.
-I'll get mid-December to mid-January off of any schooling.
-I'll get my own dorm room.
-It's a once in a lifetime opportunity.
-I'll still get my school credits.

Cons:
-It will take away part of my summer.
-I'm not sure if I even want to do environmental stuff in the future.
-I'll be leaving my comfort zone.
-It's a whole semester long.
-I'll be leaving all of the people I care about. I WILL MISS THEM!
-I'm not good with new people.
-I'll have to share a bathroom.
-I won't be home making money at my summer job.

There are probably more pros and more cons, but those are the ones I can think of right now. I'm stressing out so much when I probably shouldn't be. I haven't even applied yet, but when I do, and if I get accepted, I don't know what I'll do. I know it's a great experience, but is it a great experience for me? I'm not completely sure yet.

In other news, I've been listening to The Pretty Reckless religiously lately. In fact, I'm listening to them right now. They rock. I also love Gossip Girl, so... yeah. What do you think I should do?

New Girl

So with the new semester, some people left my school and some people joined it. I go to a really small school, so things like this are a big deal. And there's this new girl that looked like someone I could be friends with. She has the same look as my friends, and even sat with my friends on her first day.

But then she started to hang out with a group of girls at my school. They're kind of... odd. Not that I have a problem with odd people, most of them are really nice girls that I have no problem with. But one of them, who I will call Obamaniqwa is an immature, annoying... person. It's not just me that thinks this. If she was nice, I would tolerate her, but she's not. She's mean. Even her friends don't like her, which, you know, is never good. I texted her today, asking for new girl's number, and she wrote back a very mean thing, claiming that new girl was the one who told her to say it, but the people who were around her when she texted me this said that new girl did no such thing. But who knows.

So the new girl is hanging out with Obamaniqwa and her nice friends, but Obamaniqwa has an influence on her. If I just moved to a school where everyone already knows each other, I'd probably leech onto somebody too, but new girl made a bad decision.

I've tried to talk to new girl, but Obamaniqwa has clearly influenced the way new girl acts around people. All of my friends say they think new girl is, well, let's say "mean" after today. Here's a list of things new girl has done that are what I would consider mean. 1) She doesn't make an effort to talk to people outside of Obamaniqwa and her friends. I would be shy too, if I just moved to a new school, but the problem is that if you try to talk to new girl, she's not even nice. 2) I waved to her today, said hi, and she just turned around and ignored me. Like, we made eye contact, so I know she saw me. 3) She was flirting with my best guy friend, who has a girlfriend (and everyone knows it) all day today.

If I had just moved to a new school, I would try to be nice to everyone and not already cause problems my first week there. If new girl keeps it up, the only person she'll have at this school is Obamaniqwa. We're a tight-knit bunch at my school, and if somebody's not nice, they're not going to be welcomed very warmly. New girl so far seems very full of herself, like she doesn't have to be nice to people. Maybe that's Obamaniqwa's doing, or maybe, hopefully not, but maybe, new girl is just a bitch.

I'm going to continue to try to make an effort with new girl, and hopefully she'll come to her senses and not let Obamaniqwa make all the decisions for her. I could always use another friend.

Hi.

49 days until The Hunger Games movie.

o.0 ~ :) ~

Also, happy 2012.

In Which I Am a Fan

Even if you don't know about Hayao Miyazaki (which, if you don't, go watch everything directed by him and produced by Studio Ghibli right now), you should watch this. I am uber excited for the next Studio Ghibli movie: The Secret World of Arriety. I can't wait to get that feeling of watching a Miyazaki movie. Everything is so well-done, and they try to still do original (first on paper, then scanned) animation as they can, in a world where pretty much everything almost everything is done only on computers and tablets. And they're deep. And lovely and wonderful.

*giggles* *waits*

(No one paid or asked me to do this, blah-blah, blah-blah, blah-blah. I just LOVE them muchly.)

Project for Awesome 2011

After sitting back and kind of ignoring Project for Awesome last year, this year I decided to get involved.

This video kind of explains what the Project for Awesome is, and if you're still confused, here's the actual website. The website explains, gives you a place to submit your video, gives you a place to donate, and shows you videos and causes you can help.

Lanna and I will be putting up a post highlighting some videos we loved, as well as the two videos I did this year, on our blog. But if you don't feel like going there, here's some videos done by people within our community:

Harmony at Harmony's Radiant Reads
Elizzebooks
YA Rebels
Karen at OCD of Books
Robyn Schneider
My Rachel's Challenge video and my Sevenly video

If you made a P4A video or you just have one you want to share, please leave it in the comments!

--Julie

Nicole's Song of the Day: Dig That Crazy Santa Claus

I've been in a Christmas mood lately.



Song: Dig That Crazy Santa Claus
Artist: The Brian Setzer Orchestra
Album: Dig That Crazy Christmas
Year: 2005

I have a thing for jazz Christmas music. I love it. It's bloody awesome. And this entire album is EXCELLENT. If you're looking for something to put you in the holiday spirit, I highly recommend it. I've been blasting it as I wrap presents.

Avatar: The Legend of Korra Trailer

There is no words to describe what I am feeling.

Actually, there are. Pick from any of the following to label me with:

- excited
- ecstatic
- thrilled
- anticipatory
- happy
- dancing
- ready

I'm in the middle of rewatching Avatar: The Last Airbender with a group of my friends, and now this, and it looks so good, and... gah.

I. Am. Ready.