Olympics II!!!

Anyways, the US still has the most medals, with a total of 11. Their Women's Gymnastics team had a few errors, what with Peszek not performing (other than the uneven beams), as well as costly falls by Sacramone and Luikin, not to mention several missteps in their floor routines. The only person without a single significant mistake (not counting Peszek in the one routine she DID perform) would be Shawn Johnson. They still came in second at the preliminaries though. The US got gold for basketball obviously. Hoff looked like she was a clear win for gold, but Australia surpassed her in the last 25 meters about of the 400 free. But then there was that AMAZING save by Jason Lezak in the Men's 4 X 100. He carried on Phelps' dream of an 8 gold medal season.
Chinese Taipei is still in second place, with the most gold medals (6). They also had a few falls in the Women's Gymnastics, the most severe of which would be the landing on the uneven beams by Jiang Yuyuan. I swear most of the girls on the team look sooo young! But whatever. Anyways, they came first in the preliminaries and will continue onto the finals! My favorite out of those would probably be Deng Linlin. She's pretty young, but she's really good.

Anyways, some of the turnouts of the Olympics are REALLY unexpected this year, but hecka fun to watch! My favorite routines to watch are still gymnastics though, both men's and women's. I can't wait until they get to the diving though, that's bound to be cool!

Olympics!!!

W00t! Everything's going awesome! The US has the most Olympic medals (8) so far! It might change tonight though. Phelps stole gold in the 400 IM, as expected, but Lochne overpassed him in the backstroke. It was a pretty close race until Phelps totally dominated in the freestyle. Coughlin took silver too. Then the US swept the board with women's fencing, claiming gold, silver, AND bronze.
China currently has the most Olympic gold, with a total of three. They surpassed both South and North Korea in the air pistol (=D), and COMPLETELY dominated all opposition in nearly every aspect of Men's Gymnastics: pommel, still rings, parallel bars, you name it. I swear, I don't get how they do any of that, like holding yourself absolutely still on the rings, or flipping on the parallel bars. It's amazing.
I noticed I never posted about the opening ceremony, but basically, I swear that China should always host the Olympics. They totally pwn the rest of the opening ceremonies, especially with the drummers. Man power! XD The countdown was totally awesome... If you haven't seen it, you HAVE to watch it.

Outside of the Olympics, I went shopping today. Or got dragged more like it. But whatever, it was okay today, which is amazing seeing how much I don't like shopping. I got a few spaghetti straps from Hollister, some jeans/tanks/jackets from Marshall's, and a few flared shirts from TJ Maxx. I'm hoping that I won't have to go shopping again, but I guess I could do with a few more tanks. Eh, whatever.

Band camp starts tomorrow! Ugh... I have to wake up at 9 tomorrow (practice starts at 10), and since I haven't practiced throwing my flag around excepting that one time, plus the fact that I'll be hella sleepy, I'm probably going to give myself a concussion. Oh well. DX I guess I'll survive... hopefully.

I went to a volunteer orientation thing (again) at the Tri-Valley SPCA, because I want to be an "official" kitten socializer. Although technically, I'm still a volunteer, so who cares if I'm official or unofficial? Whatever. Anyways, I need to take another class next Sunday, then I can start volunteering (again).

That's pretty much it... So yeah. GO OLYMPICS!!!

Breaking Dawn!!! (Continued Yet Again)

WARNING: SPOILER ALERT!!!

Lol. The top is a picture of my second favorite fan made cover!!! Now starting from where I left off, Chapter 26: Shiny.

Edit: I knew it. Bella didn't kill Charlie or make him a vampire. Haha. Thank goodness Nessie didn't try to feed off Charlie either. Awesome. So now Charlie can come visit Bella anytime!!! Well, unless she's majorly hungry, but I'm pretty sure the Cullens will take precautions.

Edit: I don't get why Bella doesn't like the nickname Nessie. Sure, there's the problem of where it came from, but all in all, it's a nice name... I love Nessie's full name... Renesme Carlie Cullen. It's sounds really nice. And another comment about Jacob and Nessie: If they are one day married and they have a child, won't the kid be half human, a fourth vampire, and a fourth werewolf? And seeing as werewolves and vampires are "enemies" and vampires feed off humans, won't that be kind of awkward for a child's genetic heritage?

Edit: OMG that's AWESOME! Bella can beat Emmet at arm wrestling! W00t!!! Haha, and then she completely annihilates the rock. XD Sounds like something I'd do. Be like, "Hmm... Maybe I can chop up this rock..." And start giggling all the while doing it.

Edit: Uh... What's Nessie going to be? The next prodigy in like, everything? Be smart, pretty, athletic, and totally awesome in every single aspect ever? Besides a food-eating contest, but whatever. I'm jealous of a three month-old... XD

Edit: *eyes boggle a foot out* Duuuuuuuuude... Gold woven into a chain with a diamon the size of a golf ball?!?!?! What the hell... These vampires are crazy with their money. Might as well donate some to the needy! Sheesh!

Edit: Oh... So Nessie might die when she's fifteen? ...That really sucks... But onto more pressing thoughts. I wonder what will happen when Bella goes to Italy? I mean, she's going alone, obviously, or else he might find out about Nessie and try to "recruit" her, but will Aro try to recruit Bella? I mean, her gift isn't THAT useful to him, but if he somehow cons her into doing things, they could be deadly. I mean, Bella has the superhuman strength of a newborn, and the self control of an aged vampire... Put together, she's deadly... I mean, she wouldn't do it out of her own will, but Aro might think of a way... Like targeting Charlie, or Renee...

Edit: No. Nonononono. Alice isn't a coward. She wouldn't ditch them. Nu-uh. No way. She's probably off doing something really dangerous to try to help them, but she doesn't want them to know because they'd try to stop her. And of course, she has to bring Jasper along for the COVER because she knows that the Cullens know that she wouldn't go anywhere without Jasper, and she knows that Carlisle won't send anyone after them because their choice to "desert" is exactly that. THEIR choice. Yeah. That's it. No way that Alice would just desert them. Even if she wasn't inexplicably tied to every member, no way she would leave one of her best friends (Bella) to just die. Nope. No way.

Edit: I thought of another reason. Maybe Alice DID desert them. But not for the reason they think. Maybe that/those visions Alice had afterwards gave her a clue. Maybe the reason as to why all of the Volturi are coming has to do with Renesmee, but also with Alice somehow! Maybe, in deserting them, she's actually protecting them by a) having less problems for the Cullens to explain (now it's just renesmee and not Alice too), or b) distracting the Volturi, possibly making them split up (half go after Alice, half for Renesmee). Or, maybe it was Jasper and not Alice. Or maybe it was both!

Edit: See??? She left Bella something to go on. I wonder what's so bad about The Merchant of Venice though? How does that tie into the Volturi? Well, besides the fact that they're all related to Italy. Hm... There's obviously something forbidding about that book, but I've never read it, so I don't know what. UGH! I'm really empted to read hat book before continuing Breaking Dawn, to see if I can figure out the mystery myself, but Shakespeare's books usually put me to sleep. The Merchance of Venice... I wonder why...

Edit: I want Benjamin's gift. It's the most awesome out of everything. I swear. Manipulate all four elements? Yessir!!! I want that gift! I mean, Bella's is useful, Edward's is great for annoying people, and all the other gifts are cool too (I mean, Jane and Kate's gifts would be awesome to test if you were being mugged. XD) but manipulating all four elements to do whatever you want... Now that's the greatest thing ever. But then again, I'm not going to have a gift at all, but I'd want Benjamin's if I could get a gift...

Edit: AHAHAHA!!! SUCKS FOR YOU, JANE!!! Lol. Good job, Bella!!! She can protect everyone! Awesome! her gift is actually a really good one, but it's a bummer than it only works against mental attacks... Oh well. I wonder if this is really going to turn into a big fight? I hope benjamin survives though. I like him, he's cool... I wonder what Alice is up to though... Hands down, she's still my favorite character...

Edit: ROFLMAO. "Aro, would you ask Jane to stop attacking my wife?" Heh. I bet Jane didn't like that at all. Hilarious though...

Edit: Huh. No battle. I would've liked some action though... Maybe a few people to die. Oh well. I guess there's no need for Bella to go to Italy then, since Aro already saw her vampire-ness. And Nessie is going to be immortal for all we know too! So it's like happily ever after for everyone's favorite character, whoever that is. Unless that was Irina. So it's basicaly the happy ending to the perfect fairytale. Kind of lame, but sort of nice.

Hm... Seems like I've finished Breaking Dawn... I have to find another book to read now (preferably one that is an actual, tagible book, and not one online since the endless hours at my computer were killing my eyes).

Breaking Dawn Reflection

Breaking Dawn was definately an interesting book. Not all that good as I expected, what with the myriad of twists and weirdness, but good nevertheless. I sort of expected it to be better though; it sounded too much like something posted on a fanfic sight. The ending (happily ever after) was a bit cheesy, and I thought it would have been better if the fight actually broke out between the Volturi and the Cullens' mob of disorganized vampires/werewolves (or shapeshifters). Eclipse is still my favorite out of the Twilight saga though. Breaking Dawn definately incorporated a multitude of surprises to keep the reader on the edge of their seat, but it also contained some confusion and doubt as to whether Stephanie Meyer had her head in the right place while writing this novel. All in all, a good read, but a bit disappointing for the avid fans of the Twilight saga.

Breaking Dawn!!! (Continued Again)

WARNING: SPOILER ALERT!!!

OMGOMGOMG!!! I found Breaking Dawn online! W00t!!! Go me!

http://www.scribd.com/doc/4480895/Breaking-Dawn

There it is in case anyone wants it. I'm so talented. =) By the way, the picture on the top is my favorite fan made cover. Now time to read and reflect!!! XP

Edit: Lol, Charlie will just make some excuse that's totally off course. XD Like Bella's guess that Edward was bitten by a radioactive spider. XP I wonder when the baby is due though...

Edit: LOL. "You. Got. Food. In. My. Hair." *chortles* So funny. I hope that Rosalie never got in any food fights when she was little... Speaking of food fights, I remember my friends and I have this HUGE one at a birthday party... We were covered in icing, hot dog and hamburger buns, drenched with soda and juice... Oh yeah, and then we washedit off in her swimming pool!!! Good times... I feel sorry for her parents though. XD

Edit: Wait... So the baby might have 24 chromosomes? Same as Jake? Doesn't that mean the baby would be a werewolf? Uh... okay then... Human mom, vampire dad, werewolf baby... Interesting...

Edit: Hm... I wouldn't mind a romance going on between Jacob and Leah... =D But I doubt either of them is going to imprint, given that they've already been together so long, so if they were going to imprint, they would have done so a while ago...

Edit: Oh... Genetic dead-ends. Never thought of that. But Leah and Rosalie have more in common than that... They both don't want to be what they are either...

Edit: So it's either Edward Jr. or Renesmee. I like Renesmee better. Plus, I think the fetus acts more like a girl, since it's been scientifically proven that females enjoy people more, whereas males are more tempted by things. Moronic, materialistic males... Just kidding... =D

Edit: Ooh... Jake and Leah's talk about imprinting gave me the weirdest thought ever. Saying that Bella's baby is a girl, what if Jacob imprints on her? And if it's a guy, what if Leah imprints on him? Well, Leah probably wouldn't get near the baby, so scratch that. But wouldn't it be weird if Jacob imprinted on Renesmee? Weirder for Bella too... Your best friend in love with your daughter. XD

Edit: OMG, wtf? The fetus understands them? It's like the next genius... whatever it is! That's awesome though, that he isn't hurting Bella anymore. Looks like Bella might actually make it out of this human!

Edit: Oh God, oh God, oh God... It's a girl! Yay! But Bella's dying. Nooooo... No, Bella's going to become a vampire. Please. She can't die. She WON'T die. Ugh. Must see what happens.

Edit: Yes! I knew it! Well, not really, but I guessed it! Jake imprinted on Renesmee! And Bella can't be dead because the next part of the book is from her viewpoint! Yes!!! Well, she's going to be a vampire, but still... Now that I think about it though, It's even weirder than Quil and Claire... Jake loves a baby less than a day old, who is also the daughter of his best friend... o.o So if he marries Renesmee... He'll be Bella's son-in-law...? O.O

Edit: Hm... It seems like Bella has more self control than other newborn vampires... And Renesmee is half human! I'm guessing she looks human, but needs blood. I'd rather look like a vampire and need food. But whatever. XD

Edit: WHOA. This book is hecka weird. So I'm guessing that Bella is gifted with self control, and Renesmee is gifted with the talent of replaying her memories in other people's heads. And Jacob nicknamed Renesmee after the Loch Ness Monster (Nessie). I guess the nickname is kind of nice, and it fits too (Renesmee), but it's a weird namesake...

Edit: LOL. "Why don't you just tell me who wins?" "I do. Excellent." That's hilarious. To another thought, Jacob and Nessie. I figure it'll turn out okay, since Jacob loves Nessie and Nessie likes Jacob. That's so weird for Bella though. And onto another thought, since Nessie can obviously grow and age, does that mean she'll die someday? And she'll get older than her parents... That must be hecka weird, to be seventeen and eighteen while your kid is like, thirty-seven or something.

Edit: Oh my f-ing God!!! Who gives people (even if they're a couple) a house?!?!?! (Or a cottage even. I'm willing to bet, in addition to clothes, that they have furniture and everything in there too. That's actually my dream home though. A nice cozy cottage in the middle of the woods, but not too far from society, with vines and flowers growing around it.

Edit: Oh shit! Shit shit shit shit shit!!! Charlie's coming?! Crap! I would absolutely HATE Jake for this... Ugh. I have no doubt that Bella will control herself, but seriously! Phasing into wolfy Jake in front of Charlie, telling him he's going to be a grandfather, and that Bella's "changed." Damn. Yeah, I'd absolutely loathe Jake...


I'm totally exhausted. I'm going somewhere tomorrow... well, later today, so I have to get SOME sleep. More comments to follow, I promise!

Breaking Dawn (Continued...)

WARNING: SPOILER ALERT!!!

The top is what I thought Breaking Dawn should look like. Just a little bit off. XD Anyways, more comments!!!

Edit: OMFG. Bella's pregnant. What the heck? I mean, that's kind of scary. Wouldn't the kid be half human and half vampire then? Like... won't he/she have self destruction issues for the first few years, since the vampire part would want to feed on the human part? o.o

Edit: Did Paul imprint on Rachel (Jacob's sister)? Wow. That'd be sort of... interesting. Better than imprinting on your own cousin that you haven't seen in a few years though. XD

Edit: Oh WOW. It kind of sucks to be imprinted on a two-year-old... Basically, Claire can jerk Quil around however she likes, piggyback rides, pattycake, and Quil won't even mind... And even if she hits him on the head with four different green rocks, he won't care... Wow...

Edit: So Bella wants the baby, but she also wants the baby because she knows that it'll drive her to the point that if Edward wants to save her, someone will have to make her a vampire? Somehow, I doubt Bella's mind works this complicatedly, but... I guess there's a chance...

Edit: If Jacob does the artificial insemination, that will officially be the weirdest family ever. A human (well, for now at least) mother, a vampire father, and a werewolf baby. If Angela is a witch (Bella's thought, not mine), maybe she can be the godmother!

Edit: Holy craaaaaaaaaap... That is one strong baby... I think it's full vampire now, not a dhampir (see Vampire Academy). But seriously, a baby causing bruises on the outside of Bella's abdomen. O.o...

Edit: Oh damn. Sam wants to kill Bella and the Cullens. Shit...? That's so wrong though... Ugh, Sam's kind of ignorant and pigheaded... He doesn't even know what the stupid thing in Bella's womb is!!! Of courses, there is a big chance that it's a vampire, but still. Ugh.

Edit: OMG AWESOME!!! Jacob split from the pack because of Bella, Seth split cuz Jacob is the rightful Alpha, plus he views going against the Cullens as a betrayal, and Leah split cuz Seth (who is her younger brother) did! W00t! Now the Cullens plus Jacob's pack (8) outnumber Sam's pack (7) even if Esme and Rosalie don't fight!

Edit: .......... Bella just drank human blood... and liked it... Wow... Blood tastes so metallic though... Sort of like what you'd expect rust to taste like... *shudders*

Edit: LOL. Dropping Seth on his head and gnawing on crib bars painted with lead paint. Haha... I guess it is good that the blood helped Bella though, and I get why Seth agrees, but I also get why Leah and Jacob are so revolted. Heh. never thought Leah had a sense of humor though, the way she's been described...

Edit: Out of all the blonde jokes, there's finally one that targets the stereotypical vain blonde and not the stereotypical dumb one. I have to remember that... "How do you drown a blonde? (You glue a mirror to the bottom of a pool.) Lol.

Edit: Dude, the Cullens are hecka nice... clothes, food, showers, everything except the house itself... Kind of amazing once you consider that Jacob turned up only a few hours after he was bent on killing Edward...I so want a cinnamon roll... *drools* I haven't had those is so long...


Ugh NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! No more chapters on Limewire. *sobs* Must... find... other... site... if I do, I'm going to start a new post (this one is way too long), and if I don't, well... it's going to be a new day whenever someone uploads chapters 15+ onto Limewire, so it's a new post anyways!

Breaking Dawn!!!

WARNING: SPOILER ALERT!!!

OMG, Breaking Dawn is on Limewire! Well, the first 14 chapters. But whatever! Breaking Dawn is on Limewire! W00t!!! I'm up to like Chapter 3 right now, I'll post more after I come to a shocking revelation or something.

Edit: I feel so sorry for Jacob... =( Like, I get him being mad that Bella and Edward are going on their honeymoon while Bella's human and Edward is a vampire, given what *cough* happens on honeymoon. But it's just so sad... Like Jacob loves Bella so much. I sincerely hope his wolfy thing comes into play sometime and he finds that "stronger than a soul mate" person...

Edit: WTF?!?! ISLE ESME??? I knw the Cullens were rich, what with their Porsches and Mercedes and Alice going crazy over decorating for parties, plus that diamond (or crystal) heart Edward gave Bella... but seriously, an island? Don't they cost like billions of dollars or something? Duuuuuuuuuuuuuude...

Edit: I want to go snorkeling!!! I've never snorkeled before, unless you count that time in Hawaii when my sister dragged me along and all we saw were a few fish and an eel that frightened the crap out of us cuz we thought it was going to attack us. Well, my sister did, I was more concerned with the fact that it might be a electric eel, since I can't identify eels. XD There's actually a lot of stuff I want to do, like 1) go snorkeling, 2) go on a cruise, and 3) go SKYDIVING! Plus a ton more.

Edit: Would Bella just make up her friggin mind!!! Does she want to be a vampire or not?!?! It's like saying now, "PLEASE let me be a vampire, I want to be a vampire!" then two minutes later, "Nevermind, I want to be human a little while longer," and then, "MAKE ME A VAMPIRE!" Ugh. I think Bella would be better suited to be a Libra and not a Virgo, since Libra's are supposed to be undecided on virtually everything.

Edit: What the f---... Yeah, they just "sort of already have a house there." WHO BUYS A HOUSE JUST IN CASE?!?! Okay, I'm good. The Cullens probably have like 9,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999 trillion dollars or something. Wow.

My Hairstyle

My hair is so friggin long! It's annoying he heck out of me. XD I realy want to get my hair recut and repermed; the perm is starting to fade. Ugh. Anyways, if I could, I'd get long layers (chop off about 2 inches off my current length), have those curl inwards (like a bob, but not really... I can sort of do that with a straightener), and get side bangs. I've been wearing my hair with a deep part lately, so I hope Jess can cut side bangs. But then again, I don't know if I want her to experiment with my hair. XD I'm vying for some lemon juice too, that way I can lighten parts of my hair. Black hair is seriously annoying when it's hot. Brown-ish black isn't much better, but a little better than my current midnight black state. Actually, parts are sort of a brown/black when it goes in the light, but still. Anyays, I just want side swept bangs, and long layers that curve inward. That's basically it. I've sort of tried it out (like, I just mimic the bangs since my bangs are currently grown out) by curling my hair slightly inwards, and it doesn't look bad. I have the length too; I want it more or less the same length as my shortest current layer. So yeah. I wish I could just go to a stupid salon though... But it'd cost like $30 for a haircut, then $70 more for the perm. Ugh. I might go back to Taiwan nest year, so for now, I'll settle with Jess helping me cut and layer my hair, mimicking the bangs, and relying on my handy dandy straightener. Maybe that part about lemon juice too, if I can convince Mom to buy some lemons. I'll just say I want to make lemonade or something. Lol. So yeah, I just want long layers that frame my face, with side swept bans. That's it. But althought it's simple, I can't friggin get it!!! It pisses me off... But yeah, I want something like the picture below, only with the bangs.

I Hate Stephanie Meyer...

She's ridiculously increased my expectation of guys... I mean seriously, what real life guy is going to kill themselves if their girlfriend/true love dies? And real guys can't run hella fast, or make dents in cars, or sparkle in the sunlight, or anything else that Edward can do. Ugh. I think I'm obsessed... I've gone as far as downloading the Twilight saga from Limewire (and wanting to put it on my iPod) because my parents won't buy me the books. I so want to read Breaking Dawn though! I can't find it on Limewire. Ugh. But yeah, I hate Stephanie Meyer... I wish some of the guys at my school were like Edward though... Like, not that they have to be super fast strong, sparkly, immortal, etc. but just... Edward-ish. I dunno. Oh well. I'll live with the guys in real life and dream about the fictional ones. XD Going back to reading my pirated copy of New Moon now! But is it really pirated? Cuz it gives credit to Stephanie meyer and everything, plus it's basically like me borrowing the books from one of my friends. Well, no one reads this blog anyways, so I don't think the police are going to show up on my doorstep anytime soon. I hope.

Mask of Zorro

That's the theme for Marching Band/Colorguard this year! Fun... One week of blissful (not really...) freedom (also not really...) until band camp... -.- How exciting... Anyways, I guess I'm better off than Courtney, since I don't havta play the music, but I swear I'm going to drop my flag sooooooooo much. Colorguard sounds hella fun though, but it seems really hard. I hope I survive... I can do a one-handed toss now! Not always, but sometimes. Which is really weird, considering that I can't do the two-handed toss yet. XP Oh well.
Anyways, my parents got hella mad cuz the Colorguard outfit (excluding the $625 we have to pay as a "contribution") costs like 70 bucks. But whatever. I didn't particularly want to join Colorguard, but SOMEONE *cough* parents *cough* wanted me to play a sport, and if you know me, you know that I have HORRID luck in sports. Well, I hope I can be a good Colorguarder (if that's a word...) and it looks really fun! Plus the coaches are realy nice. So yeah. Yay!

Description of my Alien-ness

Well, fine, maybe not complete, but close enough. It's on my Facebook profile too. I elaborated a "bit" more here though.

I'm an alien. (No duh.) To be more specific, I'm a teenage alien/cat mix. By cat, I mean I have the genes all the feline category... Yes, all of them. I have DNA strands of tigers, jaguars, pumas, mountain lions, your average housecat, and more. Of course, these don't show in my physical or mental appearance, besides the fact that I can see fairly well in the dark and am a total "night owl." The reason for this is because when we Ericiums are born (my home planet is Ericia, and the inhabitants are called Ericiums), we are born as full aliens. We look exactly like you earthlings (the way I look in real life IS my appearance, and we aliens don't have the ability to alter our appearances as we please), although one of my distant alien cousins came to Earth with his special green dye slathered all over his body *rolls eyes* (he has a rare skin condition...) which is where you guys got the idea that aliens are green.
Anyways, when we Ericiums turn one, the Alien Elders (who are basically the rulers of Ericia) choose a special species/genus to be incorporated into our bodies. Now, seeing as there aren't that many species to be incorporated (as we only incorporate species found on Earth unless the Alien Elders are positive that the new child won't be sent to Earth - after all, how would we explain a child alien/gumagon mix if he/she decides to show traits of the gumagon? By the way, a gumagon is sort of a cross between an eagle and a lion. It's what you might call an altered hippogriff, but it has the head of an eagle and the body of a lion, but the tail is tipped with a razor sharp star. It also has wings, sort of like fairy wings, but with a wingspan of about 15 feet, and it can breathe underwater), some Ericiums share the same species. Of course, there aren't many of us, and some species have disadvantages. For example, alien/fish or porpoise mixes have to spend an hour submerged in water at the beginning of their day, or else side effects might set in. They also have to sleep on water beds, or in water.
Now the teenage part is self-explanatory. I was a child alien/cat mix, and I will be an adult alien/cat mix. As for the Asian part, when (and if) Ericiums are sent to Earth on special reconnaisance missions, we choose a country from which we would like to be, then we can further develop our race. Now that I'm done explaining my alien heritage to you (which, by the way, is extremely confidential, so don't go around blabbering these secrets), you probably have a better understanding of who I really am. But I have to tell you some of the alien characteristics, and not ones I, prsonally, have.

Okay, so we're mainly like you. We're all granted a name like Erica, Eric, Eri, Erci, etc. but we have the option to change that when we turn 13. We all have incredible talents, but I have yet to discover mine. We all run average human speed (I'm actually part of the lowest 15%) to super fast, meaning a mile in two minutes. The ones that run extremely fast are the alien/bird crosses. As for me, although I have cheetah DNA, it's extremely dulled due to the vast variety of cats there are. Fish and porpoise crosses can swim really well, amphibian crosses also swim fairly well. Bird crosses float, but don't exactly love swimming. Basically, our animal cross determines the physical talents we are provided with.
As for mental, bird crosses have incredible eyesight; meaning it's 20/20, but they can also zoom. Porpoise and bat crosses can use sonar, which is amazingly cool. As for myself, cat crosses have moderate night vision, a tad better than the average human. We also have the ability to go for nights on minimum sleep, although we have an extreme fondness for lazing around. We are also granted a great amount of grace, but it sadly diminishes dramatically when we leave our home planet. Which, of course, would explain why I am a klutz. Also, cat crosses are granted with that lovable temperament, but a quick temper. So I ca sometimes be extremely kind and loving, whereas if you pis me off, I'll snap. Then, of course, there's the ability to communicate, or at least get along with, the animal you have been incorporated with. This doesn't mean that I won't even get attacked by a tiger, but I have a bigger chance of not being a target than someone who is human or doesn't have a cat cross.
We're all incredibly smart, and our IQ ranges in the upper 100s on average. We have a way with both words and numbers, and many of us would be declared a nerd in common human society. But on Ericia, we don't declare the nerds, we point out the ones who are struggling. And, we have a name for them. The Sneds.

But otherwise, we act the same as you. Besides having our distinctive talents and qualitiesincorporated in our lives, we all struggle in school, and try to best everyone else. Some aliens also yearn to be part of another cross, although I'm quite happy with mine.

Now as for me, I carry the title "Highly Respected Otherworldly Ambassador." An Otherworldly Ambassador is basically someone sent to another planet on a mission, in this case, reconnaisance. I gained the "highly respected" part after devising a way to communicate with the Alien Elders without having to "die" first and be reborn. See, before, an alien on Earth had to "die" (which was just our being leaving Earth) to report to the Alien Elders. Now, we have a method of communicating with the Alien Elders without having to "die" first, which I am unable, well, forbidden to tell you. As of now though, there are only 2 Otherworldly Ambassadors on Earth, me being one of them. These are the only Ericiums that leave Ericia. The rest stay on our home planet and live lives very much like the average human's.

Twilight!!! <3

I wasn't really a big fan of Twilight until today. Like, yeah, I loved the books and all, but I guess it sort of slipped my mind after reading the Gemma Doyle trilogy. Anyways, Breaking Dawn came out today!!! Yay! I went to this Breaking Dawn Brunc thing at the library, and it was awesome. I won a free book too! (Not Breaking Dawn, sadly, but stll a book.) So we had this huge discussion about the series after the brunch, and I discovered some stuff I mised the first time I read it. I can't friggin wait for the "Twilight" movie to come out December 12!!! I am so getting my friends to go watch it with me (they're Twilight fans too, so it won't be too hard). Anyways,

Go Twilight!!!

Braces Update!

As I promised, here the braces update. They're annoying. Well, I mean, they don't hurt or anything...yet. It's just that they keep digging into the insides of my lips and it's pissing me off. Plus it feels really weird to have a mouth full of metal. Oh well. The process hurt more than the braces do... at the current moment. They like jam these metal rings (called bands) on the last two back teeth on every side and both top and bottom, then they literally glue on the bracket and cement down the bands. My mouth feels so heavy right now. Oh NOW the hurting starts. Ugh. Well, I'm going to try to sleep, since I had to wake up at 8 to get these stupid things.

Braces Tomorrow!!!

What might be every teenager's worst nightmare... and it's happening to me. =O Well, I hope they don't hurt TOO much, because it'd be kind of embarassing if I start whining in the middle of my shift at the library about 2 hours after I get the braces. I'm envisioning LOTS of smoothies, juices, soups, pudding, yogurt, and applesauce in my future... Maybe ice cream, but my mom hasn't bought that yet. So anyways, I'll update you on the agonizing, pure torture of braces tomorrow after they start hurting like hell.

P.S. I bought some Jamba Juice smoothies today, and found out that they taste really good as slushies. Like, take you smoothie and stick it in the freezer for around 3 hours, then take it out. Personally, I think they taste better as slushies than as smoothies. XD A really good one to try is Strawberry Surf's Up! I'm actually betting all of them are pretty good, but I only got that and Caribbean Passion, but I like the Strawberry Surf's Up better. The Caribbean Passion isn't bad, more mellow, whereas the Strawberry Surf's Up is more bold, with a nice tang to it from the lime sherbet. But anyways, you should try it! =D

Colorguard

Ah yes, the vision of awesome twirls and tosses executed flawlessly by a perfectly coordinated team in tempo with the music of whatever they're playing and the marching band... Well, not so easy to do... And I should know. So I'm joining the California High School Colorguard team next year, and wish me luck... I'm going to need it. It seems really really fun, apart from having to wear fake eyelashes, but I'm constantly brooding in my fear of a) not being able to do the toss/twirl in the first place, b) not staying in tempo, or c) doing everything fine in rehearsal then screwing up really bd during a halftime show, or even worse, a competition. O.O But it seems fun. So for this year, our theme... Wait, can't tell you! If you go to Cal, you'll see. *winks* I'll say it involves red and black as our uniform colors, some rifles and sabers, and fake hairpeices. Anyways, I can't wait, and I sincerely hope I don't screw up... =/

Spacers...

You know, those little bright blue rubber band things that go between your teeth and hurt like a b%&$#? Yeah, those. I currently have 12 in (got them on Thursday), and it feels like I'm having multiple toothaches. Like, every single tooth. Even the front ones, which is really weird. But yeah, these little stupid idiotic rubber bands shall start a phase of my life that will most likely mean a lot of pain, and tons of soft foods: braces. Happy happy joy joy? Not really. Oh well. I'll just take it as it comes (with a bit of complaining, as always), and soon (like, 10 months) I'll have straight teeth! Hopefully.