Deviant Update: Work

Yeah so I work at a grocery store now. Surprising huh? Anyway, I'm going to be less active because of that (I've been working from 9-3:30 for the past 3 days now doing training) I can't wait until school starts and I can work nights and weekends. All of this day work is just exhausting to me. I mean school will be during the day, but I'm taking all art classes so... no problems there. I've never had a problem sitting for that long, but standing is just...
Blah. I'm just tired. And out of caffeine. That's the second part of horribleness.

I was going to go to a chocolate party today- and get rid of some of my chocolate at home. I hate the stuff. I was just too tired to go. And /now/ my parents want me to go grocery shopping with them. Because I haven't spent enough time at the grocery store today. >.< TTYL~ this isn't part of the dA update, but I will post the journal from Italy and Greece when I can. At first I was just too lazy to do it, and now I'm just too busy xP

Deviant Update: ~Italy and Greece~

I'm so excited! I'm leaving at 7am tomorrow for a flight with my Latin class to Italy and Greece~ It's going to be so much fun! I can't wait!

Anyway, this means I'll be on a two-week hiatus after today! But I'll have lots of pictures when I get back, so be prepared for the spammage. xD

I've been so busy lately with gradumacating and such that I haven't done any stitching for so long TT-TT I guess I'll have to finish it all when I get back. And watch xxxHolic. And play Fragile dreams that I borrowed from CG. And finish all of my graduation thank you cards.
...my to do list just keeps getting longer >.<

*goes to procrastinate some more*

Deviant Update: Stressed

Haley is stressed. In 2 weeks Haley's first semester of college will have finished. Now, this means 2 things:
1) in 2 weeks I will only have to go to one class a day
...and that class starts at around 12:15 daily, meaning I will get to sleep!
2) I've got finals this week and next. I also have a quiz in Latin.

AND! Because of my schedule in January at the high school, I will have to leave about 15 minutes early for about 4 days just to get to class at the college on time. (The high school schedule doesn't switch to third quarter until the end of January)

Schedule changes Haley does not like. Usually I miss a day every other month because of early release schedule at the high school- which I will be doing again this Friday.
However, when the schedule switches to next semester at the college I will miss late start days instead of early releases.
MEANING: I miss my high school class once two months in a row. And have to leave early 4 days as well. AND THIS CLASS SUCKS TO MAKE STUFF UP IN! Dang it, Latin! Grrrr.

And to add insult to injury I just had to pay 100 dollars to get my DSi exchanged at Gamestop for a new DSi because the battery went and esploded! Or rather, my parents had to pay for it because I'm broke... and they also bought me new expensive boots. Which means I'm not getting a new laptop for christmas anymore. Sad.
(Although I'm planning on getting money instead of gifts from most of my relatives, so I'll buy it myself if I have enough.)

Anyway, I will now continue my job search! That way I will be able to afford Christmas presents!

Update on job search, since I just now realized I haven't posted anything about it here
I have applied to the following places:
-Herbergers (Denied my application within 2 hours or something like that)
-Chuck-E-Cheese (Hasn't opened yet here, probably won't before the holidays)
-Michaels
-Quite a few other places I can't remember right now (all online applications and will e-mail me later)

I have applications to turn in for the following places:
-Barnes and Noble
-Bath and Body Works

I am currently applying for:
-Macy's
-Sears
-JC Penny

...and I should also really be working on Latin homework, so TTYL!

Deviant Update: Senior Year *starts humming Lucky Star opening*

Quick Post: I know I'm supposed to be typing another camp update right now, but I thought I might as well post my schedule here while I'm online. Going to get the BEST NACHOS EVAR soon, so I'd better make this quick by just using my deviantart journal update.

Here's my NEW CLASS SCHEDULE! It's a little confusing to read because I really have 2 schedules. 1 at the high school and 1 at the college. So if there's anything you think I could do to be more clear about it, let me know.

1. PSEO (Art Tuesdays and Thursdays 8:30-10:45)
2. PSEO (Art Tuesdays and Thursdays 8:30-10:45)
Advisory- Yetterboe
3. PSEO (English Mondays and Wednesdays 10:00-10:50)
4. PSEO (History Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 11:00-11:50)
5. Latin 4- Sassenberg (12:15- 1:05)
6. Senior Privilege (My Lunch on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)
7. Senior Privilege

In other news, I'm going to the steel county fair tonight to get the BEST NACHOS EVAR: Cindy Nachos! I'll also hopefully be going to the Gamestop in Owatonna to get the original Pheonix Wright Ace Attorney game to play. They don't have it here in Roch, which makes me sad because I wanted to get it so I would have time to play it before school starts (on Monday for the PSEO classes)

Speaking of Ace Attorney, I've joined this: (click if you want to join, too) ace attorney icon family as Cindy Stone. Yes, I know that means I was murdered, but the important thing to remember here kids is that I was murdered FIRST. I would have liked to be Franziska Von Karma because I cosplay as her younger version, but she was already taken. Oh well.

Deviant Update: Camp!

I'm going to church camp for about a week! So I expect you all to post 100 things on here so I can get over 9000 messages in my DA inbox, okay? It's my dream to come back to that! We'll see if it happens.
Anyway, I'll be gone from 11 am tomorrow, August 1st, (not promising I'll be online before I leave) until sometime on Friday, August 6th.

...but don't worry! Last year I came back with many new pictures to post! Maybe I can get to work on finishing the 100 themes challenge ^-^' I've got 18 out of 100 finished, but I want to upload them in order, so I've only got #1 and #2 uploaded right now.

I'll have lots of pictures on my facebook from camp and I'll come back more energized to do work. Hopefully. This does mean my cross stitching is going to have to wait, but I knew I'd have to cut down on it eventually because school starts on the 23rd of August... which is closer than I want to believe.

I'm really excited to be going again since I didn't know if I would have the money to go this year! I love church camp, which I know sounds insane since I'm mostly an athiest anyway, but we don't really do a lot of church stuff and it's a relaxing break from technology and my busy life before school starts up again.

So, I'll talk and post pictures when I get back!

~Haley

Deviant Update: I'm a Geek for Life

So, I read a blog today about an author's fandoms (can be read here: http://jaclyndolamore.blogspot.com/2010/07/chronology-of-geekery.html) and I decided to make my own life's story based on my fandoms.

Between birth and age 5 Around this time power rangers and Barney were the hit thing. You were the bomb in preschool if you had a barney lunch box (which I did) and a power rangers ring (which I also did.) Towards the end of this age I was also really into polly pockets. Those little plastic toys you kept in necklaces or little houses they probably aren't allowed to sell anymore because of choking hazards. I'm not talking about the lame rip offs of barbies that are being sold now, although I think I had both those and barbies at some point during this age too. I didn't have a lot of true fandoms at this time because I live a sheltered middle class suburban american white girl kinda life.

Age 5 to 7 When I was 5 sailor moon was starting to gain popularity on the new(ish) cartoon network. But it was on after my bed time so, even though I caught the first five minutes of it, I don't really remember much except for the shiny transformation sequences and "star power!"
I also began my obsession with pokemon, which still lives on (if you can't tell by the deviations I've posted recently) but now I'm more into the video games rather than the show. I still have quite a few VHS tapes and one or two Dvds (remember those days when you had more VHS tapes than dvds?) of the show and movies. In case you were wondering, I am a magikarp fangirl. I know we are few, but we are proud. I have almost every single magikarp card ever. (Not every one because I was like 7 and the internet was a new concept to me)

Age 8 to 10 I had a rough time around this age (which I won't get into...) and all I really remember for obsessions was Disney movies. I always kinda had the obsession with the music from the movies ever since these "DiC (owned by Disney at the time) music VHS tapes" which I had. I got my first CD for my 8th birthday which was the soundtrack to Tarzan and I also got a boom box/ radio/ CD and music tape player type thing which is still in my room and still functioning- although the tape player eats the tapes sometimes. I still have more soundtracks than actual music and I blame this age for that. I was a music junkie, or as much of one as an 8-10 year old can be. My grandma, who lives down the street from me, had an old record player and 8 track player that I would listen to for hours. I can still find my favorite record in her basement even though it's filled with so much rummage sale junk that you can barely move around down there. My favorite song she had on a record was Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini.
Another thing I was obsessed about around this time was Austin Powers. I had an intelligent babysitter who let me watch 'Austin Powers the Spy who Shagged Me' when I was 8 years old. And I liked it. But not for the wrong parts, don't worry I didn't even understand that part. I liked the opening music sequence and Dr. Evil. I bought a CD called "the songs of the 60s" because I thought it was the Austin Powers soundtrack. (It had people who looked like go-go dancers on the front, it was logical for an 8 year old) my dad bought me some pet fish and had me name them. I don't remember what I named the neons because they were so small they got sucked up by the cleaner in a few hours, but I named the algae eater 'fat bastard.' I didn't know it was an insult; I thought it was a Scottish name, Okay?

Age 11 to 13 I remember about this time that I was looking into our old movie collection and fell in love with gremlins and the labyrinth. I claim to be :iconMuffins-Weasley:'s intro. to the labyrinth. I hated those movies when I was little and now I can't even begin to wonder why. David Bowie was my hero because he had awesome hair and talked to amazing creatures (the separation between movies and real life hadn't really hit home quite yet at 11, although I was starting to get it) I think this is about when I stopped watching TV and obsessively went online and on our gamecube. I am a video game freak, but I have lurked the internets for a lot longer than that. I had a gameboy color when I was younger, but I really only used it on long car trips. Around 12-13 I was on AOL for hours in the chatrooms, lurking and not talking a lot... that's when I invented the name puppyrock3, actually. I still use it because I was online for so long (about 4 hours a day which is a long time when you're that old) I remember it. We switched over to charter and didn't have dial up around age 13 and it was the best day of my life at the time. And, of course, the worst because the internet was out for a few days.
Somewhere along the way I fell in love with reading. I don't really know when I had time to do it with all of my fandoms in progress (I know I don't have much time for reading now, even though I enjoy it.) Maybe when the internet was out? I was a fantasy freak for a long time. My favorite books were the series about Avalon by Rachel Roberts (which most people haven't heard of, but I got a bunch of younger middle schoolers hooked on when I was in 8th grade) and Harry Potter. Funny story, though, it took me a year to actually start the first HP book because I thought it was too long and I didn't get why everyone liked it so much. Now I am as much of a HP freak as the next geek.

Age 14 to 16 I became more of an otaku when I was introduced to Anime Club at school by some friends in freshman year, but until then I stuck to my video games. Animal Crossing, Harvest Moon, and Super Smash Bros. All three of which made me an otaku from the beginning without me even realizing it. Another huge one is Final Fantasy 1 and 2 which I had for the game boy advance. I had every nintendo system ever made at one point, but we sold a few, traded a few and some just stopped working... GO NES! Duck hunt, tetris, and pong were my dad's generation but he started me on the video game madness by introducing me to them. I also got hooked on SEGA at around 14 with a game that involved a purple guy flying around and doing something I can't remember that always made me want to sing the flying purple people eater song. And Sonic, of course, can't forget the blue guy... because I could play that one on my GBA instead of on my friend's dreamcast.
Now for anime: for a while there I never really finished any manga series, I just read the first one or two and then got on with it (I mean why couldn't the whole story all be in one book, like a normal book, seriously? Series are one thing 40 books are another) Deathnote and Naruto were my first introductions to manga... and I still like them, even though I don't really want to finish the series because I'm lazy and that requires finding them all and stuff ^-^' I don't think I ever finished fruits basket either... Hmmm, have I ever finished any manga?
Anyway,I am a huge fan of Box Sets for Anime on Dvd. I love anime. It's the best thing since sliced bread. But I hate cliff hangers because I will forget about the series and then some day remember about them and think "what the hell happened after that?" *ahem* ghost hunt *ahem*
I blame :iconFyretail13: for my introduction to fanfic. I met her freshman year in drama club. I'm including the following description because i am also a theater geek and I count that as an obsession. She was reading harry potter behind a giant green head backstage with a booklight. I was a sound helper monkey, in charge of holding the mics when they weren't being used and wearing them to look official... and she was on props, in charge of green glasses and the security's earpieces. By the way I bought zebra print and orange tie die duct tape to add to my purple tie die and black duct tape. Duct tape is the official signature of a techie. I plan on having all four in my senior pictures in one way or another.

Through my life I've had many other obsessions. my obsession with creating accounts online everywhere and then going back to them 3 years later to realize Ive been there before. My temporary ice skating (both hockey and figure skating) obsession. My obsession with dogs and dolphins. My obsession with Latch hooking. My obsession with renaissance festivals. My obsession with the Legend of Zelda. My obsession with onigiri, even though I never knew that's what they were called until fruits basket. A lot of these obsessions are still going on, and I really hope I don't grow out of some of the ones that help to identify me right now. I love being a geek and I couldn't live without being a little out of the ordinary.

I'm sorry I couldn't include all of my friends that I've met thus far, but I know for a fact that you guys are just as much of geeks as I am. Some quick mentions: :iconhiddenshadowwalker: was there when I began coding my own website when I was 9 (I remember because she called me the best nerd ever on fictionpress that day) and :iconkajisan: was also in drama and anime club with me (along with :icontobi-kun-no-baka: in anime club, too)! :iconcarlyndra: was my fellow sailor moon lover from my elementary school days in summer sacc. and I know I've got lots of other nerd friends out there. Kayleigh doesn't count though, because she's dead, she has not seen anything in the history of ever, and she didn't like the labyrinth when we watched it. I still love my non-nerd friends like Kay, too, they just aren't getting as much of a mention because they aren't cool enough xD

Deviant Update: What I should be doing...

...is working on cross stitches...
...is deciding on a college...
...is going on college visits...
...is raising money for AD and the Italy trip...
...is getting a job...
...is not finding music for me car, no matter how much I want to...
...is not surfin' the net, not matter how distracting it is...

... but I'm not doing the things I should, and I am doing the things I'm not supposed to.
It's summer, can you blame me?

So my understanding is that for a booth at AD's artist's alley I should have at least 5 cross stitches done as examples. (and then take commissions.)
I've gotta finish a humming bird cross stitch first, because I started it and I've got to use the thread for that first.

I've also compiled a list of all of the colleges I've received information on in the last year or so via e-mail or snail mail. I told mom I want to visit colleges and since it looks like this month is the only time I've got free she said to make a list of those I want to visit. I really don't like looking for colleges because I have issues making up my mind. I don't even know a definite major yet. I've got it narrowed down to something with computers- more than likely graphics or animation.
I've looked up locations for Funimation, because they have a good internship program for animators/ artists, and what do you know? They have a location in Minnesota (not the city where I live, but the state which is close enough) and 2 locations in Texas, one of which is Flower Mound- where some of my relatives live in Texas. It seems to work really well, but I don't even know if I want to do something with Anime or not.
I always sorta had this image of myself in the back of my mind as working in one of those boring desk jobs in a cubicle. I wouldn't mind it, I helped mom with her job in a cubicle before but I wouldn't want to be stuck there for the rest of my life.

I went to Barnes and Noble today to get a book I wanted and get music for my car (which is one of the things I had on my not to do yet list) and spent like $50.00. It's not that I didn't have the money it's that I feel guilty doing it. I'm supposed to be saving up as much as I can so that I can go to both AD and on the Latin trip, both of which are sorta expensive. I've been mooching off of my parents for a while now because I didn't want to spend my own money and then I go out and spend a ton. Plus I'm spending money at the movies on Sunday, too. Gah! I just get so frustrated with myself sometimes. I have a job, but I only work 4 hours a week (at 10 dollars an hour). I mow lawns and I'd been doing really well about saving it up until today. Now that I can drive I'd like to get a better paying job, but I feel like it would eat up all of the time I'll need during the school year for homework and friends.

I really shouldn't even be on here right now, but I can't help it. I guess I'll just have to work harder at getting things on my "to-do" list done so then I can goof off later...

Deviant Update: Stress and MN-TX accents

This kind of post is copied directly from my Deviantart (or copied from here onto DA, although not in this case) because I am too busy right now to make two separate posts.

I've got to study for finals. I've got to study for finals. I've got to study for finals.

...This isn't working.

I'm not really motivated to take any of these stupid tests! It's like senioritis except I'm a junior. I've never really had this before. I mean sure I've always been a procrastinator, but I've got a weak point for deadlines. I don't like the disappointed feeling that I get when I don't get things done in time. Not like someone I know who likes to wave as deadlines pass her by *ahem* *ahem*

It doesn't help that I'll be missing a day of finals, either. I'm going to Texas next week Friday and I'm super excited! I would love my schedule for finals this year, except for the fact that I have to do make-up tests during my open hours.

Schedule is as follows:
Wednesday
1. Open- I need to finish the motor for my physics grade if not already finished.
2. English- work/presentation time. I'm already done with the project. I don't need to be in class.
***Lunch Break***
3. T.A.- I don't need to help Mrs. Milburn, who is gone for the rest of the year. Economics make-up test will be done during this hour.

Thursday
4. Latin- this test is gonna suck because I know nothing. Well... I know the stuff I should have known for last year (I always seem to be a year behind when it comes to this class)
5. Lunch- makes lunch hour extra long
***Lunch Break***
6. Math- I always do well on math finals for some reason. I don't particularly like math, but I do well enough in it.

Would-be Friday if I wasn't leaving for Texas
7. Economics- test will be taken 3rd hour. This one should be pretty easy. We're going to review for it on Monday and Tuesday next week and he got rid of some questions because of our fundraising efforts for Haiti.
8. Physics- building a motor, because we took our final early for all of the seniors in this class with me

Anyway, the reason I'm leaving for Texas is to surprise my cousins, one of whom is graduating this year. My grandparents and parents and I are driving down there in order to congratulate her and talk to my other 2 cousins that live there.

I'm more excited about something other than the fact that we're traveling though: the fact that my cousins have the BEST accents EVER! Seriously, they were raised in Minnesota part of the time like me, but they also have lived in Texas for a while, too. So they have a mix between a Minnesotan accent and a Texan accent and it's fantastic!

Last week in Texas it was 97 degrees! I can't wait for warm weather again, because lately all it's been doing around here is raining.

Deviant Update: Post Number 180 and New Schedule

Yay! This is my 180th post! It's getting closer and closer to number 200! I really want something special for the occasion, but I have no idea what to do for it...

(Below is copied right from Deviantart, because I'm lazy and have homework :P)
It's a new semester in school and my classes are actually pretty nice.
Class Schedule:
1. Apella- like study hall, except you can walk around the school. I live close enough that I just sleep in most of the time...
2. English with Brock- Amazing class, I sit near people I know, and not next to my annoying friend in that class. (*ahem* Raelynn *ahem*)
3. Teachers Aide for Milburn- Don't do much, but it's kinda fun. I get to see my sophmore buddies that I normally don't see in school since I'm a junior.
4. Latin with Sassenberg- I have this class with cassi and a bunch of other awesome people. This class is always my favorite, even if it is really difficult. It's hard to describe the awesomeness if you aren't in the class.
5. Lunch- self-explanatory. Not as awesome as the lunch of epicness last semester, but I've still got a bunch of friends in it.
6. Algebra 2 with Norman- SOOOO much better than Baumann. I just can't get over how much better this class is. ^-^ Plus my family has known Norman for years... which is kind-of awkward, but if you have a family like mine where everybody knows someone, then you get used to it.
7. Economics with Terpstra- I have this class with Bethany and a few other people. I like this class so much! Maybe not the subject matter, but definitely the people in it!
8. Physics with Grafstrom- The annoying classmate (*ahem* Raelynn *ahem*) I meantioned before sits behind me in this class, so it gets annoying sometimes... but Grafstrom is cool and I have a couple of other friends in this class so it's bearable for the rest of the year I guess.

Deviant Update: Fuck Studying I'm Going to Hogwarts

I copied this off of my DA account because I'm too busy to write something separate.

Finals Week. Week of Doom. Almost as bad as Tech Week (also know to the techies as the week of death) but not quite.

Finals Schedule/ Study Preparations:
Monday- normal class schedule in which we review for finals and/or do nothing

DAY 1
Math- 2 different pages of problems (about 1/4 of the way done) and a note sheet for the final
Latin- Studied some 'about the language' stuff and will quiz myself on verbs and nouns later
Lunch
Teacher's Aide- don't have to come back for this

DAY 2
Physics- Packet finished in class yesterday. I have an 89.4- if I get a good grade on the final I'll have an A.
Free Period
Lunch
Human Geography- Liar of a teacher didn't put the study questions online yet.

DAY 3
English- no idea what to study for the final, but she collected our binders so I can't do it anyway
Reading For College- I have the sheet of stuff to study from out notes, but I didn't bring my binder home. I am so lucky this is my last final.

No school Friday so teachers can grade.

If only I were a witch. Then I could worry about OWLS instead of this crap.