KD’s thoughts on schtuff
Firstly, I must say this: I cannot even describe how awesome DC’s Live in Atlanta DVD was. Well, actually, yes I can. It was awesome. Beyond awesome. Phenomenal. Remarkable. Unbelievapendoustrific!!! Magnificredible!!!! Fantabamarvalicious!!!! And much, much more!!!!!! Oh my gosh! I’m still on this weird high after seeing it! They put on one hell of a show, y’all. And that’s saying something for me, because I usually try to avoid using the word “hell” in civilized conversation. Wooooo! And I thought their last World Tour DVD was good! OK, I’m done. I swear.
Anyway.
I have over 5 sources for my research paper, woohoo! And we’re working on making a gravestone for Tawny. Oh, and poor Amber has bronchitis! She gave me a humongous hug today, so I hope I don’t catch it. (Is it even contagious?)
Now I have no idea what to say. OH YEAH. I talked to my English teacher, and she promised to find a quieter place for me to take my tests from now on. BOOYA!!!! SCORE ONE FOR KD!!!! Wow, I’m (once again) in an odd mood. Must be my lingering DC high. Yeah, I know, I promised not to talk about it anymore. Wait. Actually, I didn’t! I never promised. I just said I was done. Well, now I’m done being done!!!
Wow those chicks can sing! Even when dancing their butts off! And all of their solo performances rocked! Michelle held this note for like a minute! Kelly had the whole audience playing this echo game with her. Beyoncé got to demonstrate her ridiculously huge range. I swear she can do more octaves than Mariah Carey. And they did some a cappella harmony type stuff, which was soooooo cool. And it was so neat to hear the thousands of people screaming the words to their songs right along with them. Wow, I want to be in their position someday… though perhaps not wearing their clothing…
OK, I’m getting tired. I shall depart for bed now. I hope we didn’t have any English homework, ’cause I’m totally not doing it. Parting thought: WE’RE A FAMILY–A LITTLE DYSFUNCTIONAL, MAYBE–BUT THAT’S OK!! (Quote from Kelly in the special features section. Mwahahahaha)
KD
Hmmmm…
There’s this one book I read a while ago called The Boyfriend List. In it, the main character’s mom has this business where she tours all over the world, giving passionate, inspirational speeches. She calls this tour “Alaine Oliver, Feel the Noise!” Well, her daughter goes to see this psychologist because she had a panic attack, and the psychologist says she’s living her life in a very passive way, just like her mother. The girl laughs and says, “My mother? Alaine Oliver, Feel the Noise? Passive?” And the shrink says yes, because Alaine Oliver rants and rants about stuff, but never does a single thing about it. She’s all talk and no walk. I’m worried that’s the way I am. (Were you wondering what the point to that story was?)
OK, here’s why I’m suddenly comparing myself to a fictional character’s mother. You know, toward the beginning of the year, when I said I was going to talk to my English teacher about getting tests Brailled instead of read to me? Well, she’s still a stone wall about it. She won’t even Braille 20-question vocab quizzes like the one on Friday!!! So I have to take them in the room of one of the resource teachers. And she’s a wonderful person. She’s really nice, doesn’t treat me like a baby or condescend me, and she really wants to help. But the thing is that while she’s trying to read the questions to me, she’s also trying to keep control of the class she supervises. It is not a good atmosphere for a quiz or test. At all. And it’s a good thing we went over the answers she marked down for me because she did one wrong. And it’s not like I blame her; she had a lot going on. But there has got to be a better way to do this.
So the reason I think I’m like Alaine Oliver is that I can rant for hours in this diary about how I’m perfectly capable of standing up for myself, but then I can’t even find the courage to make my English teacher see that having oral tests in a room filled with talking, laughing kids is more than a little frustrating. But I’m going to try again Monday. I’m not sure what I’ll say, but I don’t want to just sit and have a big ranting pity party for KD anymore. I want to fight for what I feel is fair.
Well. Now that I got that out, I have some exciting news: my DC, Live in Atlanta DVD is on its way! It shipped Thursday, and doesn’t even come out until Tuesday! How cool is that?
I am now gonna (legally) download some songs. See y’all later. Parting thought: I TOOK THE HOURGLASS, LEFT THE SAND, YOU GOT TIME ON YOUR HANDS!!!! (Lyrics from “Little Goodbyes” by SheDaisy)
KD
I’m baaack!
You know what’s sad? I had 2 snowdays and I didn’t write a single entry in this diary! Ah well; I did get my sonnet done! I had to do an Italian sonnet with a theme of love. It ended up being about Tawny. I could type it out for y’all, but I’m entirely too lazy.
In other news, I have a dorm assigned for college! And it’s a single! Yaaaaaay! It’s not like I would have minded having a roommate, but I’m the kind of person who goes insane if they don’t have a little tiny bit of alone time each day. And you know what’s funny? I was at this one camp twice, the first time with a roommate, the second time without one. I spent more time out of my room when I didn’t have a roommate.
You know, it’d be really cool to have a pet pig. They’re really smart, and I heard about this lady who had a pig that attacked an intruder in her house! Isn’t that cool???
Well, there’s KD’s random thought of the day…
In related random news, my father is odd. Tonight, we went to this banquet so I could accept a medal for an essay contest, and I was told to introduce my parents. So I was like, “This is my dad, and next to him is my mom.” And what does Dad do? He starts bawling! Don’t ask me why; I do not know. Apparently, I was acting so professional about it. OK… so every time I behave in a professional manner in front of Dad, he’ll burst into tears. Wow.
This was a very weird entry, wasn’t it? Well, I’m in a very weird mood today. So I’ll just toddle on off to bed now. Parting thought: MAIDA, IF YOU’RE READING THIS, I MISS YOU! MMMMWAA!!!
KD
Wow I’m staaaarving
Hello all! I am back!
You know what I want right now? A huge, steaming bowl of Wisconsin mac and cheese from this really good restaurant in Lincoln. Oh wow, I’m drooling. Excuse me whilst I slurp.
OK. Anyway…
I’m still trying to get all my scholarship crap in order. I also need to write a letter to the Commission for the Blind, asking them for a BrailleNote Mpower (the latest and most awesome version of the BrailleNote) and a DAISY player, which will let me read special books on CD. Oh, and I have to work on my sonnet. And my research paper. And I’m going to Hastings this afternoon to visit a friend. That should be fun because I’ve never been to her house before.
Well, this entry may just win the award for pointless rambling. But you know what? I don’t care. And about that mac and cheese…
Oh yeah, parting thought: OH MY GOD YOU GUYS, I TOTALLY JUST CONSUMED OVER 300 CALORIES. THAT IS SO NOT SEXY!!! (Quote from “Stupid Girls” by Pink)
KD
‘Tis me
Hi. I’m back, and I’m so tired. Again.
I just got done with a 3-day stay at the place I will be spending my summer, the Orientation Center. In those 3 days, I learned: blindness is neither a handicap nor a disability, but a characteristic (think about it); the basics of knitting; how to distinguish the distance of traffic by sound cues; there is such a thing as Grade III Braille; frozen microwave meals are good; Scategories is a fun game; and finally, their piano is waaaay out of tune. And a lot more that I probably forgot. So yeah, I’m tired. Can you imagine what I’ll learn when spending 3 months there?
You know, the great, famous, Kelly Rowland once said, “My first kiss was in 7th grade and it was awful! I’m trying to forget it!” Well, mine happened 5 years later than hers, but I know exactly where she’s coming from. Oh my gosh! I’m surprised I haven’t had nightmares yet! If y’all want details, ask and I might be up to sharing, but I’m not posting this story on the world wide web. Sorry.
I’m listening to B*witched live, and they’re sooo good! I luuuuurve that group! Best peppy Irish-y pop around. G, you can kill me later for putting “best,” “pop,” and “Irish” in the same sentence, but I don’t care. Again, I’m too tired, and too full of Chinese food, to care.
I almost spelled “care” as “car.” I have taken this as a sign that I must be off to Dreamland. See you later! Parting thought: PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC, WHITE BOY!!!!! (Lyrics from a song remade by B*witched)
KD
Entry #42!
Hi people! Did you know that this is officially my 42nd diary entry? Crazy, no? 42 pages of rambliness!
I just got back from my last camp with the Commission today, which I think is extremely sad. I miss my friends already! We really need to keep up the correspondence.
On a happier note, Kaitlin and I are going to prom! I’m honestly not that excited about the actual dance, but the post-prom party should be cool.
I’m really tired and typing this while lying on my bed, so it’s kinda difficult. I shall rant later, perhaps tomorrow but perhaps not, since I’ll be exhausted then too, because of post-prom. At camp, Maida and I stayed up and talked until 2 in the morning Thursday (well, Friday technically), and I still haven’t recovered. But we never get to talk, so it’s OK.
All right, I sleep now. Sorry, Lost Skeleton of Kedavra joke there. Parting thought: THE NEW BEYONCÉ FRAGRANCE ROCKS!!!!! (I have a sample, teehee)
KD
Why meeeeeeeeeeeeee?!!!!!
Hi. I just put that title to this entry so it would catch your interest. Did it work? Mwahahahhahaa!!
No, really. Right now, I’m relatively happy with my life. True, a 20-page research paper due in April can hardly be considered fun, but I’m managing. My English teacher and I are getting along at the moment, and I don’t think about Tawny so much now. I mean, I still think about her at least once a day, but the pain is starting to go away. Wow. That sounded just like a country song, didn’t it?
Destiny’s Child has a new DVD coming out!!!!! It’s called Live In Atlanta, and I’m so getting it. They have KILLER concerts! Also, Kelly Rowland has this awesome song out called “Flashback,” which is at the end of the Seat Filler DVD, so I own it! I can play it over and over and over! I also have Ryan Cabrera, Tamyra Gray, and SheDaisy in my brand-new lovely 5-disc-changer stereo. Did I tell y’all I got a new stereo? No? Well… I totally got a new stereo. It was worth the money, too; that thing has POWER!!!
Anyway, I suppose I should go do my English homework, or the amity (ha! Vocab word!) between myself and my teacher won’t last long. (Just in case you don’t know, amity means something along the lines of peaceful relations.) Parting thought: THE MISTAKES YOU MADE WEREN’T THAT BAD!!! (Lyrics to… you guessed it… “Flashback” by Kelly Rowland!)
KD
Still sick!
Hi. Apparently, my last image uploading didn’t work too well because the pic was too big. Well, I’m not gonna mess with it anymore. I’m blind, for cryin’ out loud! Let the sighted ones bother with things such as pictures! I shall obsess over Kelly Rowland’s upcoming sophomore disc, thank you.
My throat still hurts, but my aunt, who is a nurse, doesn’t think I have strep. That’s a relief; I got it in 7th grade and it wasn’t fun at all.
Another exciting development? I found Aslyn’s official site! (I haven’t done the HTML linking thing in a while, so hopefully it turned out OK.)
Well, I suppose I should go… I don’t know… I have no energy whatsoever right now. So I’ll go mope around and ponder my pathetic existence. Man, that sounds so depressing! Parting thought: WOW… I’M MORE LIKE ME THAN I THOUGHT!!!!! (Yeah, another quote from The Seat Filler. G, you can hit me later. If you really want to. Or if you care…)
KD
I’m sick!
Hi. I’ve been sick since yesterday. Totally not cool. There is this all-consuming pain in my throat! I really hope I don’t have to get my tonsils removed. Right now I’m eating a tropical-flavored cough drop which tastes like old toothpaste. I like honey-lemon waaaay better, I must say.
I did watch my favorite parts of The Seat Filler again today, though (AKA every part where Kelly makes an appearance). I’m so excited that I’m able to access DVDs on my computer now!!!!!
On a completely different note, how would y’all like to see a picture of my puppy? This is the first image I tried to upload, so hopefully it turns out all right.
There she is! Ain’t she cute? We put the towel on her because she was cold. That was actually taken about 4 days before she died. I still miss her a lot, especially on sick days like this when she used to come and curl up at the foot of my bed.
Well, I shall go and leave you with this: I’M AS JOE REGULAR AS THEY COME! I LIVE IN A CRAPPED UP APARTMENT, AND YES I REALLY DO TAKE THE BUS!!!!!!!!! (Shouted by Derrick in The Seat Filler in response to a comment made by Jhnelle)
KD
