Just like you CD

Allison Iraheta was on American Idol last year and was the third runner up. She was only 16 years old when she was on American Idol and by far one of my favorite contestants. She had a very different voice that many people associate with Kelly Clarkson and Pink. For being only 16 and having that powerful of a voice I thought she was one of the best on the show. She has since came out with her first CD. It is titled Just Like You. When i heard about the CD release I immediately looked online and read some reviews about the CD and sampled some songs. I'm not one to spend money on things i don't need or want badly. After listening to her music I could not wait to purchase the album because everything I had heard I loved! I bought the CD last week and have since yet to get tired of it. I love every song on the album and sing them all. I love blare her music all through my car and belt out the tunes. My favorite song off the CD at the moment is Still Breathing but I still love all the other songs. I'm so glad that I bought this CD and do not regret spending 15 dollars on it. It is well worth listening to and getting a taste of Allison Iraheta.

Atlas Shrugged

The latest book I have been reading is "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. This book was written i believe in 1957 and is considered a "classic". The author was convinced to write about her philosophies and the views of the world and she decided to make a fiction book about them. This is her longest novel with over 1100 pages. So far this book is very interesting. I am really enjoying this book. This book has even made me angry with some of the socialist ideas that the fictional characters have and demonstrate. The government in the book is very socialist also and there viewpoints are strongly resented by rand and she therefore makes them the antagonists. This is a very clever way to write a fiction book, not to make it some lovey dud love story but with substance and decisions and logic. I love to read a wide variety of books and this book is unlike other fiction books that i read and i can't wait to see what will happen. The very first line is "who is john galt?" I have come to find out that this is a repeated question in the book and means don't ask questions that don't have answers. This quote, to me, speaks mountains and i love how it can be used and the confusion it brings to people. It is a senseless quote but i believe it's very powerful. I looke forward to reading the rest of this 1100 page book.

2009

My favorite memories of 2009 were:
1. My favorite memory of 2009 and one of my favorite ever is getting accepted to Unversity of Evansville and getting direct entry for physical therapy at Unversity of Evansville. This is one of my favorite memories because as of this very moment i have a spot reserved for me in three years after I get my bachelor's degree I am automatically into the graduate program for physical therapy. I absolutely love UE campus and every little thing about it and can't wait to go to college.
2. Over the Christmas break i started going out with someone from Catholic and this is my second favorite memory from 2009. I think this guy is very different from anyone i've ever dated and I haven't been happier. I really like being with him and am glad i met him.
3. During August i was in Booneville for a pitching lesson and afterwards me and two girls from my travel team went fishing in the pond behind the building. This is one of the funniest moments ever. After we got done fishing everyone of us was covered in mud and fish water.
4. In September i went to Catholic's homecoming and this was one of the funniest nights of my life. I had never actually danced at a dance and all my friends were there and it was a blast! i was still hyped up about for like a week afterwards and that was all i could talk about, was how much fun i had at a dance.
5. I played summer ball for the Indiana Stingers this past summer and had never had more fun playing the sport. I met soo many great people and will not forget any of them. I was the only one from Kentucky and we constantly joked about this and many other things. I miss them all the time and wish that i had more time to go up there and spend it with them.
6. For spring break our varsity softball team traveled to disney world to play. this is one of my favorite memories because i got to hang out with some of my really good friends and bond with more people. I will never forget the dance party and our april fools prank.

Christmas List

Since I haven't made a Christmas list yet for myself, I suppose this would be the perfect opportunity to make one:
1. brown belt - should be brown but not bulking and must have some type of simple jewel or embellishment on the buckle, but has to be simple and not overpowering.
2. new purse. Big enough to carry items in and be a nice happy color. Can't be black, i hate black. must have pockets inside also.
3. Khakis. I have a pair of khaki that i wear to work. they are hideous and i hope that no one will ever see me wear them outside of work. I wear them there because no one can see them because i'm behind a counter and i don't care if they get dirty. But the khakis i want will be nice enough to wear out and not to feel embrassed, they must have pockets in the back and the color will be dark but not too dark, darkish tan but not too tan. Also i wouldn't mind another less attractive pair for work.
4. Clothes. Every girl wants more clothes. I would like some new clothes that are sweatshirts but don't have apollo written on them. I have too much apollo wear. Also i want long sleeved clothes that will actually keep me warm but that itsn't a sweatshirt or a sweater. Even though i don't know of anything that would keep me warm that isn't a sweatshirt or a sweater.
5. Jeans. I haven't bought any jeans in quite a while so i'm long overdue for some new ones. The pair jeans must have pockets in the back, loopholes and the design on the butt can't be ugly. Also i want jeans that don't drag the floor, because all mine drag right now because i'm so short. I don't have a preference on color other than it has to be jean color blue, not weirdo yellow or something.
6. Camera. The camera i have now is old and doesn't take good pictures worth crap. I want one of the newer ones that will actually take a picture and where it won't be blurry. I don't want a Kodak, because Kodak is what i have now and they are dull.
7. Laptop. I would like to have a laptop for new school year at college. Right now this is not my number one on my list because i'm not sure what i want. and i don't want it to sit around for half a year wasting away before i have to use it.
8. UE sweatshirt. I am going to UE and i want to flaunt it. haha
9. Mini fridge. This will be for college next year. Also not my priority at the moment but something i will need later on.
10. Shoes. I want some shoes that will be different from everyone else's. Not tennis shoes but casual shoes that i could wear with anything like sperrys. but i don't want any more sperry's because everyone else in the world wears sperrys. Maybe some rainboots or something else unique.

Right now this is my list but i'm sure there are more things i just don't know them. I'm happy i actually have the luxury of making a christmas list unlike so many others in the world.

Attitude

“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes.”

I found this quote and find it very interesting. I never thought about how much of an impact attitude is on our lives. I always been preached by my mom to have a good attitude about everything and if i have a bad attitude about something then i won't enjoy what i'm doing. Attitude is judged by the outside and can make a difference on how people percieve you. I strive to have a good attitude about everything but i know that i fail miserable. There are many things that i hate to do and have a hard time conceiling that sometimes. Attitude can be seen in alot of things we do: in our faces, body language, and the way we talk. there are several people i see and remark on how they always seen angry about everything but i'm sure there are some people that think i'm a bitter person. I dont believe i'm a bitter person but i do have alot of problems with my personanality that i want to change. Attitude is one of the first things i need to change, but one thing i think that is more inportant than attitude is self confidence. this affects attitude. Self confidence is the biggest thing that affect people's life.

One Semester Left

There is only one semester left!!!! 2 9-weeks left!!! This is the most exciting thing. In 5 months i will be graduated and on my way to college, University of Evansville. I can't wait to get out of these walls. People here treat us like 5-year olds. Seriously no backpacks! That's one of the things I liked about Apollo. And these people can wait til the end of the year when the seniors are gone before they create this rule. Someone has too much power. Just because kids can't carrry around drugs anymore doesn't mean they aren't going to do them at school. If they are determined to bring them to school they are still going to do it. Also the halls are another thing I can't wait to get rid of. When I visited UE, there was no one ever in the halls and plus the halls were twice the size of ours. And people were not overflowing the place. I would see some people studying on couches, some outside walking around, but I didn't ever see a swarm of people anywhere. It was sooo nice. Another thing I can't wait to get rid of is the immaturity. These freshmen run around the halls screaming and laughing like they own the place. They act like 1st graders not freshman, and there is soo many of them. They never go away and they always cause problems. These are just some of the many things about Apollo that I can't wait to rid myself of. Graduation here I come!!!

School Laptops

Complaining is a pretty easy thing to do. So I will complain about our school's laptops. I've had the same laptop for 4 years and until this past month have never had to take it to the help desk except for when the screen cracked. Lately I've been having problems with these pieces of junk. It seems that my laptop loves to play freeze tag. It loves to rest a couple days and then when i get it out to do some work, it will coraporate for a few hours with no problems. But then my laptop will get excited so it decides to freeze up on me. I think to myself, ok that's ok, i was almost done anyway, I'll just finish it up in a second. So i will restart my computer and while i'm logging in, it will freeze again. Now i start to get frustrated. I restart the computer again and log all the way in but when i began to open the document or webpage, the laptop will freeze up. Now my patience is to the end. I furiously restart the computer but it's never the same as when i was first on it. I can't get my work done now and i have to think of a way that i can transfer the info somewhere quickly before it freezes again so i can finish my assignment. so that's what i'm doing now, typing on my brothers laptop by the fireplace at 1145 because my computer is a piece of CRAP!