Every time I get back from Europe, I always have to ask myself "WHY is America so much infinitely lamer than the rest of the world?" Except Madison. I'm Madison's biggest fan.
I returned from London, Eng-a-land yesterday [August 30th] after being there for 8 days. 8 fantastically British days. Ashley, my mother, and I visited basically every tourist attraction imaginable. What's that? You'd love nothing more than to hear about them? Well, if you insist.
1.) Twinings Tea Shop. It's crazy famous all over Britain and their tea is wonderful.
2.) British Museum. It has a gi-mungo collection of all kinds of old artifacts like stuff from ancient Egypt and pieces of the Parthenon. Ashley made me take pictures of almost every single thing in the Egypt wing.
3.) St. Paul's Cathedral. It's really just a cathedral.
4.) Tower of London and the Crown Jewels. They're unbelievably sparkly.
5.) Gringotts! Well, where the shot the entrance in the first HP movie. It's the Australian Embassy in the Muggle world.
6.) Boat Tour of the River Thames. There could not have been more bridges.
7.) Westminster Abbey. The cool thing about it is that there are all these famous authors and poets buried there. Jane Eyre, Charles Dickens, etc.
8.) National Gallery. There are OODLES of paintings dating back to 1250 B.C. and up to the early 20th-century. They have some great pieces by Monet, Picasso, Da Vinci, and all the big names in art history.
9.) London Eye. The hugest ferris wheel on Earth. Also the slowest. One rotation takes 30 minutes. BUT! You can see all of London from up there and the views are phenomenal.
10.) Legoland! Yeah, we went to Legoland. We must have been the oldest people there. The best part was that they had built a whole mini-London out of Legos. Out of LEGOS, for Pete's sake. Best thing I've ever seen.
11.) Double-Decker Bus. GAH, they're way too fun.
12.) Millenium Bridge. You know in HP6, the bridge that the Death Eaters attack? That's this one. And I walked acr0ss it. We were sure the Death Eaters would come at any moment.
13.) Tate Modern. Basically the only museum in London with contemporary art. It has work by my favorite artists Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Jeff Koons. Look 'em up.
14.) Victoria and Albert Museum. Antique jewelry, crazy awesome furniture, a history of fashion, Roman sculptures, Chinese and Japanese cultural whatnots, and basically anything else in the art world you could think of.
15.) Kensington Palace. We had High Tea there. You know, with cute little finger sandwiches and a 3-tiered silver platter with scones and tarts. I felt so fancy.
16.) Harrods. London's department store the size of a freakin planet. The cheapest thing there was $100, I kid you not.
17.) Conveyer Belt Sushi! The little plates of sushi would come around on a conveyer belt and you could take whatever you wanted when it came around. I felt like I was in Star Trek.
18.) Stonehenge. Rock formations never seemed so magnificent. I got a pin that says "Stonehenge ROCKS!" Get it? Clever, huh?
19.) National Portrait Gallery. It only has portraits of people in it. There was one of the HP trio which made me really happy. There were also a couple of the Beatles. Yay!
20.) King's Cross! There's actually a Platform 9 and 3/4 that has a luggage cart halfway in the wall that you can take pictures by. It blew my mind.
21.) Phantom of the Opera. We saw it. Nuff said.
Go to London. It's great.
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Monday, August 31, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
August 2009
Good day to you all! August for Ali is eventful, indeed.
August 1-7: Camp Shalom, Verona, WI. My last week as a counselor for this year. It's pretty sad seeing as I had a lovely group of 4th graders, including one of my two favorite campers on the face of the planet. I discuss Pokemon with him.
August 9-15: Phantom Lake, Mukwonago, WI. A week of living in platform cabins, morning music, dirt cakes, Nuke 'Em, Chuck Tuna, hot weather, Craft Shop, t-shirt bracelets, and ridiculousness. Basically the happiest place on Earth [no, it's not Disneyland. LIES!].
August 20: Registration, West High. I'll be there between 3:00-6:00 pm. GAH schedule, how exciting.
August 21-31: LONDON. It's basically the only place in Europe that I've never been. That's a lie, but I don't much care. Ashley and I are going together and I cannot begin to fathom the amount of fun that will be had whilst in the UK. High Tea at Buckingham Palace, Legoland, Stonehenge, Phantom of the Opera, and british accents. I also plan on stopping at every fish 'n chips place in the city.
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August 1-7: Camp Shalom, Verona, WI. My last week as a counselor for this year. It's pretty sad seeing as I had a lovely group of 4th graders, including one of my two favorite campers on the face of the planet. I discuss Pokemon with him.
August 9-15: Phantom Lake, Mukwonago, WI. A week of living in platform cabins, morning music, dirt cakes, Nuke 'Em, Chuck Tuna, hot weather, Craft Shop, t-shirt bracelets, and ridiculousness. Basically the happiest place on Earth [no, it's not Disneyland. LIES!].
August 20: Registration, West High. I'll be there between 3:00-6:00 pm. GAH schedule, how exciting.
August 21-31: LONDON. It's basically the only place in Europe that I've never been. That's a lie, but I don't much care. Ashley and I are going together and I cannot begin to fathom the amount of fun that will be had whilst in the UK. High Tea at Buckingham Palace, Legoland, Stonehenge, Phantom of the Opera, and british accents. I also plan on stopping at every fish 'n chips place in the city.
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New Format.
I wrote a poem:
In case you weren't able to comprehend what I'm trying to convey in my Pulitzer Prize-worthy poem, I'm changing the format of my blog. I figure since I never have time to write because I'm out doing fun and interesting things, I would tell you about them. Like Carmen Sandiego. Except with me. Because I'm not Carmen Sandiego. I'm Alessandra. Hello.
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My blog is not working,
because I'm a fool.
I've too much to do,
whilst I'm at school.
You'd think during the summer all this would change.
Oh, how wrong you are, it just rearranged.
I'm always too busy,
No time for a blog.
But I've an idea: a new sort of log.
Since I always have somewhere to be,
I thought I would tell you [la dee da dee].
A new format is the answer for my sad little blog.
Now it's "Where in the World is Ali?".....frog.
In case you weren't able to comprehend what I'm trying to convey in my Pulitzer Prize-worthy poem, I'm changing the format of my blog. I figure since I never have time to write because I'm out doing fun and interesting things, I would tell you about them. Like Carmen Sandiego. Except with me. Because I'm not Carmen Sandiego. I'm Alessandra. Hello.
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Sunday, April 19, 2009
NEWSNEWSNEWS.
Gah! I'm CLEARLY not fit to write a blog seeing as I write in it about once every 3 months, would you say? But from now on...I'll write in it once a week! But week will most likely turn into month after a little bit. Oh well.
Let's get into our Alessandra Sports News! Gymnastics season ended in February/March [I can't quite remember which], and our captain Lauren went to STATE. Now, may I tell you that my captain and her sister, who just happens to be West's assistant coach, lead basically the exact same life?
1.) They both did gymnastics for Madison West High School.
2.) They both made it to State in gymnastics.
3.) They were both on Midwinter Court at West.
4.) They're both going/ are probably going to go to the UW.
5.) They both worked/are working at Badger Gymnastics Academy.
6.) They look the same!
Ridiculous. The odd thing? They hardly ever bicker. Perfect sisters.
In Ultimate Frisbee news! Season started up again and we have a BUNCH of people. We're all doing MUFA Spring League where we play games against other teams in Madison. We've won one and lost two. SO FAR! I imagine our season roster will stay at two losses. Wishful thinking. But it's going quite well, nonetheless. I recieved my first REAL disc yesterday and I'm pretty excited. Plus, we're going to our first tournament from May 9-May 10 in Minnesota! :D
In Friend news! Thalia's birthday was this week Thursday...or Wednesday...one of those days. So Happy Birthday, Miss Skaleris.
Also: Dana, Ashley, and Kendrick row together [with Connor who got his hair shaved into a ying-yang, just thought I should mention] and they got 2 GOLD MEDALS at their regatta! Is that not completely impressive? I sure think so.
Easter and Spring Break both went well. I helped paint both Margaret and Maddie/May's rooms and they look fantastic, If I do say so myself. I also bought $30 worth of half-priced Easter candy the day after which made me so very happy.
I suppose that's about it, for now. But WAIT! One more thing. Day of Silence was a success! I did my job as a Supporter with glee.
ALI'S HAPPY THOUGHT OF THE DAY:
The weather is FINALLY livable again! This means I can bike everywhere and I'm infinitely excited. Plus, my bike is the most spectacular bike on this Earth and I don't really care if you think otherwise because you think incorrectly about that.
ALI'S RANDOM FACT OF THE DAY:
Alessandra has added 2 more husbands to her already very large list.
1.) Bret McKenzie
2.) Jemaine Clement
They are the members of Flight of the Conchords, which is both a hilarious show and a marvelous band.
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Let's get into our Alessandra Sports News! Gymnastics season ended in February/March [I can't quite remember which], and our captain Lauren went to STATE. Now, may I tell you that my captain and her sister, who just happens to be West's assistant coach, lead basically the exact same life?
1.) They both did gymnastics for Madison West High School.
2.) They both made it to State in gymnastics.
3.) They were both on Midwinter Court at West.
4.) They're both going/ are probably going to go to the UW.
5.) They both worked/are working at Badger Gymnastics Academy.
6.) They look the same!
Ridiculous. The odd thing? They hardly ever bicker. Perfect sisters.
In Ultimate Frisbee news! Season started up again and we have a BUNCH of people. We're all doing MUFA Spring League where we play games against other teams in Madison. We've won one and lost two. SO FAR! I imagine our season roster will stay at two losses. Wishful thinking. But it's going quite well, nonetheless. I recieved my first REAL disc yesterday and I'm pretty excited. Plus, we're going to our first tournament from May 9-May 10 in Minnesota! :D
In Friend news! Thalia's birthday was this week Thursday...or Wednesday...one of those days. So Happy Birthday, Miss Skaleris.
Also: Dana, Ashley, and Kendrick row together [with Connor who got his hair shaved into a ying-yang, just thought I should mention] and they got 2 GOLD MEDALS at their regatta! Is that not completely impressive? I sure think so.
Easter and Spring Break both went well. I helped paint both Margaret and Maddie/May's rooms and they look fantastic, If I do say so myself. I also bought $30 worth of half-priced Easter candy the day after which made me so very happy.
I suppose that's about it, for now. But WAIT! One more thing. Day of Silence was a success! I did my job as a Supporter with glee.
ALI'S HAPPY THOUGHT OF THE DAY:
The weather is FINALLY livable again! This means I can bike everywhere and I'm infinitely excited. Plus, my bike is the most spectacular bike on this Earth and I don't really care if you think otherwise because you think incorrectly about that.
ALI'S RANDOM FACT OF THE DAY:
Alessandra has added 2 more husbands to her already very large list.
1.) Bret McKenzie
2.) Jemaine Clement
They are the members of Flight of the Conchords, which is both a hilarious show and a marvelous band.
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-Ali.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
For Lukas.
Mr. Lukas Clark has been annoying me for, oh...ever to mention him in my blog [even though I already do quite often]. Therefore, to silence his nagging, here is an entry dedicated entirely to Lukas.
Some Things I Like About Lukas:
1.) His hair, like mine, looks infinitely better when it is straightened and accompanied by a headband.
2.) He has a New Zealand accent which means he gets 1,895,467 fantastic points from Alessandra.
3.) He wears skinny jeans. I personally think that these are the key to all life on Earth. So props to him.
4.) He plays Ultimate Frisbee, which=the second-best sport in this universe. [First, of course, being gymnastics.]
5.) He has a freaking amazing taste in music. AND likes Sleeping in the Aviary. Which is perhaps the best local band in the U.S.
6.) The words that come out of his mouth formulate some of the cleverest sentences I've ever heard.
7.) He's really great friends with a certain senior who's name I won't mention.
8.) He snowboards. I appreciate anyone who snowboards because I took a month of snowboard lessons when I was about 8 years old and it was veryveryveryveryvery hard.
Some Things I Really Hate About Lukas:
1.) He's not in Madison right now.
2.) He had to move back to New Zealand.
3.) New Zealand is 19 hours ahead of Madison, which means I can never Facebook Chat with him.
4.) I'm pretty certain that a long-distance call to Madison from New Zealand would cost around what it costs to buy a house, so hearing his marvelous accent is out of the question.
5.) My days are not as brightened anymore because there is a 0% chance of seeing him in the hallways or at lunch.
6.) Ultimate Frisbee isn't going to be as much fun anymore. Although, I do still have all my fantastic Juniors and Seniors. But not my wonderful Kiwi.
7.) I miss him a huge amount.
There, Lukas. Happy? A whole blog entry just for you. Now STOP COMPLAINING!
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-Ali.
Some Things I Like About Lukas:
1.) His hair, like mine, looks infinitely better when it is straightened and accompanied by a headband.
2.) He has a New Zealand accent which means he gets 1,895,467 fantastic points from Alessandra.
3.) He wears skinny jeans. I personally think that these are the key to all life on Earth. So props to him.
4.) He plays Ultimate Frisbee, which=the second-best sport in this universe. [First, of course, being gymnastics.]
5.) He has a freaking amazing taste in music. AND likes Sleeping in the Aviary. Which is perhaps the best local band in the U.S.
6.) The words that come out of his mouth formulate some of the cleverest sentences I've ever heard.
7.) He's really great friends with a certain senior who's name I won't mention.
8.) He snowboards. I appreciate anyone who snowboards because I took a month of snowboard lessons when I was about 8 years old and it was veryveryveryveryvery hard.
Some Things I Really Hate About Lukas:
1.) He's not in Madison right now.
2.) He had to move back to New Zealand.
3.) New Zealand is 19 hours ahead of Madison, which means I can never Facebook Chat with him.
4.) I'm pretty certain that a long-distance call to Madison from New Zealand would cost around what it costs to buy a house, so hearing his marvelous accent is out of the question.
5.) My days are not as brightened anymore because there is a 0% chance of seeing him in the hallways or at lunch.
6.) Ultimate Frisbee isn't going to be as much fun anymore. Although, I do still have all my fantastic Juniors and Seniors. But not my wonderful Kiwi.
7.) I miss him a huge amount.
There, Lukas. Happy? A whole blog entry just for you. Now STOP COMPLAINING!
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-Ali.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Second Semester Freshmen?
Yes, I suppose you would call us Second Semester Freshmen. Really? Honestly? It seems like just yesterday that we were freaking out about where are rooms and lockers were, analyzing our teachers, finding fantastic new people to be friends with, meeting amazingly hot seniors to gawk at, and stressing out crazily over finals. HAHAHA! Wait! That last one really was yesterday! You guys, I seriously did not even realize that when I wrote it. Insane! Whoo, now I'm happy.
So, here's a weekend for you:
My Saturday began at 8:00 am to get ready for my big, important gymnastics meet at Memorial which started at 9:15. Would you like to guess what time it was done at? I'm sure you guessed wrong. Because it was over at 6:00. PM. Yes, that is almost 9 hours in the Memorial gymnastics gym, thank you for asking. So for this invite [the Spartan Invite] there were 11 teams from various towns in Wisconsin. There are 2 divisions; one that's really amazingly great at gymnastics and the other one which is basically the opposite. West happens to be exactly in the middle. Of course, they put us in the really amazingly great at gymnastics divison which meant we won absolutely nothing. But hey! We totally crushed the first place team in the bad division! I know, big accomplishment. Still, it was a pretty good meet for us. YAY WEST!
Afterwards, I was at the Orpheum with Maddie/May and her family to see this Children's Hospital Sing-a-Thon thing. There were these two strong black women who had amazing voices, which is what I was hoping for! So that made me very satisfied.
The next day after coming home from Maddie/May's, I found a text from Margaret inviting me to her house around 3:00 to study for our French final. Guess who I was greeted by? Her father. And Margaret wasn't there. So I walked home. In the horrible cold. For 10 miles. Okay, so Margaret lives 0.5 miles away from me, if that, and my father was waiting outside just in case this exact thing happened. Well, I wanted to make it seem dramatic!
ALSO! During my Geometry final, my iPod battery died and left me empty inside with nothing left to keep myself occupied except a pen and notebook. Obviously, you can guess what I did. That's right. I wrote a blog entry. [Haha, I tricked you! :D] I'll post that sometime or another.
ALI'S HAPPY THOUGHT OF THE DAY:
Laura, Riley, and I are having a Guitar Hero day this weekend and I'm really happy because Springman has the World Tour version WITH drums! Which I sort of kind of really freaking rock at. AND I'm amazing at guitar! I can just tell it's going to be a wonderful weekend.
ALI'S RANDOM FACT OF THE DAY:
Alessandra's bedroom is painted blue and green. One wall is covered in New Yorker covers and the opposite wall is taken up by random art and pictures. The average temperature in there is 58 degrees, a noticeable difference from the rest of the house, and I've seen the Dark Knight 7 times now. Just thought I should mention that.
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So, here's a weekend for you:
My Saturday began at 8:00 am to get ready for my big, important gymnastics meet at Memorial which started at 9:15. Would you like to guess what time it was done at? I'm sure you guessed wrong. Because it was over at 6:00. PM. Yes, that is almost 9 hours in the Memorial gymnastics gym, thank you for asking. So for this invite [the Spartan Invite] there were 11 teams from various towns in Wisconsin. There are 2 divisions; one that's really amazingly great at gymnastics and the other one which is basically the opposite. West happens to be exactly in the middle. Of course, they put us in the really amazingly great at gymnastics divison which meant we won absolutely nothing. But hey! We totally crushed the first place team in the bad division! I know, big accomplishment. Still, it was a pretty good meet for us. YAY WEST!
Afterwards, I was at the Orpheum with Maddie/May and her family to see this Children's Hospital Sing-a-Thon thing. There were these two strong black women who had amazing voices, which is what I was hoping for! So that made me very satisfied.
The next day after coming home from Maddie/May's, I found a text from Margaret inviting me to her house around 3:00 to study for our French final. Guess who I was greeted by? Her father. And Margaret wasn't there. So I walked home. In the horrible cold. For 10 miles. Okay, so Margaret lives 0.5 miles away from me, if that, and my father was waiting outside just in case this exact thing happened. Well, I wanted to make it seem dramatic!
ALSO! During my Geometry final, my iPod battery died and left me empty inside with nothing left to keep myself occupied except a pen and notebook. Obviously, you can guess what I did. That's right. I wrote a blog entry. [Haha, I tricked you! :D] I'll post that sometime or another.
ALI'S HAPPY THOUGHT OF THE DAY:
Laura, Riley, and I are having a Guitar Hero day this weekend and I'm really happy because Springman has the World Tour version WITH drums! Which I sort of kind of really freaking rock at. AND I'm amazing at guitar! I can just tell it's going to be a wonderful weekend.
ALI'S RANDOM FACT OF THE DAY:
Alessandra's bedroom is painted blue and green. One wall is covered in New Yorker covers and the opposite wall is taken up by random art and pictures. The average temperature in there is 58 degrees, a noticeable difference from the rest of the house, and I've seen the Dark Knight 7 times now. Just thought I should mention that.
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-Ali.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Millions of Apologies!
You guys, I feel bad because I haven't written in my one and only blog for, oh, ever. Therefore, this entry is going to be basically THE MOST EPIC blog entry I've ever written in my entire life. And I'm sure two whole people are going to read it. Poo.
So what's gone on in my life since December 3rd? Hmm. OH YEAH! Christmas. Good times. You know how people see their families during the holidays? And you know how some people's families live in really freakin awesome places? Well, my family isn't like that. Because they live in Alabama. Which is probably the most southern state in U.S. They fry everything, drive like they have to be someplace at that second [Which is obviously not true because they live in the south. Where is there to go?], and speak with southern accents. I guess the last one isn't that bad except all of my cousins are really tiny and young. Do you know how wierd it is to hear a small child speak with an ugly southern accent? Quite wierd, actually.
But Christmas wasn't all bad! I recieved some of the greatest gifts including an Andy Warhol print, new moccasins, a Wii, a Wii Fit, oil pastels, Guitar Hero World Tour, and DVDs of Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal. They make me very happy.
By the way, you would think that I flew to Alabama? Well, you would have thought wrong. Because we drove for 16 hours there and 16 hours back. That's a grand total of 32 hours in a car! Which is 32 more hours than I ever intended to spend in a car driving to Alabama.
That was Christmas. After school started up again, there was just an insane amount of gymnastics meets, including one in Mount Horeb that started at SEVEN IN THE MORNING. That meant getting up at 5:00 am. So now I really hate Mount Horeb. By the way, guess who's on Varsity Gymnastics? Yes, it is me! Good guess. I feel impressive.
Some movies! The Curious Case of Benjamin Button=boring. Yes, I know it was one of those movies that all the critics went absolutely crazy about but I thought it went on way too long. ALSO! I have evidence of it being a horribly boring movie! Mr. Lukas Clark fell asleep during it so HA. It's not just me.
Also, Milk. Oh my goodness gracious. That movie was so great. Sean Penn was incredible and very believable. All of the acting was just fantastic and it was a really good story to go along with it. Plus, everyone in that movie is an adorably gay guy which just makes for an absolutely wonderful movie!
I feel like I complain too much on this blog. So...NEW FEATURE! Ali's Happy Thought of the Day.
Today's happy thought:
Finals got pushed back a day! Very happy.
And finally...Ali's Random Fact of the Day.
Alessandra's favorite drinks are water and milk. I don't care if that's boring because those beverages are possibly the best things to be on this Earth. I don't care if I'm exaggerating, either.
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So what's gone on in my life since December 3rd? Hmm. OH YEAH! Christmas. Good times. You know how people see their families during the holidays? And you know how some people's families live in really freakin awesome places? Well, my family isn't like that. Because they live in Alabama. Which is probably the most southern state in U.S. They fry everything, drive like they have to be someplace at that second [Which is obviously not true because they live in the south. Where is there to go?], and speak with southern accents. I guess the last one isn't that bad except all of my cousins are really tiny and young. Do you know how wierd it is to hear a small child speak with an ugly southern accent? Quite wierd, actually.
But Christmas wasn't all bad! I recieved some of the greatest gifts including an Andy Warhol print, new moccasins, a Wii, a Wii Fit, oil pastels, Guitar Hero World Tour, and DVDs of Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal. They make me very happy.
By the way, you would think that I flew to Alabama? Well, you would have thought wrong. Because we drove for 16 hours there and 16 hours back. That's a grand total of 32 hours in a car! Which is 32 more hours than I ever intended to spend in a car driving to Alabama.
That was Christmas. After school started up again, there was just an insane amount of gymnastics meets, including one in Mount Horeb that started at SEVEN IN THE MORNING. That meant getting up at 5:00 am. So now I really hate Mount Horeb. By the way, guess who's on Varsity Gymnastics? Yes, it is me! Good guess. I feel impressive.
Some movies! The Curious Case of Benjamin Button=boring. Yes, I know it was one of those movies that all the critics went absolutely crazy about but I thought it went on way too long. ALSO! I have evidence of it being a horribly boring movie! Mr. Lukas Clark fell asleep during it so HA. It's not just me.
Also, Milk. Oh my goodness gracious. That movie was so great. Sean Penn was incredible and very believable. All of the acting was just fantastic and it was a really good story to go along with it. Plus, everyone in that movie is an adorably gay guy which just makes for an absolutely wonderful movie!
I feel like I complain too much on this blog. So...NEW FEATURE! Ali's Happy Thought of the Day.
Today's happy thought:
Finals got pushed back a day! Very happy.
And finally...Ali's Random Fact of the Day.
Alessandra's favorite drinks are water and milk. I don't care if that's boring because those beverages are possibly the best things to be on this Earth. I don't care if I'm exaggerating, either.
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Whoopsie Daisy.
Sorry, children. I forgot to tell you a random fact about Alessandra in my last post. I'm sure none of you care, but it makes me happy and takes up a couple of minutes of my day. So.
RANDOM FACT OF THE DAY:
Alessandra brushes her teeth every night with Vanilla Ice from the Crest Whitening Expressions line of toothpaste.
She brushes her teeth every morning with Lemon Ice from the Crest Whitening Expressions line of toothpaste.
I enjoy the flavors Crest puts into my mouth.
BONUS RANDOM FACT OF THE DAY: [How lucky!]
Alessandra is an avid Guitar Hero player and owns every single Guitar Hero ever released [Except for the Aerosmith one. Because Aerosmith kind of really sucks]:
Guitar Hero I
Guitar Hero II
Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the 80's
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Guitar Hero: World Tour
She is currently on the Expert level. Yes. That is the highest level, thank you for asking.
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RANDOM FACT OF THE DAY:
Alessandra brushes her teeth every night with Vanilla Ice from the Crest Whitening Expressions line of toothpaste.
She brushes her teeth every morning with Lemon Ice from the Crest Whitening Expressions line of toothpaste.
I enjoy the flavors Crest puts into my mouth.
BONUS RANDOM FACT OF THE DAY: [How lucky!]
Alessandra is an avid Guitar Hero player and owns every single Guitar Hero ever released [Except for the Aerosmith one. Because Aerosmith kind of really sucks]:
Guitar Hero I
Guitar Hero II
Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the 80's
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Guitar Hero: World Tour
She is currently on the Expert level. Yes. That is the highest level, thank you for asking.
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-Ali.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
A Little Change and Some Thanksgiving News.
Remember when I told you about my classes about, oh, 7 posts ago, I believe? Well, I would like to make some changes to this:
1.) The sophmores in my english class are great but Ms. Schoenholz is HORRIBLE. She may just be THE worst teacher at West High School. Or in Madison, for that matter. She doesn't understand high schoolers, which is not very good seeing as her job is to teach them. She takes everything we say seriously, even if it's a dumb joke, and then elaborates on it. For 10 minutes. She loves the sound of her own voices and repeats things about 8 times per class period. GAH.
2.) I hate Mr. Boyland. You know how I said he explains everything really well and he's a really good teacher? False. He doesn't explain anything to us and assumes that we know how to do things that we never actually learned. Well. I guess I have another year of having the text book as my teacher. Plus he looks like a pedophile and smells like old man gym socks.
Thanksgiving is tomorrow and I'm pretty darn excited. I haven't seen my cousins [They're faternal twins. Fun, I know], since I got my hair cut and I miss them! Also, I get to see my grandmother who can't hear anything and is just crazy. I love her to no end. One time, my aunt said she was going to get my four-year-old cousin Lia [I hate her with a burning passion], some crackers. Grandmother responds to this by saying: "A basket?!?"
"No, mom, some crackers."
"You wanna get her a basket?!?"
"No, mom, some CRACK-ERS."
"A CASKET?!?!"
HAHAHHAHA! Oh goodness. My family is a riot.
I feel bad for my poor father, though, because he hates to spend time with them. He hates loud. My family=the definition of loud. And he's forever annoyed with all of my cousins. He thinks their family is completely messed up. Which is more or less true. But oh well.
OH! And my grandfather? He's the nicest man alive. He sings opera in the basement everynight, plays piano everyday, and makes me punch his rock-hard stomach every time I go to Milwaukee. Which is where my family lives. Did I say that before? Guess not.
The one thing I hate about Thanksgiving in Milwaukee is that the turkey is never cooked correctly. It's always dry. Every single year. I hate gravy, so I have to deal with the horrible sawdust turkey. Next year, I have permission from my mother, grandmother, and aunt to make the turkey. SCORE!
Also, I'm really jealous of Thalia's Thanksgiving. Just ask her why.
So. I hope you all have a fantastic Thanksgiving and I hope I get out of Milwaukee without my father killing one of my relatives. :]
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1.) The sophmores in my english class are great but Ms. Schoenholz is HORRIBLE. She may just be THE worst teacher at West High School. Or in Madison, for that matter. She doesn't understand high schoolers, which is not very good seeing as her job is to teach them. She takes everything we say seriously, even if it's a dumb joke, and then elaborates on it. For 10 minutes. She loves the sound of her own voices and repeats things about 8 times per class period. GAH.
2.) I hate Mr. Boyland. You know how I said he explains everything really well and he's a really good teacher? False. He doesn't explain anything to us and assumes that we know how to do things that we never actually learned. Well. I guess I have another year of having the text book as my teacher. Plus he looks like a pedophile and smells like old man gym socks.
Thanksgiving is tomorrow and I'm pretty darn excited. I haven't seen my cousins [They're faternal twins. Fun, I know], since I got my hair cut and I miss them! Also, I get to see my grandmother who can't hear anything and is just crazy. I love her to no end. One time, my aunt said she was going to get my four-year-old cousin Lia [I hate her with a burning passion], some crackers. Grandmother responds to this by saying: "A basket?!?"
"No, mom, some crackers."
"You wanna get her a basket?!?"
"No, mom, some CRACK-ERS."
"A CASKET?!?!"
HAHAHHAHA! Oh goodness. My family is a riot.
I feel bad for my poor father, though, because he hates to spend time with them. He hates loud. My family=the definition of loud. And he's forever annoyed with all of my cousins. He thinks their family is completely messed up. Which is more or less true. But oh well.
OH! And my grandfather? He's the nicest man alive. He sings opera in the basement everynight, plays piano everyday, and makes me punch his rock-hard stomach every time I go to Milwaukee. Which is where my family lives. Did I say that before? Guess not.
The one thing I hate about Thanksgiving in Milwaukee is that the turkey is never cooked correctly. It's always dry. Every single year. I hate gravy, so I have to deal with the horrible sawdust turkey. Next year, I have permission from my mother, grandmother, and aunt to make the turkey. SCORE!
Also, I'm really jealous of Thalia's Thanksgiving. Just ask her why.
So. I hope you all have a fantastic Thanksgiving and I hope I get out of Milwaukee without my father killing one of my relatives. :]
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-Ali.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Maybe There Won't Be a Title for This Post. [NEW THING FOR TODAY!]
You guys. I've realized something. My life is the same exact thing every single day. Let me lay it out for you...
Monday-School. Quidditch Club. Gawk at certain senior whose name I shall not mention. Friend's House. Gymnastics. Homework. Sleep.
Tuesday-School. More gawking. Friends. Gymnastics. Homework. Sleep.
Wednesday-School. Lots of gawking. Friends. Gymnastics. Homework. Sleep.
Thursday-School. GSA. Stalk, gawk, drool. Friends. Gymnastics. Homework. Sleep.
Friday-School. LONG lunch, thank goodness. Still being a stalker. Friends. Gymnastics. Sleepover with May. [Yes, just May. I honestly have sleepovers with her every single week. It's a wonder her family doesn't just officially adopt me.]
Saturday-Sleep late. Piano. ULTIMATE! [Highlight of my life.] Sit around. Sleepover.
Sunday-Sleep late. Do absolutely nothing. Target. [Every week. Like clockwork.] Homework. Sleep.
The quality of my day depends on how many times I see/talk to the certain senior whose name I shall not mention. Sad, huh? I feel like my life needs to be spiced up. Sure, some weeks will have half days or no school days [Bless them.] and some sort of special event over the weekend. Those make me very happy. For the most part, I'm so unbelievably bored with my life I can't even explain. Don't get me wrong: I ADORE my life and I'm incredibly lucky to have all the opportunities/skills/crazy talent/complete fantastic-ness that I do. [:D] Maybe I'll start a thing...a thing where I have to do something different and exciting each day...perhaps that will work...suggestions? The "Help Alessandra Make Herself a More Interesting Life" campaign. Good deal.
In happier news, I have started a new part of my blog. [Another new, exciting thing for today!] Every post, I'm going to tell you a random fact about Alessandra. Fun, yes? Yes. Quite. Called..."Let's Learn About Alessandra So When We Have an Alessandra Trivia Contest, We Can Win." Ooh, I like that title.
RANDOM FACT OF THE DAY:
Alessandra has three heroes:
Monday-School. Quidditch Club. Gawk at certain senior whose name I shall not mention. Friend's House. Gymnastics. Homework. Sleep.
Tuesday-School. More gawking. Friends. Gymnastics. Homework. Sleep.
Wednesday-School. Lots of gawking. Friends. Gymnastics. Homework. Sleep.
Thursday-School. GSA. Stalk, gawk, drool. Friends. Gymnastics. Homework. Sleep.
Friday-School. LONG lunch, thank goodness. Still being a stalker. Friends. Gymnastics. Sleepover with May. [Yes, just May. I honestly have sleepovers with her every single week. It's a wonder her family doesn't just officially adopt me.]
Saturday-Sleep late. Piano. ULTIMATE! [Highlight of my life.] Sit around. Sleepover.
Sunday-Sleep late. Do absolutely nothing. Target. [Every week. Like clockwork.] Homework. Sleep.
The quality of my day depends on how many times I see/talk to the certain senior whose name I shall not mention. Sad, huh? I feel like my life needs to be spiced up. Sure, some weeks will have half days or no school days [Bless them.] and some sort of special event over the weekend. Those make me very happy. For the most part, I'm so unbelievably bored with my life I can't even explain. Don't get me wrong: I ADORE my life and I'm incredibly lucky to have all the opportunities/skills/crazy talent/complete fantastic-ness that I do. [:D] Maybe I'll start a thing...a thing where I have to do something different and exciting each day...perhaps that will work...suggestions? The "Help Alessandra Make Herself a More Interesting Life" campaign. Good deal.
In happier news, I have started a new part of my blog. [Another new, exciting thing for today!] Every post, I'm going to tell you a random fact about Alessandra. Fun, yes? Yes. Quite. Called..."Let's Learn About Alessandra So When We Have an Alessandra Trivia Contest, We Can Win." Ooh, I like that title.
RANDOM FACT OF THE DAY:
Alessandra has three heroes:
- David Bowie
- Andy Warhol
- John Lennon
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-Ali.
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