Good-bye. I am leaving because I am bored. - George Saunders
 
Well, I'm not actually leaving, but I am rather bored. But I find some comfort in the fact that I am not quite as bored as these people. I really don't feel the need to alleviate the tedious misadventure I now call my existence by hanging my body on meathooks on a public beach. Personally, I don't find that entertaining as much as I find it painful-sounding and completely disgusting. Oww....
 
I don't know if anyone else noticed, but Blogger totally messed with the "create new post" page. They make it so easy, you don't have to know any HTML at all to have a blog anymore. It kinda takes away from the pride of blogging. Now anyone can do it! Stupid folks at Blogger...

Cow.

Edit: 7:43 PM
 
Now I can't decide which story makes me cringe more, the meat hooks article, or this one.

I am not one of those who in expressing opinions confine themselves to facts. - Mark Twain

Hence.

I was out driving with my dad yesterday and I almost got in an accident. A lady was walking across the street (where there was not a crosswalk) so I slowed to a stop so she could cross. I slowed down gradually enough, that I assumed the person behind me noticed, but as I looked in the rearview mirror, the big Dodge Ram van behind me was coming up fast. They obviously weren't paying attention, so I had to jump back onto the accelerator to avoid being rear-ended. Somehow I avoided an accident with both the lady crossing the street and the van, but I'm still unsure of how I accomplished this.

The real kicker in that situation was what ensued mere minutes later. The same van changed lanes to my left, then cut on front of me without signaling, and finally changed lanes to the turning lane on my right. (Crossing over a solid white line I might add.) Some people just do not know how to drive. In any event, I will perhaps begin checking my rearview mirror more frequently.

This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. - Western Union internal memo, 1876.

I got a cell phone! Yay! I've been meaning to get one for a while, since i"M going to be driving and doin' all kinds of stuff next school year. This way my parents can keep track of me.

My mom actually bought the phone for me, but I'll have to pay for the service. It's a Tracfone so I think I can handle it. My phone is a cute little Nokia 1221. The only lame thing is that I can't compose new ringtones, and I can't seem to find a place to download them for free. Oh well, it's still cool.

In other news, I'm doing some work-ish thing for our family friends, the Southwicks, this weekend, so I may have cash for once! Joy. Also, I am a White House Staffer.

Cool.

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. - H. L. Mencken

What the...?

Yeah...Wow...

So anyway! Still not much goin' on. For the 4th of July my family (minus Nathan) and the Davis clan made our way over Blue Lake Park that evenin' to watch the fireworks. We got there at about 7:00 PM and since the display wasn't starting until 10:00 PM, I walked around the park a bit with Jenell and we did a bit of catchin' up. Suffice it to say, the fireworks didn't compare to the conversation that night.

Yesterday we (my mother and I) met up with Jenell and her mother for a grand shopping extravaganza to celebrate Jenell's birthday. We shopped for close to 7 hours, first at Lloyd Center Mall, then Gresham Station. I bought some stuff and that was cool, but once again, my conversations with Jenell easily out-stripped the actual shopping experience.

I have found power in the mysteries of thought. - Euripides

Sitting and thinking gets old fast. Especially when you get distracted every five seconds by random family members or modern technology you hope will rescue you from your near comatose state of boredom. I've got things I want to think about, but there's just too much going on around me to be able to really wrap my brain around anything of importance. Yuck.

In other news, our family just purchased a brand new truck to replace or dying van. It seems pretty nice. Joy.

Ugh, I'm so bored I had a dream about school last night. It was the first day or something and...stuff happened. I really don't remember too much except that it was the first day and my schedule was all screwed up. It's weird to think that I'll actually be getting my class schedule in about a month and then shortly after that, the new school year will be started. Summer is going by fast. Monotonous, but fast.

*sigh* I need a vacation...far far away...

Veni, vidi, vici. - Julius Caesar

This weekend was fraught with much activity.

Friday
4:30 PM-9:00 PM* - Turned pages for piano teacher at wedding rehersal
9:00 PM-11:00PM - Watched J.A.G. (handsome men in uniforms *swoon*)and Monk with family
Some time long after that - Went to bed

Saturday
3:00 AM - Woke up sick to my stomach. Owwwww...curse that milkshake....
10:00 AM - Woke up later than desired and had to rush to get ready to leave
11:30 AM - Left house to turn pages for my piano teacher at the actual wedding ceremony
12:30 PM-2:20-ish PM - Wedding thingy
2:20 PM-3:15 PM - Raced from downtown Portland to Boring to sing in the church choir for patriotic services
3:15 PM-6:30 PM - Patriotic services at GSCC (More cute guys in uniforms *swoon*)
7:00 PM-1:00AM - Jenell's 16th birthday party: games, karaoke, movie, stuff...;)

Sunday
1:15 AM-2:00 AM - Showered, ate, crashed.
5:00 AM - "Hate...alarm clock...*kill*
7:00 AM - "Augh! I'm gonna be late!"
7:30 AM - Donuts, back to church again
8:00 AM-12:20 PM - Patriotic Services: revisited (See above *swoon*)
1:00 PM - Left for Lafayette to attend a family reunion, joy
2:30 PM - Arrived, joy
2:30 PM - 6:00 PM - Family goodness
6:00 PM - 8:00 - On the road again...

And now I'm here...typin' stuff...joy

*All times are total estimates. I don't really remember much of anything from the last few days.

An optimist is the human personification of spring. - Susan J. Bissonette

Not much went on today. I woke up late, ate lots of breakfast food long after the times most people consume such foods, and I played KOTOR. In the mid-afternoon I went to get a haircut, (which turned out nicely)and did other various errands with my mother. But anyway, that's boring and you probably don't care. The true reason I'm here is to bring you this news flash:

Brad lives!

That's right everybody, Brad has returned to the blogging community. Joy.

That is all.