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ahhhh...a new month. its vitalizing and yet so sad. although busy. october is by far my favorite month. so nice.

well i got my senior pictures. my dearest uncle took them and i love them. heres one!

<----------its real serious, but i like it. sometimes smiling is overrated in pictures. ==]<-- alien smiley! lol. anyways. lately ive been getting over the birthday fevers. mine, and then baileys. she had her party this past weekend, on halloween, and a guy came.....his name is devin and hes been texting her for months now and supposedly they like each other but they never met but he knew one of her friends and idk. it was an ordeal. whatever. anyways, my mom called his mom and it happened, he came to the party. it was surely strange, but it worked out ok. they like each other still so thats interesting. he must have been intimidated by the billion friends and family over for her birthday. but whatever.

so my birthday....was excellent. tons of family came, and thats always great =] we had so many people here, i didnt know who i wanted to talk to lol. i kept running back and forth from everyone. luckily michael and liz were there to keep aaron occupied so i didnt have to drag him around everywhere on the escapades. but i cant even believe im eighteen now. it seems so strange. i cant believe im there already...i feel no different. though, i guess i am. i must be, i mean. whatever. all i want to do is paint and watch movies. what do i know. anyways, i had a great birthday and i just....dont know what to do now. haha.

school year is going fast...its already one fourth of the way over and its incredible that i wont have high school every again in not more than a few months from now. its just crazy. i dont know whether thats exciting or terrifying, but its definitely one of the two....

well, ive got an episode of FlashForward waiting for me. if you dont know what that is, i suggest you check it out. its crazy interesting. anyways. i love you all and i will probably see a bunch of you this weekend in cinci! =]

cheers.

<3

say no to capitalization.

hurray for the beginning of a very exciting next month and a half. in the upcoming month and a half, i have homecoming, columbus shopping, my birthday, senior pictures, baileys birthday, elyses brothers birthday (which totally isnt as obscure as it sounds.), two of my very close friends weddings, halloween, and possibly the RenFest. depends on how well i can manage my schedule, i suppose. and then the month after that is aaron and my's year and a half, which isnt that important, but come on....a year and a half. sheesh. =] and also aarons 22 birthday. i cant believe hes so old. its amazing....geeze. i feel so young. and yet i dont, because i am turning the very grand 18. Grand? ha. great...woopie. now i can smoke and vote. sooooo exciting. oh and i can serve alcohol....so i have no real reason to object my dads friends pleading looks when they ask me to run and get them a beer. hahaha. just kidding.

basically right now im just trying not to pull EVERY hair out of my head. too many colleges, too little time. and the tea and sweats only cure temporary stress, ive got a whole other year of it left. and also....just as a happy plus....i think i have a cold. super. oh well, i guess. stuff happens.

well this weekend, aaron and elyse and i are driving to columbus to go dress and stuff shopping for homecoming. it should be pretty fun. elyses date to homecoming lives there and we figured it'd be fun to go visit him. hes real nice. cute, too =]. so we'll see how this all goes. im actually excited for dress shopping, although i havent the slightest idea what i'd like to wear. we all talked about a 70's theme. or 60's. either way....we just wanted to wear those cute pencil skirt housewife dresses haha. they are so great and we know of a few shops that have them there. so maybe we'll find some stuff. i sure hope. otherwise we have about another week left before we are totally....totally screwed. no pressure though haha. whatever. it'll be fun even if we dont get sweet clothes....us four crazy kids throwing our shenanigans all over town....what will we do next!!! ha. see the funny thing about that is that elyse and my's definition of "Partying" is putting on sweat pants and watching How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days while journalling. real wild stuff. thats ok.

well. have fun doing whatever your doing. right now i am just desperate to get back to my T-Vo. woot.

cheers. <3

well here we go. a few weeks into the school year already, and so far i am liking it. although i guess i should be...im a senior and i dont do anything lol.
college visits this weekend. leaving early tomorrow morning.....we're going to kent state, akron, and cleveland state. so thats gonna be semi fun. im not really sure if i know anything about any of them except the size and VERY GENERAL location lol. but it'll be good to get out there and visit some schools anyways. we'll see. after that, i'll be home with aaron. next weekend we are going homecoming shopping in columbus, which is cool. im excited i guess. not totally lol. i'd actually enjoy looking presentable this year so i hope i find something nice. i think elyse and aaron and her date and i are all planning on coordinating our outfits with a 70s theme. we'll see how well that works out lol.
and then the weekend after that is....an art thing i have to do in cincinnati. showing my portfolio and stuff somewhere. idk. whatever. sounds fun i guess, but my mom did the whole thing, i dont know anything about it. and that same weekend is homecoming that i have to be home for so i am gonna be BUSY. bleh. not to mention...my birthday.....and baileys birthday and halloween coming up.

BUSY. and yet bored. how does this work.

Tip of the Week: a website Pandora.com. its pandora radio and you type in a song or artist you like and it finds others similar to it. lol. its so cool.
cheers <3

the last few drops of my summer withering away

well. gotta write fast because im going to work soonish. the college hunt is going much better. i've chilled a bunch. i went and saw Miami University and i actually kinda liked it. i didnt think i would, but i kinda did. my mom said something that kinda changed my entire outlook on things. she said that no matter where i go, i will love it because its mine. i agree with that and also...i feel much better. especially sinse we agreed to go get iced cream after every college visit. hahahahhhaaahahhaha =] lol. perrrrrfect.
so basically.....i went to cincinnati last weekend and im going again this weekend. ive been there so many times in the last month and a half...its crazy. this weekend im going to play Dungions and Dragons with aaron and his friends. im partially thinking the quote from Courage The Cowardly Dog, "the things i do for love....". and yet again, im excited. i read a chicks guide to D&D and it actually sounds fun. i guess it became known for its nerdiness and teenage boy attraction, and so no one actually pays attention to it anymore. but it actually sounds like a fun game. weird, but fun. we'll see. i may be turning into a dweeb before your very eyes. if so, im not mad. im happily a dweeb if it means i get to spend more time with aaron. i cant get enough of that kid.
aside from that, nothing else has been going on. elyse is constantly busy now that shes home from michigan so its like shes not even home. surprise surprise. that was sarcasm. im not surprised. i kind of expected this. although im not upset either because i became so used to hanging out with aaron all summer, now hanging out with her is kinda weird. i fell head first into nerdy stuff and boy talk and now i dont know what to talk about with her. im sure it'll fix itself in a few weeks but for now its just odd. but fair is next week! i dont know why i used an exclamation mark.....i havent been excited for fair sinse i was a little snipper. now i mostly go....eat....feel bad about eating...then rush through the animal barns with my nose plugged. then...go home i guess. the games are a waste of money and the rides scare the crud out of me because im paranoid. and the music is just awful. well, ok. except for the time that Meatloaf came and played at our fair. that was pretty sweet. my dad took me and it was so fun....i love meatloaf lol.
well. im off to get ready for work.
Tip Of The Week: if you can, you should check out a show on Comedy Central called Tosh.O
it starrs a comedian named Danial Tosh, whom i think is hilarious. its kinda raunchy, but mostly just really funny stuff about dumb tapes he finds on the internet. i am addicted.

cheers.
<3shelbyrene.

i hate this site sometimes. i just wrote a whole page worth of stuff and i was complaining about how last time i was on here, it deleted itself and it just happened AGAIN. so now im doubly frustrated and fighting with elyse so im about to eat one of the multiple children running around my house *fumes and breathes heavily like the hulk*

ok. lol. time to take my mind off it. aaron....got a new job. a place called TechSolve. its in cincinnati. he really seems to like it so far, but then again it is only the second day so there is still plenty of time for massive pain and suffering. we'll see. im disappointed that hes back in cincinnati for the rest of the summer, but i guess it cant be helped. he needs the job and the job needs him. he says he'll come home every weekend though cause he feels bad about leaving in the middle of his summer. we'll see.

so yeah. sigh. all i want to do right now is magazine shop and go to concerts. but apparently its time i grow up because i have a very limited amount of time left before i have to apply to a college. or multiple colleges. and i have to get all the visiting done and stuff. and what if the perfect college for me is out there and i just dont know about it? what if i go to some stupid college that i think is OK but is actually just a mediocre version of an AWESOME one that could've given me so many more opportunities. and while im thinking about all this, bailey is upstairs putting on makeup cause she thinks mom wont notice, blaring music, and trying on different outfits for her busy day at the pool. i remember that age. and i was never that carefree. why is it that she grows up the flirt, rulebreaker, and party child when i was the mellow, honest, but totally distastful of everything child. why do i get to be so worried about my future when she is so ignorant to everything? life. sigh.

anyways, i guess it'll all be ok. aarons here to help, even if elyse isnt. and hes been through it all semi recently so he knows. which is nice. ALSO...he has a hedgehog named Ruby. so......thats helpful. keep that in mind. lol.

well. i guess thats all that has really been going on my way. i made some bracelets for momo, marty, mary, and boopie. they all match. i like them, i hope they do.

well anyways. thats all for now. i have work soon and i want to look semi decent today. lol.

cheers.

<3shelbyroo.

yes, i know. its been a while. ive been so busy, though! sooo so busy. heres some things going on:

1. moms birthday was yesterday, AND her race. she did well and had a good birthday.

2. I prepared for and took the ACT last saturday. it was exciting, but also long and stressful. i think i did well. my goal is a 30, so we'll seeeeeeee.

3. Grease is progressing. only two weeks left until the Performance! less than that, actually. dang, its getting close. im excited, but also its going to be nice not to have to go to practice every night lol. hopefully, whoever can make it will come. it should be decent. i hope.

4. im painting the set. all the detailed work im doing by myself, unless i can get elyse to help. but im in charge of the painting of EVERYTHING. its stressful, but i guess i probably wouldnt trust anyone else doing it.

5. tons.....TONS of art projects. so many. all over the place.

6. aaron and i have gotten into this new thing....idk. its kind of like a culture? like...a genre or a lifestyle or idk. its called steampunk and its neat. its like steam powered machinery and the 1800's mixed with modern things and idk. its odd. but its really cool and i love the jewelry that comes out of the fan base. so thats neat. we'll see how it goes.

so yeah. i can t reallly think of much else. bailey went to a

dance last week. she looked pretty=]------------------->

and she was so tired when she got home....it was crazy. its like she left looking so beautiful and i curled her hair for her and mom let her wear makeup and she got a new dress and stuff. and she must've really danced the night away because this is what she looked like when she got home....

yeah. i dont know what happened.

lol im just kidding, you guys. thats some kind of nasty monkey that i found online. its so creepy.

so yeah. anyways. on saturday, for cast bonding, i believe, the Pink Ladies of grease went on a girls night. we went to the drive in (and froze our butts off, but it was real fun) and had a ton of fun. it was great. im not even normally close to those girls but it was great. we saw Fired Up, which was actually pretty good, and Mall Cop, which was funny lol. we ate junk food and goofed off and it was just good. sunday, like i said, was moms birthday and i didnt get her a present....i know what your thinking....im a bad daughter. but...i didnt get her a present because i MADE HER

ONE......weeeeeeehooooo. lol. i made her a big

square dish with a bowl in it for chips and dip when people come over. wanna see? yeah you do...----------------------------------->>>>

i like it. =] its got designs all over it and stuff. i made it out of clay.

oh...also! for the first time every, i gave blood. it was fun! i was so excited. it barely hurt and it was weird but i didnt get faint or pass out or lose any color like other people did. i guess im just cool like that, right?

yeah....im a champ. =]

well. =]

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Sick of this month.

Sick of school, sick of work, sick of play practice, sick of not seeing aaron, sick of homework, and just plain sick. literally. i've been out of school for three days and sick all the weekend. ugh.

the funny thing is that i love february normally. the weather is clearing up right now though and i hate this inbetween period where the weather cant really make up its mind and it may get cold again, but for now its warm and really ugly and wet with black snow-slush on the sides of all the roads. its so ugly everywhere, i cannot stand it.

BUT good news everyone, its Valentines Day on saturday =]. i love it! my mum makes me heart-shaped toast with red sprinkles and everything that day is pink and heart shaped. we're big on holidays at my house. =] and why not be!? plus....don and max are coming =]. it should be a great weekend.

and more good news....Aarons coming home this weekend. i miss him a ton. it really is hard doing a long distance relationship. and when i think about it....it really isnt that much distance. i dont have a lot to complain about compared to some people. but...its so hard not to see him. even if he is a creeeeeeeeeeeep =] like the picture? its one of my favorites of him haha. hes so silly. i got him a valentines day present....its hilarious. but he reads this, so once again, i cant say what it is. ALSO im taking him out to dinner. that'll be fun. i think we're going to Bob Evans. now, i know what your thinking: Crimony, thats real romantic. i know, i know. its not really the hot spot of valentines day. its actually pretty much the old people capital of the world. but they have great pie! and we're comfortable with each other, so we dont need to do real fancy stuff. im just happy to have him home again! i dont want him to ever leave, but that cant happen. im selfish with him.

well. thursday and friday, i was terribly sick. which was an inconvenience because thursday was lucas's birthday. i only had a lil sliver of cake cause i didnt wanna recolor the carpets, and i didnt get to go to Lukes Bar/Grill with them for dinner. but i sang happy birthday and opened presents with them. i looked gross, but i did. i made him a fleece tie blanket that was orange on one side and had the Browns team stuff on the other side. it was pretty cute and he loved it =]. actually HE was pretty cute....

hehe. awwwww. so the little party was fun. grama came and the cake was delicious and he loved his presents and had a happy birthday. unfortunately, as lucas continues to get cuter.....

bailey and darby seem to be heading down the opposite direction. lol. look how gross they are sometimes. but no, they're cute sometimes. and.....


as always, im a princess. haha. just kidding. but...my hair is blue! yeah. you can kind of see it. it mostly made all my hair blackish/blue, and the white tips are now bright blue. i didnt like it at all at first. but now...its not AS bad. i even kind of like it sometimes. i think i am ready for my hair to be normal again, though. even though its only been blue for a little over a week. Elyse did her hair purple, but only the underneith part of it. its REALLY pretty on her. her hair is real blonde, so the dark purple under it sticks out nicely and it looks good. i think purple is a good color for everyone though because it looked good on Momo, it looked good on me last summer and now its lookin good on elyse. blue is poop. =]

oh. and something else interesting happened. we've had a malfunction in the Father department. he slipped on the ice and has been hobbling for days. he first believed that he had blown out both his knees. now he thinks he only sprained the right one, because its still swollen and still hurts. when it happened, he slipped and he swears that he did the splits at his knees and that his shins went in opposite directions. he says the insides of both ankles were touching the ground. i didnt see it happen, but i did see him crawl inside the house and lay on the floor for like an hour. poor kid. i think he'll be ok now, but he had to stay home from lucas's Build-A-Bear party in Ft. Wayne, as did i. we were a sad pair, moping and shuffling around the house all day. i was sick and he was a cripple. we played xbox and watched movies and i ate so much soup it was practically coming out of my nose, though. so it was ok. we missed the festivities, but not the fun! lol gross. yeah, we missed the fun.

well. be careful, kids. dont slip on ice or get sick. neither are fun and you WILL miss build-a-bear parties.

cheers.