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Day 07 — A photo that makes you happy




It's a drawing of me by Angie. She posted this one time when I didn't use the internet for a while and they were "looking" for me. I especially love the rock on hand and my "I love Butch" tshirt.

Today a chicken got into our house and my sister woke me up with all her yelling. It's still unusual but she was screaming like if it was a bear instead of a chicken.





Sexy: When you do something good and people notice and tell you that you did a good job.
Unsexy: When you see that person online and you want SO bad to talk to them but you're a wuss and won't do it.
Song of the day: Don't Quit! Not Quite! by HeyHiHello!

Attendance could be better, she could have worn a different sweat

I was planning on going to Austin this weekend. I wanted to go to John Green and David Levithan's book signing. John Green is my favorite writer ever and the thought of seeing him in person would make my life complete.



But I realized no one could cover for me this saturday, and I really dont have that much money to spend anyway. So I will limit to wait for my copy of the book and patiently avoid reading any spoilers on the internet. And probably watch a couple of videos of the event because I'm absolutely sure there will be some on youtube.

Days are slow at work because it's the final week and some students havent come back from vacations. Still, I need the weekend already.

Sexy: An entire website dedicated to Lauren Graham's fashion style. :) Now if they'd only make one for Zooey Deschanel!
Unsexy: Sore feet.
Song of the day: Living Funeral by Dance Yourself to Death.

stop me swallowing your charms

Today I:
Got back to work so I'm exhausted.
This girl gave me a pen, decorated by her mother; last class she asked me what my favorite color was so no I have a black pen decorated with pink and brown and blue colors :) Then I told my adult class from the first level that they are getting a new teacher next week (cause we change every month) and they all said they're going to miss me and that they'll ask if I can be their teacher again.
My sister said it wasn't fair how I'm not even nice to them and they still like me. LOL

I forgot to pay my cell phone again and I need to call my dentist tomorrow, ARGH.


Day 05 — Your favorite quote

How can I choose?! I love quotes! I used to fill notebooks with all my favorites.

"I am if you want me to be."

"Bludgers. Nasty little buggers"

"Dere's sadness in the world, sure. But I choose to see the joy. The miracle is that we live. The responsibility of living is that we try to make the world a little better. Dirge, he don't see dat. Best he figures, I cry, I bury myself so deep in grief I become dead myself. Ain't dat easy, mon brave. I love these people. I love Rogue. I choose t' honor their lives an' what dey mean t' me wit' a celebration. My soul won't ever be lost, Dirge--because now an' always, I choose to laugh."

"Why do I need a girl? Are they collectibles now?"

"Heroes are SO last year."

"Don't let your cool stand in the way of being soulful. Life is too short. Too short to hate. Too short to judge. Too short not to live for. Don't let anything or anyone get the best of you or your heart and mind. If you are going down... go down swinging, singing, and loving."

"Hold your head high heavy heart"

“Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.”

“Hank, you’ll notice I’m apologizing to you for my husky voice but I’m not apologizing to our female viewers. To them I say…you’re welcome.”

"I can do whatever I like. I'm allowed to torture him as much as I want. He's mine."

"We live in the real world where deadlines and expectations are just part of making things work and getting by. How the hell have we let this happen?"

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."

"on the phone with my heart. i've tied my arteries tight, tourniquet style, just until we reunite and then i'll be whole again."

"I think everybody sees everything on YouTube. I think there's a whole generation of people that wear glasses because they're watching what previously was high definition television on this tiny imitation television, about two inches wide on a computer screen, all fuzzy."

"Once upon a time, I wanted to know what love was. Love is there if you want it to be. You just have to see that it's wrapped in beauty and hidden away in between the seconds of your life. If you don't stop for a minute, you might miss it."

"Whether I die today or 50 years from now, my destiny is always the same. It's you."

"Shoot for the moon, cause even if you miss, you'll end up in the stars."

"People are particularly stupid today. I can talk to no more of them."

"may music always be the brightest star that lights up your life"

"I picked my nose when I was little, then I picked music over sports and deer hunting"

"Let me tell u a little story about a man named sshh! Ssh! even before you start. That was a pre emptive "sshh!" Now, I have a whole bag of "ssh!" with your name on it. "

"You remind me of the babe."

"I'VE GOT THE CAR! I'VE GOT THE KEYS! I'VE GOT THE LOVE! I'VE GOT THE ROCK N ROLL DISEASE!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!"


Sexy: Boys who can cook.
Unsexy: The first day back to school. Forgetting something important and having to go all the way back.
Song of the day: Keep me a secret - Ainslie Henderson

Don't unplug me or just shut me down...

Today I:
Went to another baseball game with the family. These things are bad for me, I spend most of the time eating. They are always saying "Oh, and these doughnuts are amazing! You HAVE to try them!" Or "The pizzas are great! Let me get a slice for you." Sigh.

Today's topic is:
Day 04 — Your favorite book

Favorite BOOKS:
The Harry Potter series. I love the first one cause that's how it all begins. POA because it's the "happy" one, they win the Quidditch cup and Oliver Wood! The opening lines of the Order of the Phoenix give me chills:

"The hottest day of summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay over the large, square houses of Privet Drive. Cars that were usually gleaming stood dusty in their drives and lawns that were once emerald green lay parched and yellowing; the use of hosepipes had been banned due to drought. Deprived of their usual car-washing and lawn-mowing pursuits, the inhabitants of Privet Drive had retreated into the shade of their cool houses, windows thrown wide open in the hope of tempting in a nonexistent breeze. The only person left outdoors was a teenage boy who was lying flat on his back in a flower bed outside number four."

Apart from those, John Green. Looking for Alaska is probably the only book who has ever made me cry. I adore an Abundance of Katherines and I'm in love of Colin. I can't wait to read Will Grayson, Will Grayson :)

"I wanted so badly to lie down next to her on the couch, to wrap my arms around her and sleep. Not fuck, like in those movies. Not even have sex. Just sleep together, in the most innocent sense of the phrase. But I lacked the courage and she had a boyfriend and I was gawky and she was gorgeous and I was hopelessly boring and she was endlessly fascinating. So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk. Thinking about if people were rain. I was drizzle and she was hurricane."

Then there's the Jessica Darling series by Megan Mccafferty. I adore Jessica and her sense of humor, Marcus Flutie is my favorite male character EVER. BTW I won a signed copy of the last book because Megan McCafferty did a contest on twitter, you had to describe one of the books in six words. Now on the twitter contest I usually give them too much thought and write something that I think is very good and then they go and say "Let's give the prize to Whatshername cause she wrote 1000x entries and lets give her the award for her persistance." Crap. So this time I wrote many entries and won for "They make me believe in love" which I stole from Jessica herself, it's one of the lines of the last book.

My sister asked me if I was gonna be like those people who say they have won a writing award even when it was something they wrote in elementary school, and I might just do it haha hey, the judge was a published author! It has to count for something XD

Aaaand, His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman, it's been a while since I've read these but they're great. I love Lyra and Will and the idea of having a daemon and moving between universes. I don't like the ending so much but I understand why it had to finish that way.

Sexy: Marcus Flutie.
Unsexy: Hearing phone conversations from my cousin and her boyfriend. She keeps putting him on speaker and I seriously don't want to hear her sending him kisses over the phone.
Song of the day: Don't Unplug Me by ALL CAPS. Kristina and Luke did a super cute video for the song, go watch it.

Television

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Since today I did not do much, except for cleaning, sleeping, chatting and eating (yes, in that order), I found an internet meme to help me write something for everyday! I'm passing the first two days and going straight to today's which is:

Day 03 — Your favorite television program

Now, this is an easy one. GILMORE GIRLS. I remember seeing the promo for the first episode, when Lorelai tells the guy at Luke's diner that Rory is her daughter and Rory with her big blue eyes asks "Are you my new daddy?" and I was hooked. I watched every single episode until it ended. They stopped the reruns here, so I have to watch them on DVD, but I only have season 1 and 3 (presents from my sister), I guess she thought it would be funny to give me my most and least favorite seasons. (season 1 is the good one btw) Anyway, for my birthday this year I'm giving myself the complete series :)

Another tv show I love is Roswell. I ADORED Roswell, while everybody was busy worshiping Dawson's Creek, which is good but not as good as Roswell. Anyway, I was in love with Jason Behr and how freakishly in love he was of Liz Paker. I was also terribly sad when it got canceled. Reruns ended pretty soon after, obviously and I don't have the DVDs either :(

Everwood! I almost forget about Everwood, I usually go for comedies but I was in love of Ephram Brown. A sarcastic, musical genius who was completely cluless about how cute he was. Ephram Brown is my type of guy in real life.

And last but not least, Friends. Because it's Friends, almost everyone I know likes Friends. In fact, when students ask me what my favorite tv show is I always tell them Friends because not a lot of people have heard of the other 3.

Now I know all of these have ended so the only things I watch regularly right now is Glee, the Big Bang Theory and American Idol. Desperate Housewives whenever I have the time. I stopped watching Grey's Anatomy since George died. And well I told you I started watching Skins online.

Well, I guess that's it for today. I'm off to see a baseball game!
Have fun, be safe, take care



Sexy: Jason Behr, Gregory Smith, and Jared Padalecki.
Unsexy: I dunno. Not having food in your fridge. Not having eaten a single smore in this whole spring break aaand now owning your favorite series on DVD.
Song of the day: One Line by PJ Harvey from the Gilmore Girls Soundtrack :)

Bloggity Blog Blog Blog

Why hello there!

Today I:
Got up earlier than what I have gotten up all week. In fact, I don't even get up this early when I'm working. My parents, Aixchel and I went to see the Way of the Cross (or Viacrucis as we call it), which is a representation of the Passion of Christ. I hadn't gone in a while but two of my cousins were playing a soldier and the other was part of the crowd yelling to crucify him. It was mostly done by teenagers and I have to admit they did a very good job. When I was little I played part of the crowd too, and of course I had to go tell them that.

They set up the crosses in this small hill, and we were worried they might fall at some point but luckly nobody did. There was a moment though, when one of the "robbers" being crucified started leaning to his right; everybody gasped at that point but thankfully one of the soldiers grabbed the cross and didn't let him fall. You should have seen his face of relief when they got him down.

They did the representation in the morning so the sun wouldn't be so bad, but Aixchel and I got sunburned anyway. My mom lost her purse, and we had to go back to try and find it. We went to find a place that had morning tacos but the guy was closing when we got there, he said he had some pork left and potatoes but just for 2 orders for a group of six, so that was a no. Besides we can't eat meat today.

It was already noon and we searched a lot of places to find a decent breakfast but absolutely everything was closed. Just when we had given up and decided to stop at a convenience store to get some chips and sodas, my aunt and uncle found us and said we should go eat at a seafood restaurant. Now I'm not a big fan of seafood, but just being with my extended family, eating and chatting is one of my favorite ways to spend my time.

(If I do end up moving out soon, these are the moments I'm going to miss the most. So I'm trying to get as many of them as I can before I'm gone.)

Then we came home, ate some more, played Wii, took a nap for like 2 hours, said goodbye to Aixchel then watched some TV.

My mum made THIS today, it's like a Chamoy cake roll thingy. She made it with yam bean, carrots, peanuts and cucumber. It was good. I don't know where she gets these ideas.

Oh, and I started watching Skins, it's alright. My sister watches it and I never truly understood the plot but yesterday I was watching this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edE3cEhM0Mg and I got interested in it. I've only seen the first two episodes so I'm not sure if I like them or not. I like Tony tho.

TTFN

Sexy: Men in kilts. No, like, seriously.
Unsexy: Nose-blowing and throwing up. Please, don't do that in public.
Song of the day: Anecdote by Ambluance LTD. I love their sound.



ETA: Today is officially the day to Pre-order Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan. I can't wait to read it, it's by John and it's SO shiny! You should get it too.

BEDA

Good morning, good evening, good whatever.
Welcome to Blog Every Day in April, or BEDA. Now, to give you a little bit of background in case you haven't heard about it; BEDA was started last year by one of my personal heroes, Maureen Johnson,. A simple idea, put your thoughts in writing, or in a video, for a whole month. Such a good writing exercise.

Now, last year, around this time I was traveling or maybe too busy but I saw the idea a couple of days later when, being the youtube stalker that I am, watched Alex Day's videos for the complete first week of April. I thought, "this is so cool! I should give it a go..." But then I realized, starting a whole week later wasn't going to work. So I merely sat back and avidly read Maureen's blog and Hayleyghoover's blog and watched all of Alex Day's videos.

I promised myself I would do it this year if enough people were too, and of course this being the internet, a lot of people are doing it too. :) I realize this is like an hour and thirty minutes later, but hey, an hour and thirty minutes later is better than a week, right?

So here it is:

I commit to this idea and am determined to create something EVERY DAY in April, including weekends. Every day, I will find something to say. I embrace the reality that there is always something to talk about, if you are willing to take the time to look for it.

I Gaby M promise to blog every day in April.

Today I: went to the movies with some friends, ate a whole bunch of mexican food, and insanely texted all day.
Hah, I know it's not very good and it's not a lot, but tomorrow will be better, I promise.

I will also follow Ms. Hoover's example and tell you the sexy and unsexy thing of the day EVERYDAY, and a song recommendation; because I may suck at blogging BUT I think I think I can be good on these 3.

Sexy: Duh, Alex Day.
Unsexy: Dirty, greasy cornrows. In fact, any type of cornrows on nearly everyone but Marcus Flutie.
Song of the day: Get Over It by the Guillemots. IMO Fyfe Dangerfield is a music genius with a kickass name.