1. Never, ever give up. If you want something bad enough, you work your ass off for it. When it all evens out in the end, you are thankful for the work you did and regret what you didn't work for.
2. People come in your life for different reasons. They may come to teach you something, to give you a friend, to help you through something or to help you build a relationship. Sometimes you don't understand what they're doing. It might make you angry, happy, uncertain or excited. You'll eventually figure out the lesson you learned.
3. Hold on. Things get tough. You need to pull through. Sometimes the hardest things in life make you a better person. You can use your experiences to help others. Hold on to your bike.
4. Never take anyone for granted. You may have many friends, but if you don't tell them that you appreciate them and be a good friend to them, you can lose them. If you have someone who is always there for you, be ready to return the favor. You can lose anyone in a second
5. Don't conform. People try to shove you in a mold. You don't need to change who you are for success. You can be like those three kids from New Jersey with funky haircuts, eclectic styles, and attitudes like you have red bull running through your veins and end up a success. People try to change you. Don't let them. Stay who you are. People try to twist and take away your sense of reality. They make you into the person they want you to be. Don't let anything change who you are, unless it's for the best. Don't try to get inside my head, 'cause what you see is what you get.
6. Love completely. Never throw the word 'love' around. Love is more than a four-letter word. It's being 200% happy and excited. It's being there for the person you love, even when you're 1000 miles away. It's knowing that the person you love can't always be there to talk to you, but the love and feeling is still there in their heart.
7. There are some amazing guys out there. Never settle for an okay relationship just because you think you'll never find anyone. The best guys are worth waiting for. I'd rather never have a first kiss than spend it on someone who I don't love. I'd rather spend my life alone than settle for someone I know I'll never be completely happy with.
8. Go the extra mile. You can make someone's life a little better if you just do one extra thing to help them or cheer them up. You never know, the favor may be returned.
9. Never underestimate the power of a good attitude. An extra smile or dose of excitement can completely turn someone's day around. No matter what, put on a smile. It could just brighten someone's day, whether you know it or not.
10. Give 100%. You can be tired, pissed, heartbroken, or sick. That's no excuse not to give everything you have in all circumstances. You can have just ended a two year relationship. Still, give your life your all. Make them smile. There's so much more I could write, and probably will soon. It might not mean much to you, but this means a lot to me & I'd appreciate feedback. Thank you <3
~Alexandra
i combined 5&7 and replaced 7 with one of my own reasons :P
5&7 had the same ideas &i liiiike them :]
some people feel like they have to be friends with everyone.
i guess if you're friends with everyone you're never bored... you always have something to do and someone to talk to.
i think if you're friends with everyone, you need to have a strong sense of self. actually a lot of things require a strong sense of self. LIFE requires a strong sense of self, hahah. but yeah, being friends with a lot of different people, you have to know who you are, or those people will change you. you'll think you're doing something good for yourself -- conforming to what all those people want you to be, but in the end you'll be left wondering who the heck you really are. yep, not everyone in the world is as awesome and righteous as my high school group. and if being compatible with all those people was worth losing yourself in the process. that's why people don't get along, because everyone's different, and will make different friend groups.
i lost myself in highschool and found nonconformity one year ago. thank you, jonas brothers. no wonder i was never happy in highschool. and i couldn't quite find the reason either, till now. ^_^
"When you get into a car accident, the other person always gets out of their car and looks at you like it's your fault." - Dane Cook
LOL!!! that's so true!
1.5 MORE DAYS TILL MY DEMI CONCERT!
.5 more days till our funday celebrating Helen's bday in Berkeley and SF!!!
- im so freeken:
cheerful
what?! i gained 15 pounds and i'm not fat?!
HOW SKINNY WAS I BEFORE?!
O_____O shiz i could have worn all that awesome stuff.. like REAL skinny jeans. crap.
KEVIN JONAS IS GETTING MARRIED.
WHAT A BOMB OF RANDOM SURPRISE.
omg.
i was shocked when i found out but now its like, mmk, he's getting married, no big deal XD ahahahahah
at first my reaction was like.. i couldn't stop omg-ing and WHAT?!-ing! hahahhaha it rocked mannn
went to borders and read on thursday, caught up with all the magazines and gossip ;]
friday, had a full out wondergirls day, made a vid for them
today, gonna go take my driving test? oh wait its closed today. FIREWORKS TODAY. at shoreline!
sunday, to the movies with jess! year one, up *gets killed by the helens*, the hangover, transformers, and either ice age 3 or my sisters keeper. AWESOME LINEUP, RIGHT??
monday, kathys bday!! something simple yet special.
and i'm going to the movies again with dynna on wednesday -- it's only a dollar mhm
same movies, maybe... those movies are so awesome that i could watch em 10 times in theaters. ESPECIALLY THE HANGOVER. OOOMG. wow. that's going on my must buy movie list.
He's Just Not That Into You
Role Models
I Love You Man
The Hangover
i love the witty dialogue! gosh i'm turning into such a grownup :P
i'm gonna sell some of these random asian series that i have on DVD that i never watch... on CRAIGSLIST. OMG SERIOUSLY... I LOVE CRAIGSLIST SO MUCH. i'm 17 and IM SELLING STUFF! TAKE THAT EBAY, with your ridiculous prices! i'm gonna sell all my junk!!! omg, i can't wait. i wonder if people will actually buy my junk. like my random unused 40$ chocolate fountain -- all it does is sit in my corner... and my hannah montana speakers, i never use that anymore. should i sell my wii? i'll think about it. it's absence might make me want it more. LOL i would never buy anything on craigslist though, haha. ironic. kinda.
so friday!! we got up at 10 (hah, funny how we consider 10 early when we used to get up at 5:30 for apes.. and 9 was a blessing on collab days) and called up janet, called up jessica, ate sandwiches, and planned our day around jessicas random trips to grocery stores. so she drove us to walmart, we helped her count the cereal boxes for a project, and went off and played with stuff :D jumped in some flowers, blew on some pinwheels, and had a jolly good time! the day is sooo much better when you wake up really early.
then went over to savemart, more filming and randomness, put more flyers around, posed and etc.
OFF TO EAT! indecisive us, we find a good parking spot, take awhile to park, get out of the car, walk towards the entrance, open the door, walk 10 steps in, and realize that the best food court is over there by luckys, and leave. LOL. but not before putting up a few posters! starbucks then inNout, yummmm caffe vanilla frap on a hot day. like sucking up heaven through a straw. janets like i dont have an accent! and im like you have an american accent! everyone has an accent! and shes like ive heard i have a california accent, so we wonder if we all have one too. so we make a bet -- we try not to say "like" or "oh my god" for the rest of the day, and for each like/omg, we have to pay everyone 10 cents >:] i ended up saying them 12 times in the next 30 minutes. LOLLL not worse than jess though, 13. dynna was like 9, and janet was like 4... but that's so cheating, she didn't wanna talk and mess up :P so when she said soemthing, it sounded like a robot. like. there. was. a. period. after. every. sentence. then my house! home base. we took HOW LONG.. building the letters W O N D E R G I R L S out of our bodies, STANDING UP. not lying down on the ground like wimps. standing up, yeah! throw yo challenges at us, life! gravity?! HA i laugh at gravity! we did it! ;D the S was the hardest, the R took the longest. i love O. so simple, so clean looking, no heads stickin out anywhere.
then janet had to go home so we took some pyramid pictures, filmed a bit more for the video, and me+dynna went to jess's house to edit since she had to get home too. didn't edit, just talked for 4 hours. LOOOL it was fun! we planned summer, made an actual list... but we need dates. like, actual days where we go to the beach, have a waterballoon sprinkler watergun party, attempt to make a real souffle and croissants, GREAT AMERICA is on the list, and so is WICKED. must go, must see. gotta happen, or else. right now im looking forawrd to meeitng demi O_O omg meeting demi, i'm scared. i'm seriously scared. even if she probably wont remember me at all. ahhhhhh but excited. scared but excited. demi~ my first concert and now my first meet and greet! :D and my first soundcheck! hahahahah
and i thought this would be short.
irony
maldo andwae~
THE WONDER GIRLS ARE LIKE THE SPICE GIRLS OF KOREA. PERFECT. PERFECT. i always felt like saying they were the pussycat dolls of korea felt weird... Spice Girls of Korea. girl power and all.
the girl groups are awwwwesome! but the guy groups are embarassing XD
especially when they try to rap, oh god. it comes out with an accent. an asian accent speaking english is not "bad", man.. that's just embarrassing to listen to X] big bang, dbsk, and suju needa give it up. please giiiive it up. stick to pop. rock. jazz. do not cross over to hip hop. if you do, rap in your own language! anyone would sound like a retard, rapping in something other than their country's language... seriously. constructive criticism. how would chris brown sound rapping in chinese? exactly.
- im so freeken:
cheerful
Hmmh?
SHE'S GOING INTO LABOR
OHHHHH, for a second there I was like "What city is that??"
OH MY GOD
*LOL*
Wouldnt it be horrible if someone's wife was like "I'm going into labor!" and her husband was like "Where's Labor??"
*LOL*
And like "Do you need the car?"
6/27/09; Van's car on the way to Berkeley
me jess van
Tremi
is a joke.
*phew*
They were kidding.
I am alive. XD
Backyard tea party on Monday!
Finger sandwiches, scones, crumpets, tea cakes, and 15 different types of tea. <3 No kidding.
- im so freeken:awake
people are the way they are because life's occurrences as well as the way they were brought up have made them that way.
and people always get mad at people for being the way they are... but should someone really be punished for becoming a horrible person (at times) when their childhood and upbringing wasn't under their control?
so thats what they mean by putting yourself in someone else's shoes. not just considering the other person's side of the situation, but considering why they think the way they do, and why they're in that situation in the first place. is anything REALLY anyone's fault?
youll notice that people who act out or do things at the expense of others, haven't had a very nurturing/supportive upbringing.
Sluts, dependent people, selfish people, spoiled people... all turned out that way because of something that happened earlier. could be a nasty childhood, could be the pressures of high school... it's always something, likely out of their control.
think about that before you get mad.
I don't even care about looks anymore. I'm tired of hearing people being all "He's hot!". All I can think of is how superficial they're being right now. Though I do it too. Much less often, hah, but I do it too.
Dear Santa, send me an ugly guy with Joe Jonas's personality.
And PROPS TO LUKE! For not believing in the Friend Zone. Sounds naive, but it's the smartest thing I've heard since I started visiting over there.
High five, I don't think I believe in the Friend Zone either.
Helen said something about him saying that he'd wanna be good friends with a girl before thinking about getting into a relationship with them. &She said something about how it takes awhile to get to that stage.
It might take awhile to get to that stage, but I bet that relationships that start out as goodfriend-ships last longer, and if they have to end, they end without the disaster and "ihateyou"s that most relationships end with. I dont like putting technicality on love but the statistics do exist.
Carefree comes with its dangers.
Dad: You know what's the #1 killer of women out there?
Grace: I don't know... that HPV thing?
Dad: Low self esteem.
so true.
from Secret Life Of The American Teen, so far it's a really cute show :] i liiike. i'm up to ep2.
- im so freeken:
contemplative
WHAT?!
WHAT????!
huh??
DEMI AND TRACE CYRUS??
Somebody kill me!
What the heck?!
I thought they were just kidding!
Wth, he's like... 5 years older than her.. this is illegal!
And on top of that, he's extremely creepy.. and ugly.
EXCUSE ME FOR GOING TEENIE AND ILLOGICAL, BUT DEMI... WHAT THE HECK.
The right thing to say would be "oh we should just stay out of their lives... its their decision." blah blah.. etc.
But OH MY GOD.
WHAT... THE... HECK, DEMI.
THIS GUY, OVER JOE?!?!?
WHAT??
wha... HUH???
You're just kidding right?
They're kidding... they've GOT to be kidding.
Seriously.
This is wrong on so many levels
and yes, the right thing to say would be "Oh love is boundary-less." but THIS IS SO WRONG.
Your friends' brother who's 6 years older than you?! WHAT???
If you're not kidding, you need a slap in the face.
Yesyes, this is just like Miley and Justin.
Yeeeees, I supported Miley&Justin... but not at first.. eventually I found out he's a cool guy though.
But this is SO WEIRD.. I'm in shock...
TREMI?! ARGGGGHHHHHHH
Whatever happened to.... Jemi.. T_T
oh the dream
lets keep hoping
i guess fairytales dont happen too often
or maybe theyre right in front of my face in different forms
either way... jemi's the dream
lets watch some jemi vids.
LOL
if this was any other couple i would comment myself and be like "why cant you just support them? it's their lives." but joe and demi are so perfect for each other... SIGH. why can't they realize it already.
joe needs to get over the hot girls
demi needs to get over the bad boys
and SEE WHATS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM.
demi - *punches joe in stomach*
*fart*
HAHAHAHAHAHAH oh god.
- im so freeken:
nostalgic

joe pressed with his fingers, like holding a mic

kevins looks like he pressed with his fingertips, like how you use your fingers for a guitar

and nicks too! coincidence? i think not!
omg i cant wait for camp rock tonight!!
i've seen it 437108561 times but it feels different when it airs on TV, rather than when i watch it on DVD.
anyway i take back the summer is overrated thing. summer is slightly overrated but i emphasize things when i'm in a rut. mom was picking on me again, like she does when she gets randomly mad. it was super frustrating/depressing.
miley's acting has improved so much! i'm proud!!
and oh my god, i need to start eating more fruits and less carbs at midnight. the 15 pounds i gained isn't totally noticeable yet, but fat is hard to hide. GOTTA PLAY SPORTS... and stop eating cheezits! plums = life!
all my friends are broke, nobody has a car, and everyone gets up at 2PM.
^thts true though. sigh.
- im so freeken:
bouncy
Everybody's doing a brand new dance now, and you are ready to jump on the party train! You are anything but dull. In fact, you are wild, spontaneous, quirky, flirtatious, flashy, and spunky. Life is a wild ride for you, and you take downfalls with a grain of salt. Your motto is "the bigger, the better." You might be a little indulgent, but it gets you far in life. You work hard so you can play even harder. You are one of the rare combination of conservative ideologies and cutting-edge attitude. You know when to take life seriously, but overall you just wanna have fun and live your life to it's fullest, most radical potential. You use any and every thing to express your creativity and individuality-- your clothing style, hair, the music you listen to, the way you decorate, the kind of car you drive, and the way you can turn something boring into a statement-piece. Your vivaciousness is what people love about you and is what will make your life wonderful.
that sounds great... and yes, that is what my life would be if i could drive. summer is so overrated.
i crave excitement. and my life is so not exciting enough as of lately. *shrivels up on couch*
I hardly know Yannie but the two times I've bumped into her in random places, she talked to me like I was an old friend ^_^ Not many people have tht attribute. The only other person I know who does is Taylor Swift, lol! Yannie = awesome.
im bored
summer.... fail.
i dunno how to unfail it when all my friends are broke, nobody has a car, and everyone gets up at 2PM.
im
so
bored
and im gonna be bored for a LONG TIME. school should start already
but if school started it'd just add stress onto my boredom
ughhhhh
can i learn to drive like.. now?
my permit expired
im so freeken bored
AND ON TOP OF ALL THAT, I'M FAT NOW. great.. i cant even go to the mall and look good in clothes i cant buy. yeah i got fat. i gained 15 pounds from being bored. not even from eating out or movie nights. ive been eating for excitement. i hate summer.
- im so freeken:
horrible
Wrap clear plastic over a door. Call someone in the room through that door. Enjoy.
Impersonate one of your friends each day for a week. try to always stay in character.
Go to an ice cream truck and ask for a mashed poatoes.
Stare at a random person and tell them you love them.
Go up to a ATM and withdrawal some money - when it comes out, scream "I WON I WON!"
Call your friend and say nothing but "bloop bloop".
Go to the zoo and eat chicken right in front of a lion. See what happens.
Poke someone untill they slap you.
Make pancakes, then tie them to a string, and fish for idiots or squirrels.
Walk up to someone that doesnt have tennishoes and tell them your shoes untied.
Prank call McDonalds and ask if they have any tortillas.
Make a candy necklace with jellybeans, needles and thread.
Follow random fat people around with a tuba.
Laugh hysterically at everything today and then take pictures of peoples reactions.
I remember that once we said we'd go into Safeway and bring a bowl and spoon and eat cereal in the aisles. X]
- im so freeken:
rejuvenated

i'm definitely buying a shirt, even if they're 100$. i made such a mistake at Taylors concert.. but its ok, cuz i wasn't REALLY there, i was there for like 1/3 of the concert... so shirt unneeded. :]
the only bumper sticker i'd actually use
could this be the VIP soundcheck thingy O_O
hmmmmmm

actually a nice sweater! i'd wear it.




stuff VIPs get
- im so freeken:
energetic
Best Ideas from the coolest "stuff to do when bored" website ever:
Go to your local museum and try to get kicked out
Eat broccoli and pretend to be a dinosaur eating trees.
Hang out in the bathroom wearing a suit and sell people things
Hide and scare people
Have a carpet picnic

Write glow in the dark messages on people’s ceilings (“I'm watching you!)Write letters to random people claiming you are their lost cousin, ask for money
Look on a soda bottle or cereal box and call the consumer information line and ask them some questions.
Wear fuzzy bunny slippers to work
Watch TV, repeat everything said in Italian accent - Sort of entertaining. Include flamboyant shoulder shrugs for added impact, or go for a Marlon Brando set of grunts.
Use your secret mind power - Pick a passing by and try to use your mind power to command them do something, like drop their bag or knock into someone. The law of averages dictates that sooner or later one of your mind commands will come true, so you can convince yourself that you really have super human powers and waste even more time trying them out.
Use a kick me sign. As a challenge, see how many people you can put a kick me sign on without them knowing it.
Try a sample of every flavor at Baskin’ Robbins but don’t buy anything. See how many flavors you can taste before they kick you out.
Throw a tomato into a fan
Throw marshmallows against the wall
Throw a huge party for no reason at all
Stomp grapes in the bathtub
Stop what you're doing, flick on the radio, get up and dance!
START A FOOD FIGHT.
Spell your name with mustard all over the street
Say “blink-blink” when you blink
Run to the window, then say, "Sorry, I thought I saw the Bat-signal".
Sandpaper a mushroom
Practice phrasing your answers in the form of a question, like on Jeopardy.
Pour water in your hand, make a sneeze noise, and throw water on the back of person's neck. Act like you're not sorry at all for what they think you did. Comment instead on how big that sneeze was or about how there was a lot of mucus in that one. I LOVE DOING THAT!
Out of nowhere, or when it is quiet, say loud "When I say heeeey, you say hoooo, Heeeey" and see how many people say "ho"
Make faces at strangers to make them laugh
50 things to do in elevators
1. Make race car noises when anyone gets on or off.
2. Blow your nose and offer to show the contents of your kleenex to other
passengers.
3. Grimace painfully while smacking your forehead and muttering: "Shut up,
dammit, all of you just shut UP!"
4. Whistle the first seven notes of "It's a Small World" incessantly.
5. Sell Girl Scout cookies.
6. On a long ride, sway side to side at the natural frequency of the
elevator.
7. Shave.
8. Crack open your briefcase or purse, and while peering inside ask: "Got
enough air in there?"
9. Offer name tags to everyone getting on the elevator. Wear yours
upside-down.
10. Stand silent and motionless in the corner, facing the wall, without
getting off.
11. When arriving at your floor, grunt and strain to yank the doors open,
then act embarrassed when they open by themselves.
12. Lean over to another passenger and whisper: "Noogie patrol coming!"
13. Greet everyone getting on the elevator with a warm handshake and ask
them to call you Admiral.
14. One word: Flatulence!
15. On the highest floor, hold the door open and demand that it stay open
until you hear the penny you dropped down the shaft go "plink" at the
bottom.
16. Do Tai Chi exercises.
17. Stare, grinning, at another passenger for a while, and then announce:
"I've got new socks on!"
18. When at least eight people have boarded, moan from the back: "Oh, not
now, damn motion sickness!"
19. Give religious tracts to each passenger.
20. Meow occasionally.
21. Bet the other passengers you can fit a quarter in your nose.
22. Frown and mutter "Gotta go, gotta go," then sigh and say "Oops!"
23. Show other passengers a wound and ask if it looks infected.
24. Sing "Mary had a little lamb" while continually pushing buttons.
25. Holler "Chutes away!" whenever the elevator descends.
26. Walk on with a cooler that says "human head" on the side.
27. Stare at another passenger for a while, then announce "You're one
of THEM!" and move to the far corner of the elevator.
28. Burp, and then say: "Mmmm... tasty!"
29. Leave a box between the doors.
30. Ask each passenger getting on if you can push the button for them.
31. Wear a puppet on your hand and talk to other passengers "through" it.
32. Start a sing-along.
33. When the elevator is silent, look around and ask: "Is that your beeper?"
34. Play the harmonica.
35. Shadow box.
36. Say "Ding!" at each floor.
37. Lean against the button panel.
38. Say "I wonder what all these do" and push the red buttons.
39. Listen to the elevator walls with a stethoscope.
40. Draw a little square on the floor with chalk and announce to the
other passengers that this is your "personal space."
41. Bring a chair along.
42. Take a bite of a sandwich and ask another passenger: "Wanna see
wha in muh mouf?"
43. Blow spit bubbles.
44. Pull your gum out of your mouth in long strings.
45. Announce in a demonic voice: "I must find a more suitable host body."
46. Carry a blanket and clutch it protectively.
47. Make explosion noises when anyone presses a button.
48. Wear "X-Ray Specs" and leer suggestively at other passengers.
49. Stare at your thumb and say "I think it's getting larger."
50. If anyone brushes against you, recoil and holler "Bad touch!"
I would totally burst out laughing before even getting through the bold ones halfway XD
it would be really handy to have an extra battery for my camera so I don't have to wait while my current one charges. and in case of deadbattery emergencies where i seriosuly need to document the moment :]
- im so freeken:creative

I GUESS WE KNOW WHO TRACE IS GOING TO BE USING THOSE CONDOMS HIS FANS GAVE HIM ON....lol
OH MY GOD... SOMEONE, ANYONE, PLEASE STAB ME IN THE EYE.
oh my god.
anyway... topic switchy
i'm cheering for laylor XD
even though i dont expect it
TaySwift+Lucas Till.
he always stood out to me. and so does Tay.
jaylor's breakup
i'm looking forward to all the niley vids featuring before the storm as the song XD
because we all know how just friends ends. ;]
& i quote miley cyrus when i say "dont get me wrong, the relationship wasn't perfect, but i think of it a lot like the farm- how everything is so tranquil there. YES THERE ARE STORMS, BUT EVEN THE STORMS FEEL NATURAL- LIKE PART OF WHAT IS MEANT TO BE." -miley cyrus, miles to go.
MY honest opinion- (you don't have to agree/try to change my mind, it will not work. lol)...
why do i think nick is still in love with miley? because of how giddy he gets whenever her name comes up. and how kevin always teases him with that smile whenever nick is asked about her. and the way he has written so many songs about her & obviously continued to on this album (example: duet.) and because even a blind person could see the chemistry between these two.
no, i don't think that they're getting back together anytime soon, or maybe never again-but i hope to God Miley opens her eyes and realizes that this boy still loves her & maybe, just maybe, one day they'll find their way back to each other and give their relationship a third try. until then? a best-friendship works just fine; as long as they're BOTH happy & still in each others lives. no matter what ANYBODY tells me, i know in my heart these two have something special that no other person will ever be able to share with them in their lifetime. Niley is true love; always have & ALWAYS WILL BE. :)i couldnt have said it better myself. except for that not getting back together part... it's happening as i type. ;D